Japan 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.
Audience Engagement
433 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Japan films.
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
Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Vampire Hunter D itself).
The 1984–1986 Japan Window
Vampire Hunter D holds position #51 of 91 Japan films in the 1984–1986 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Vampire Hunter D premiered alongside 33 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 33 other Japan films in 1985.
The 658th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Vampire Hunter D, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- count · 2
- mutants · 2
- betrayal · 28
- original video animation (ova) · 25
- bounty hunter · 9
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- adult animation · 101
- gore · 51
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
- vampire · 36
Reception Benchmarks
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 |