Vampire Hunter D
1985 1h 20m movie Film Japan

Vampire Hunter D

バンパイアハンターD

Synopsis

バンパイアハンターD

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

The 1984–1986 Japan Window

91 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Vampire Hunter D sits at position #51.

  1. Touch
    #1

    Touch

    ★ 9.2 · 1985

  2. The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
    #2

    The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

    ★ 8.6 · 1986

  3. Silver Fang
    #3

    Silver Fang

    ★ 8.6 · 1986

  4. Saint Seiya
    #4

    Saint Seiya

    ★ 8.5 · 1986

  5. Robotech
    #5

    Robotech

    ★ 8.5 · 1985

  6. Dengeki Sentai Changeman
    #6

    Dengeki Sentai Changeman

    ★ 8.3 · 1985

  7. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    #7

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    ★ 8.3 · 1986

  8. Dragon Ball
    #8

    Dragon Ball

    ★ 8.2 · 1986

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Vampire Hunter D. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From movic

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Vampire Hunter D premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
433
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,902 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,875 of 2,532 (top 74%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies movic, Gen, Studio Live, Ashi Productions, Tokyo Laboratory
Runtime 1h 20m
Release Date December 21, 1985
IMDb tt0090248

Themes & Motifs

  • bounty hunter
  • based on novel or book
  • vampire
  • post-apocalyptic future
  • gore
  • count
  • betrayal
  • adult animation
  • anime
  • mutants
  • original video animation (ova)

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