Tweekums This film is set in the distant future in a world where vampires exist but their numbers are dwindling thanks to the actions of the Vampire Hunters.When Charlotte, the daughter of the wealthy Elbourne family, is apparently kidnapped by the vampire Baron Meier Link her father hires vampire hunters to bring her back. One of the hunter is a dhampir, a half vampire, half human hybrid, known as 'D'. His chief competition are the Marcus brothers who work alongside a woman called Leila who has personal reasons for hating vampires. As the story progresses they will get into numerous fights against a variety of demonic creatures as each is determined to rescue Charlotte and collect the reward. It was never going to be easy but things get even more complicated when it becomes apparent that Charlotte left with Meier of her own free will because she is in love with him. As well as seeing various fights we learn of D's past and just what motivates Leila. It is also clear that not everybody is going to survive.This is an exciting vampire anime. There is lots of action; this is well animated with plenty of proper movement… no need to worry about various ways of depicting action that are relatively static that are all too often employed to save on the animation budget. The characters are interesting; it was more nuanced than just having evil vampires and heroic humans… Meier is surprisingly sympathetic given that he is introduced as the villain. The film had a good look; lots of greys and browns and characters that looked fairly realistic for an animation. I must admit that when I picked this up I was a little disappointed to find it was dub only but when I started watching that didn't bother be at all; I think the voice cast did a fine job. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of anime and vampires.

Sam Awl I have watched a ton of movies and read/watched manga series and my review is based on a cumulative assessment of truly beautiful movies I have watched till date. Here is what I think about the movie:My goodness! To think this genre was originally written in 1970s, seems like all modern vampire movies, action and even manga series are rip off from this original legendary movie! What a concept of a movie! So, very amazing! This movie is evenly paced for most of the time even during the most tense and action packed situations. They just apply a concept and rest just follows through, like a time continuum. I love the eerie aura created within the movie. How a mysterious character wins your heart and continues doing so throughout the movie. Great story, great dialogues, action, animation, thrill, suspense and climax. Enjoyed watching every scene to the last! Loved it! I highly recommend it to everyone who is either bored of or new to Manga! Thrill of adrenaline rush and mental stimulation guaranteed!

throbert This anime was a complete letdown. Weak story, no characters. The characters are camp. Like the whole movie was a parody or spoof. If it is, I'm sorry I've misunderstood... I heard from VHD so much and I thought that I'll have fun watching it, but the truth is, it was a waste of time. Whoever gives a score above 5 for it remains a mystery for me. Kids, maybe? The fight scenes of "D" are pointless, he swings the sword and everybody dies, there's no logic between the scenes. The plot is predictable, you know what happens next from the 1st minute on. I'm writing still this review because I have to wright 10 lines, but the truth is there's nothing to write about here. I like (some) anime because it makes me think about things like "what it is to be human", "what an artificial life would be" and many other things, but in this case I finished empty headed.

Eric Benes Overall compared to the first Vampire Hunter D this one I feel was lacking quite a bit in the story line aka plot. Don't get me wrong the animation in this movie was very well done, however I feel as if it didn't measure up to it's full potential as it could have. As we already know from part one it is a story about a Dampiel half human half vampire who's mission is to solely destroy all vampires. The first movie had a way stronger plot as I had said before, young girl in need for a Vampire Hunter who can destroy all who gets in his way and it all turns out great in the end. The villains portrayed in this piece I felt could have been way way way better and the other team hunting vampires I felt was weak. But overall I give it a 4 out of 10.