In the year 12,090 AD, the Earth has fallen into the clutches of ruthless vampires. Humans are enslaved by a corrupt feudal system. Only one being has dared to challenge the cruel authority of these arrogant immortals - the mysterious Vampire Hunter called 'D'.

It has been quite some time since fans have heard from Vampire Hunter D, but that will all change soon enough. After all, a new project has been in the works for the franchise, and the U.S. adaptation just took a big step forward.

Over on Twitter, fans finally got an update on how Vampire Hunter D’s next project is faring. Screenwriter Brandon Easton signaled his work on the project by posting the title page of the series’ pilot script.

“Entering the home stretch on the pilot for VAMPIRE HUNTER D: THE SERIES,” Easton wrote.

Entering the home stretch on the pilot for VAMPIRE HUNTER D: THE SERIES. Ensuring my bosses and the creators are all happy so that the fans can enjoy something special! #vampirehunterd#vampire#horror#anime#sciencefiction#mangapic.twitter.com/3E3TsPLStS

— Brandon Easton (@BrandonEaston) October 10, 2018

“Ensuring my bosses and the creators are all happy so that the fans can enjoy something special!”

The title page doesn’t give anything about the series away, but it does confirm two pieces of information. One, it looks like the project is known as Vampire Hunter D: The Series now. Previously, the animated project was referred to as Vampire Hunter D: Resurrection.

Additionally, the title page confirms this project is based on the Vampire Hunter D novels penned by Hideyuki Kikuchi. So, fans will see whether or not the Unified Pictures production leans into the source’s anime films.

For those unaware, this Vampire Hunter D project has been in the work for sometime. Reports of the CGI animated project went live back in 2015. At the time, Yoichi Mori was tapped to direct the series while Kurt Rauer and Scott McLean produced. Creator Kikuchi was also slated to give editorial oversight, and reports said Vampire Hunter D would seek a major American broadcaster to air its episode. Since the first announcement went public, the series has been in pre-production, but it looks like Easton is about to bring the long-awaited series a big step forward.

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Vampire Hunter D was originally created by Kikuchi in 1983 as a set of illustrated novels. It was adapted into an anime feature in 1985 before a 2000 remake was released. As for its story, the series is set in a post-apocalyptic world influenced heavily by horror, Lovecraftian aesthetic. It follows a man named D, a half-breed vampire who travels the world and searches for renegade vampires on various missions.

Contents.Plot Charlotte, a young woman, is abducted by Baron Meier Link, a nobleman who is known not to harm humans needlessly. Charlotte's father, Elbourne, hires D, a, to find her and rescue her, and alternatively, kill her humanely if she's been turned into a vampire. He offers D $500,000 as a down payment, and offers him $10,000,000 if he carries out the job. D has Elbourne double the payment, and agrees to search for Charlotte.At the same time, Charlotte's older brother hires another group of vampire hunters, the notorious Marcus brothers, composed of the leader Borgoff, a hulking man named Nolt, a blade master named Kyle, a physically disabled named Grove and a woman named Leila who hunts vampires because of a personal grudge rather than for monetary gain. The two parties (D and the Marcus brothers) race inexorably after Meier Link. However, Meier Link hires the mutant Barbarois; a group of lethal mercenary body guards.

They consist of Caroline, a; Benge, a shadow manipulator; and Machira, a.Throughout the course of the film, two of the Marcus brothers, Nolt and Kyle, end up being killed by the mutant Barbarois, while Leila and Borgoff continue their search for Charlotte.As the story progresses, Meier Link's abduction of Charlotte turns out to not be as it seemed, as it's revealed that Charlotte willingly ran away with Meier Link as his lover. Charlotte rightfully feared that no one would understand their relationship, with her a human and Link a vampire.Throughout their search, and after both characters save each other from seeming death at separate points, D has a conversation with Leila, where she reveals that she hunts vampires because a vampire killed her mother. D tells her that he hunts vampires as he has no other choice as a dhampir, and she can have a life that someone like him could never have; the life of a normal human.

Leila, having not exactly taken the life of a normal human, instead being a monster hunter, fears that no one will mourn her death when that time comes. She make a pact with D, that if either one of them survives, the survivor will bring flowers to the other's grave. D admits that he does not expect himself to survive the bounty hunt, after coming so close to death.In the final act of the film, Meier Link transports Charlotte in his carriage to the Castle of Chaythe, where Countess, Meier Link's matron, waits for them. Carmilla, a ghost of a vampire who died long ago, reigned supreme within the Castle of Chaythe when vampires were all-powerful and unchallenged. However, her bloodlust was so strong that D's father, an ancient, noble vampire king, killed her in disgust. Carmilla promises Meier Link and Charlotte travel to a far away city known as the City of The Night, where they can be free to love each other, which they will travel to in a large and ancient spaceship-like structure hidden beneath the Castle of Chaythe.

Carmilla explains that most ancient castles had similar ships hidden within them, and that back when vampires reigned supreme, these ships weren't an uncommon means for vampires to travel to far regions. Carmilla notes that the ship is old and hasn't flown in a long time, and that she doesn't know if the ship will fly safely, but that Meier Link and Charlotte are allowed to take that risk, if they so wish.D and the remaining Marcus brothers separately trail Meier Link to the Castle of Chaythe, and as they enter the castle in their search for Charlotte, Carmilla plays psychological tricks on them. Borgoff, for example, is shown Nolt and Kyle, the dead members of the Marcus brothers, returning to life.

Borgoff is seemingly killed in his surprised and ecstatic state by Carmilla's ghost, and it turns out Nolt and Kyle never returned to life at all. Later, however, Borgoff appears, having been turned into a vampire. Grove surprise attacks him with his psychic form, before blowing up Borgoff with an embrace, but this exerts Grove's physical body to the point he dies as well. This leaves Leila as the only surviving member of the Marcus brothers as she continues her search for Charlotte inside the castle.Carmilla manipulates D's mind, and shows him a vision of his, in which she apologizes to D for birthing him as a dhampir, and states that she couldn't help it as she was a human in love with D's vampire father, and attempts to explain that humans are capable of loving vampires. D strikes this vision of his mother down with his sword and returns to a normal state.In a, Carmilla turns on Meier Link and Charlotte, as Carmilla had actually plotted to kill Charlotte all along, with the reasoning being that Carmilla needed the blood of a virgin to leave her ghostly, ethereal form and return to life. D destroys Carmilla's ghost just as Carmilla is performing the ritual and draining Charlotte of her blood.

D, still with a job to do in bringing Charlotte safely back home, engages Meier Link in battle, as Meier Link doesn't want D to take his lover away from him. D stabs Meier Link through the chest with his sword, but not through his heart, injuring Meier Link but allowing him to live.

During their encounter, Charlotte has died due to the ritual that Carmilla had been performing previously, and D takes the ring off of her finger as proof of her death to bring back to Elbourne, as he ceases battle with Meier Link.D, along with Leila, make their leave of the Castle of Chaythe, and allow Meier Link to leave for the City of the Night in the Castle of Chaythe's ship with Charlotte's corpse on board. D and Leila agree to ride back into town together on D's horse, as Leila jokingly tells D that the reward is rightfully hers, but this time, she'll allow him to have it. Before riding off, they watch in the distance as the ship hidden underneath the castle takes off to the skies with Charlotte's corpse and Meier Link inside.In the final scene of the movie, D arrives at Leila's funeral, watching her loved ones mourn from a distance. Many decades have passed since all of the previous events, as a little girl revealed to be Leila's granddaughter approaches and greets D, and invites him to stay with her family for a while. D politely declines, saying that he simply came to 'repay a favor to an old friend, who feared no one would mourn her death.' D admits that he was glad she was wrong.

The girl thanks him, and D replies by smiling gently at her, and leaves.Cast CharacterEnglish Voice ActorJapanese Voice ActorDMeier LinkLeila(Young)Charlotte ElbourneD's Left HandCarmillaBeverly MaedaBorgoffNoltKyleGrovePolkSheriffBengeCarolineMachiraJohn ElbourneAlan ElbourneLeila's GranddaughterPriestOld Man of BarbaroisD's MotherN/AProduction. Created the design for the main character in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.The idea for a new Vampire Hunter D film came after there was a fan demand to make a follow-up to (1985). Was also in favor of this as he had often complained about the 'cheapness' in the look of the original film. Plans for a new film started in 1997 by director and production company. Producer Mataichiro Yamamoto wanted to pick up the rights to Madhouse's. During the discussion about Wicked City, Yamamoto heard about the new Vampire Hunter D film and wanted to not only get involved with video distribution, but in production and possible theatrical release in America.The story of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is based on the third novel in Kikuchi's series.

The main character's design is by artist. The last of us. Amano's art style was matched for the rest of the characters in the film by animation director. The animation for the film was created in the Madhouse Studios in Tokyo while the post-production work was done in. The English soundtrack for the film was recorded in 1999 before the Japanese dialogue was finished. The film's title of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was a last-minute decision to distinguish it from the first film. Release Theatrical To promote the film, a two-and-a-half-minute-long trailer was finished in 1998 and was shown at American anime.

A work-in-progress print was shown in 2000 at the in July in Montreal and at the New York Anime Film Festival in October 2000.The completed version of the film was only released theatrically in an English-language version. On its Japanese theatrical release, it was subtitled in Japanese. It premiered in on September 23, 2001, in America where it played in six theaters. It grossed $25,521 in this run and $151,086 in total. Home video released the movie on DVD and VHS on February 12, 2002and then on February 3, 2015, announced their license to release the movie for Blu-ray on September 8, 2015 and DVD on September 22, 2015, however, due to licensing restrictions, all releases have the original English audio only.In Japan, the film was released on DVD on December 19, 2001, by with both English and Japanese audio. Reception The film received generally favorable reviews from American critics, it received a rating of 62 on the website.

The gave a favorable review of the film, referring to it as a 'gorgeously animated surrealist adventure'. The referred to the film as 'Beautiful, witty and provocative' and that it should 'appeal to fans and non-fans alike'. The praised the director stating that he 'has a gift for striking visuals' but also noted that 'his story manages to be simultaneously thin and chaotic.' . ^ Browning, 2010.

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