We meet Doris, a lonely demon hunter/ farmer who lives alone with her little brother. One night while hunting a monster, she meets up with a vampire warlord named Magnus Lee who brands her with the vampy kiss of death. Later, she meets a lone drifter who she hires to hunt down the count before she becomes a vampire. But the hunters mysterious past seems to come to play when Doris's little brother is kidnapped by the dark lord's evil minions. Now, the man known only as 'D' must break the solid fortress of Magnus lee and encounter vampires, demons, and ogres.

I know, this isn't a new one, but this is one of my favorites. Perhaps, my absolute favorite animè movie of all-time. I'm a sucker for animation and vampires and when you mix them both up into this hot hybrid of an animation flick, things only get good for me. The animation and action scenes are excellent. We get to see some hand chopping, decapitation and a great scene of someone being telepathically thrown against a wall with the back of their head exploding. My favorite character in this movie would be of course, D. He is a silent, humble, yet ferocious hunter who's quick with the sword and fast on the battleground.

Little is known about his past, and he never fully exposes his true personality... until he gets angry. I loved the character development and interaction. The chemistry between them all felt natural and smooth, which made this watchable. One thing I did like in this flick is the ending. We get to see what 'D' is all about and why all the vamp goons are so intrigued by him. The landscapes are horrifically beautiful. We get a mixture of bright sunny fields and gothic dark castles. The goons are incredibly cool, especially one guy who throws this big blade-like boomerang. Sweeet :-) This is a very underrated movie. Sure, It may not rank up there with masterpieces like "Akira" or "Dragonball Z", but it will always top my list.

One of the many problems in this flick, is that it's quite campy and tends to ruin most of the action scenes with hokey unexplained phenomenon's. For example, 'D's hand. What was up with that? We never got an explanation as to why there was a face on his hand that constantly mocked him in battle. Was it a freaky experiment? Is it a horrible Siamese disfiguration? What? If it is, then why does it eat dirt to energize itself? Anyways, maybe we get some explanation on the plot holes in the sequel, "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust" which I have yet to catch, but I hear it's far more superior to this one. For now, this will just have to do.

Though kind of an obscure animated horror/action classic, "Vampire Hunter D" is one of my favorite animated films of all time and is worth the watch.