{"product_id":"vampire-hunter-d-ova-dvd","title":"Vampire Hunter D (1985) DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 12,090 AD. Centuries after nuclear devastation, the Earth has fallen into a feudal darkness ruled by the Nobility — ancient, powerful vampires who treat humanity as cattle and livestock. Doris Lang is a young frontier farmer who, while patrolling her land at night, is attacked and bitten by Count Magnus Lee — a vampire lord of enormous age and power. Marked by his bite and shunned by her superstitious village, she hires D: a mysterious dhampir, born of a vampire father and human mother, who roams the frontier as a hunter of his own kind. D is cold, almost inhumanly capable, and barely speaks. He is also, unmistakably, something extraordinary — even among vampires. The Count dispatches servants to retrieve Doris and destroy D. What follows is a dark, gothic action film set in a world where science and sorcery have become indistinguishable and the most dangerous thing on the frontier is the man you hired to protect you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVampire Hunter D is an 80-minute 1985 OVA directed by Toyoo Ashida, produced by Ashi Productions, and based on the first novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi's landmark light novel series, with character designs by Yoshitaka Amano — the illustrator of the novels and later the character designer for Final Fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music was composed by Tetsuya Komuro of TM Network, whose ending theme \"Your Song\" became one of the most iconic pieces of 1980s anime music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film was one of the earliest anime productions targeted explicitly at adult audiences and was marketed in the United States as \u003cstrong\u003e\"the first animated horror film for adults.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e The original English dub was produced by Carl Macek's Streamline Pictures in 1992 and aired on TBS, Cartoon Network, and the Sci-Fi Channel throughout the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban Vision Entertainment — the U.S. distributor of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust — re-released the original OVA on Special Edition bilingual DVD on October 17, 2000, presenting the original Japanese audio and a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix of the Streamline dub alongside never-before-seen making-of footage, a trailer for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, sneak previews of the Vampire Hunter D video game, and a Yoshitaka Amano artwork gallery. Sentai Filmworks later re-licensed the film and released a remastered DVD and Blu-ray with a new English dub on August 25, 2015. The Urban Vision Special Edition bonus features were not ported to the Sentai release. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyoo Ashida (died July 25, 2011)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScreenplay:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasushi Hirano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Novel:\u003c\/b\u003e Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D novel series; 1983–present; English license: Dark Horse Books)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharacter Design \/ Illustration:\u003c\/b\u003e Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy character designer, Vampire Hunter D novel illustrator)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashi Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Tetsuya Komuro (TM Network — later globe, Eurobeat compilations)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnding Theme:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Your Song\" by TM Network \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Kaneto Shiozawa as D \u003cbr\u003e• Michie Tomizawa as Doris Lang \u003cbr\u003e• Seizô Katô as Count Magnus Lee\u003cbr\u003e• Satoko Kifuji as Larmica\u003cbr\u003e• Motomu Kiyokawa as Left Hand \/ Narrator \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Dub Cast (Streamline Pictures — Carl Macek, 1992):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Michael McConnohie as D \u003cbr\u003e• Barbara Goodson as Doris Lang  \u003cbr\u003e• Steve Kramer as Count Magnus Lee \u003cbr\u003e• Lara Cody as Larmica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Features (Urban Vision Special Edition, October 17, 2000)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Original Japanese Audio + English Subtitles\u003cbr\u003e• Streamline Pictures English Dub — Dolby Digital 5.1 Remix\u003cbr\u003e• Never-Before-Seen \"Making of Vampire Hunter D\" Documentary Footage\u003cbr\u003e• Trailer for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000 theatrical film)\u003cbr\u003e• Sneak Previews of Vampire Hunter D Video Game\u003cbr\u003e• Yoshitaka Amano Artwork Gallery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English (Streamline dub, DD 5.1 remix) \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e バンパイアハンターD (Banpaia Hantā Dī \/ Vampire Hunter D)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~80 Minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyoo Ashida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 2000 (U.S. Special Edition, October 17 — Urban Vision Entertainment); original Streamline VHS 1993; Sentai Filmworks remastered DVD + Blu-ray + new dub August 25, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e December 21, 1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Urban Vision Entertainment (out of print); Sentai Filmworks (current license holder)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e NR (content equivalent to 17+)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region 1 (U.S. \/ Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Action, Horror, Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Dhampir Vampire Hunter, Post-Apocalyptic Gothic World, Nobility Vampire Lords, Yoshitaka Amano Design, Pioneer of Adult-Targeted Anime \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urban Vision","offers":[{"title":"Special Edition - VG+","offer_id":42674939625557,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/D06279F6-95DF-4099-B6EF-4B6F4E8DC9A1.jpg?v=1783047696","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/vampire-hunter-d-ova-dvd","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}