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Around the hear 12,000 AD, mankind lives in fear of the supernatural. Sometime in the 21st century a nuclear war nearly erased all life on earth. From the ashes arose the vampires, who resurrected the earth but forged it in their own image. And in such a world humans are little more than cattle. However the vampire cast is also in it's slow decline. Thousands of years of rule have left the vampires in stagnation, however still in absolute authority. From the years of eternal boredom, count Magnus Lee decides to have a bit of "fun" from time to time by toying with human females. This time the recipient of his attentions is a girl named Dorris.

Dorris decides to hire a vampire hunter in the hopes that he can kill the count and dispel the curse of the vampire bite. Dorris met many vampire hunters until she finally came across one unlike all others: a vampire hunter known only as "D".

Although seemingly quite strong, hopes for Dorris look grim considering that the count is thousands of years old and more powerful than most any normal vampire. It seems unlikely that a half breed human/vampire such as D would be able to defeat such a foe. D decides to take the job anyway. As many dangers await D he finds many traps and obstacles to overcome. But D also has a heritage that makes him the greatest threat that the count has ever faced. The clock is ticking. Will Dorris be free of the curse, or will her soul face eternal damnation?

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As one of the first anime films to reach U.S. shores, Vampire Hunter D is an all out classic which is a must see for any anime fan. For it's time span, it does an exceptional job in character development, and plot advancement. With the back story, and the mysterious D, everything falls into place wonderfully. As for subbing/dubbing I am sort of at a loss because I own the original U.S. version released from Orion (a now defunct business). The re-release version has different dubbing. I've never seen the subtitled version.

As a side note I'd like to point out that this is one of the first anime titles I watched, and as such I'm sort of nostalgic towards it. Actually (and this shows how weird I am), I've ended up with this tradition of watching Vampire Hunter D EVERY year around Christmas time. I still really enjoy the title year after year.

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