Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

Director:

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writers:

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (screenplay)
Hideyuki Kikuchi (novel)

Release Date:

28 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

When the Sun Sets... The Hunt Begins

Plot:

Hunters race to save a girl stolen from her home by a vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Future | Bounty Hunter | Monster | Combat

Cast

Hideyuki Tanaka	...	D
Ichirô Nagai	...	Left Hand
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Meier Link
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Leila
Emi Shinohara	...	Charlotte Elbourne
Yûsaku Yara	...	Borgoff
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Kyle
Rintarou Nishi	...	Mashira
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Benge
Yôko Soumi	...	Caroline
Toshihiko Seki	...	Grove
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Nolt
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Barbarois Elder
Takeshi Aono	...	Polk
Motomu Kiyokawa	...	John Elbourne
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Alan Elbourne
Chiharu Suzuka	...	D's Mother
Akiko Yajima	...	Young Leila
Rikiya Koyama	...	Public Official
Mika Kanai	...	Leila's Granddaughter
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Priest
Bibari Maeda	...	Carmila
Andrew Philpot	...	D (voice)
John Rafter Lee	...	Meier Link (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Leila (voice) (as Pamela Segall)
Wendee Lee	...	Charlotte (voice)
Michael McShane	...	Left Hand (voice) (as Mike McShane)
Julia Fletcher	...	Carmila (voice)
Matt McKenzie	...	Borgoff (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	John Elbourne / Nolt / Mashira / Sheriff (voice) (as John Dimaggio)
Alex Fernandez	...	Kyle (voice)
Jack Fletcher	...	Grove (voice)
John Hostetter	...	Polk (voice)
Dwight Schultz	...	Benge / Old Man of Barbarois (voice)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Caroline (voice)
John DeMita	...	Alan Elbourne / Priest (voice) (as John Demita)
Debi Derryberry	...	Girl (voice)

Directed by
Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri		screenplay
Hideyuki Kikuchi		novel "D - yousatsukou"

Produced by
Yasuaki Iwase	....	associate producer
Jeong-Gyun Jeong	....	associate producer
Masao Maruyama	....	producer
Takayuki Nagasawa	....	producer
Masaki Sawanobori	....	development executive
Mataichirô Yamamoto	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco D'Ambrosio

Cinematography by
Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Film Editing by
Yukiko Ito		(as Yumiko Itou in English language version)
Kashiko Kimura
Harutoshi Ogata
Satoshi Terauchi

Production Design by
Yuji Ikehata
Takeshi Koike
Yasushi Nirasawa
Takashi Watabe

Art Direction by
Yuji Ikehata

Production Management
Atsushi Mizuno	....	production manager
Yoshimichi Murata	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kenichi Kawamura	....	assistant director
Katsuyuki Kodera	....	assistant director
Toru Matsunawa	....	assistant director

Art Department
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	storyboard artist
Akira Yamagawa	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Lisa Baro	....	sound designer
Christopher Barrick	....	additional sound designer (as Chris 'Bear' Barrick)
Vadim Canby	....	digital audio equipment consultant: Bananas at Large
Terri D'Ambrosio	....	audio post supervisor
Tony Eckert	....	foley recordist
Zac Fancher	....	sound assistant
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	additional sound effects: Sound Box
Julian Kwasneski	....	additional sound designer
Dian Langlois	....	sound assistant
Eric Lewis	....	assistant adr engineer
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director
Caroline O'Hanrahan	....	foley assistant
Larry Oppenheimer	....	sound designer
Nick Peck	....	sound designer
Ernie Sheesley	....	adr engineer: English dialogue
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue editor: English language version
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue recordist: English language version
Daniel Sperry	....	dolby sound consultant (as Dan Sperry)
Scott Strain	....	additional sound designer
Scott Strain	....	sound effects editor
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Fujio Yamada	....	additional sound recording production assistant

Special Effects by
Takashi Maekawa	....	special effects
Taizô Matsuzaki	....	special effects photography: Animation Staff Room Inc.
Toyohiko Sakakibara	....	special effects
Yuuki Sakitani	....	special effects photography: Animation Staff Room Inc.
Kaoru Tanifuji	....	special effects
Kumiko Taniguchi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Akemi Abe	....	visual effects artist
Hidetoshi Inaba	....	CG animator
Tsuneo Maeda	....	CG technical director
Chinami Matsubara	....	digital modeler
Sean Mullen	....	digital artist: Hooha Grande (behind the scenes DVD)
Seiji Nomura	....	CG animator
Kouichi Shimomura	....	CG animator
Kouji Takahashi	....	CG animator
Yasuaki Takeuchi	....	CG production assistant
Ryu Takizawa	....	CG animator
Iwao Yamaki	....	digital supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu	....	animation camera
Yukihiro Masumoto	....	animation camera
Masashi Nagao	....	animation camera
Atsuo Saitou	....	animation camera
Hitoshi Yamaguchi	....	animation camera

Animation Department
Hisashi Abe	....	animation director
Kumi Akiyama	....	color designer
Hyun Ji An	....	ink and paint artist
Ji-suk An	....	ink and paint artist
Katsushi Aoki	....	background artist
Kiyomi Arakawa	....	ink and paint artist
Katsuya Asano	....	inbetween animator
Mitsuhide Asano	....	ink and paint artist
Ayuchi Baba	....	inbetween animator
Sung-Ok Baek	....	inbetween animator
Masayoshi Banno	....	background artist
Ryu Chae-Ryung	....	inbetween animator
Eun-sook Cho	....	ink and paint artist
Eun-Young Cho	....	ink and paint artist
Sung Hae Cho	....	ink and paint artist
Mi-Young Choi	....	ink and paint artist
Nam Dong-Hyun	....	inbetween animator
Kenji Fujisaki	....	inbetween animator
Shigeru Fujita	....	key animator
Mayumi Fukuda	....	ink and paint artist
Yoshikazu Fukutome	....	background artist
Hideki Futamura	....	key animator
Chon Gwi-Ja	....	inbetween animator
Myung Ryun Ha	....	ink and paint artist
Jong Hai-Sun	....	inbetween animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	animation director
Takako Harada	....	ink and paint artist
Ken Hashimoto	....	color designer
Kenji Hayama	....	key animator
Choung Youn Hee	....	inbetween animator
Keiko Hiraga	....	ink and paint artist
Sayaka Hirahara	....	background artist
Sachiko Hirohashi	....	key animator
Yoshinori Horikawa	....	ink and paint checker
Akemi Hosoya	....	ink and paint artist
Kum Ja Hwang	....	inbetween animator
Soon-a Hwang	....	inbetween animator
Su Jin Hwang	....	inbetween animator
Rikako Ichikubo	....	digital paint artist
Misuzu Ichinose	....	inbetween animator
Hisashi Ikeda	....	background artist
Ryouko Ina	....	background artist
Kaoru Inoda	....	background artist
Eiko Inoue	....	ink and paint checker
Shizuka Ishidoya	....	ink and paint artist
Akihiko Isozaki	....	ink and paint artist
Shuko Ito	....	ink and paint artist
Cheol-Ho Jang	....	inbetween animator
Lee Jang-Won	....	ink and paint artist
Yoo Kyung Jeong	....	inbetween animator
Youn Hee Jeong	....	inbetween animator
Whang Ji-Na	....	inbetween animator
Yuriko Kadomoto	....	ink and paint checker
Chikako Kamata	....	ink and paint checker
Takaomi Kanasaki	....	key animator
Koyuki Kaneda	....	ink and paint artist
Mitsuko Kaneoka	....	inbetween animator
Eun Kyoung Kang	....	ink and paint artist
Oh Soon Kang	....	ink and paint artist
Naomi Kasugai	....	background artist
Makiko Kawahata	....	ink and paint artist
Masataka Kawai	....	inbetween animator
Hiroki Kawazoe	....	key animator
Eun-Kyoung Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Hee-Jeong Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Ji Eun Kim	....	inbetween animator
Ji-young Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Jin Hee Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Pil-gang Kim	....	inbetween animator
Seong-ha Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Sun-a Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Yong Sik Kim	....	inbetween animator
Young-Sook Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Young-Soon Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Yu-jung Kim	....	inbetween animator
Aki Kimura	....	ink and paint checker
Jyoutarou Kimura	....	inbetween animator
Kazuchika Kise	....	key animator
Chizuru Kobayashi	....	inbetween animator
Takeshi Koike	....	key animator
Rio Kono	....	background artist
Yumi Koshikawa	....	ink and paint checker
Satoshi Kubota	....	inbetween animator
Nam Kung-Kyung	....	inbetween animator
Kazuo Kuroiwa	....	digital paint artist
Mamoru Kurosawa	....	key animator
Bok Kyoung Kwon	....	inbetween animator
Hye-sook Kwon	....	ink and paint artist
Tae Ok Kwon	....	ink and paint artist
Hong Kyong-Youn	....	inbetween animator
Hyun-Joo Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Hyun-Woo Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Joo Hee Lee	....	inbetween animator
Jung-ju Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Seok In Lee	....	inbetween animator
Young Sim Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Young-hee Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Hiroshi Maeda	....	digital paint artist
Naomi Masuda	....	ink and paint artist
Oh Mi-Ok	....	ink and paint artist
Osamu Mikasa	....	color coordinator
Young-mi Min	....	ink and paint artist
Yutaka Minowa	....	animation director
Yutaka Minowa	....	character designer
Yasue Mizoguchi	....	ink and paint artist
Mi-ok Mun	....	ink and paint artist
Yasushi Muraki	....	key animator
Sanae Murata	....	ink and paint checker
Cho Myung-Joo	....	inbetween animator
Mi Ae Na	....	ink and paint artist
Yeon-suk Na	....	ink and paint artist
Kazuko Nabeshima	....	ink and paint artist
Kyouko Naganawa	....	background artist
Masako Nagata	....	background artist
Morifumi Naka	....	mechanical animation director
Hiromi Nakai	....	key animator
Satoshi Nakamura	....	key animator
Shinobu Nakamura	....	ink and paint artist
Kana Nakayama	....	ink and paint checker
Terumi Narita	....	ink and paint artist
Hiromi Niioka	....	key animator
Norimasa Niiya	....	inbetween animator
Yukiharu Obata	....	ink and paint artist
Shinji Ochi	....	key animator
Kazuo Oga	....	background artist
Asako Ohashi	....	ink and paint checker
Akiko Ohshima	....	animation checker
Eri Okamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Harue Ono	....	ink and paint checker
Kenji Oota	....	inbetween animator
Kiyomi Ota	....	background artist
Masami Ozone	....	key animator
Masami Ozone	....	layout artist
Jung Eum Park	....	inbetween animator
Kae-ryun Park	....	ink and paint artist
Myung Ja Park	....	ink and paint artist
So-yeon Park	....	inbetween animator
Yong Kyoung Park	....	ink and paint artist
Seo Saeng-Hoe	....	ink and paint artist
Toshiko Sakai	....	ink and paint artist
Kayo Sakazume	....	animation checker
Ok Sang-Hee	....	inbetween animator
Hiroaki Sasaki	....	background artist
Akiko Sato	....	ink and paint artist
Hiroshi Sato	....	digital paint artist
Tadashi Sawasaki	....	inbetween animator
Song-hee Seo	....	ink and paint artist
Choi Seung-Ok	....	inbetween animator
Miyuki Shigeizumi	....	digital paint artist
Satoko Shiho	....	ink and paint checker
Hye Mi Shin	....	ink and paint artist
Kyoung Hwa Shin	....	ink and paint artist
Rumiko Shindou	....	background artist
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	key animator
Toki Shinoda	....	ink and paint artist
Kazuyoshi Shinya	....	ink and paint artist
Chie Shirakawa	....	ink and paint artist
Hong Soon-Yeo	....	inbetween animator
Akihiko Sozaki	....	ink and paint artist
Ai Suenaga	....	inbetween animator
Mayumi Takagaki	....	digital paint artist
Shin'ya Takahashi	....	key animator
Kunio Takahide	....	key animator
Miku Tamura	....	ink and paint artist
Hitomi Tanaka	....	inbetween animator
Takahiro Tanaka	....	key animator
Whang Tea-Ha	....	inbetween animator
Tomoko Toki	....	ink and paint artist
Norimoto Tokura	....	key animator
Jinko Tsuji	....	inbetween animator
Takashi Uchida	....	key animator
Tomoe Uchikawa	....	ink and paint artist
Shinichi Uehara	....	background artist
Takashi Watabe	....	layout artist
Sakiko Watanabe	....	inbetween animator
Tatsuya Watanabe	....	digital paint artist
Katsuya Yamada	....	assistant animation director
Katsuya Yamada	....	key animator
Hiroki Yamamoto	....	digital paint artist
Tomoko Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Kiyomi Yamazaki	....	ink and paint artist
Yoshiaki Yanagida	....	key animator
Mihoko Yoneyama	....	digital paint artist
Noboru Yoshida	....	background artist
Kim Young-Ran	....	inbetween animator
Yoshimitsu Ôhashi	....	key animator

Music Department
Marco D'Ambrosio	....	conductor
Marco D'Ambrosio	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Yoshitaka Amano	....	illustrator: original characters
Jack Fletcher	....	dialogue director: English version
Kenjirou Hirai	....	production assistant
Yoshiya Hirohama	....	research consultant
Ilenia Mennecozz	....	research consultant
Masateru Onodera	....	production assistant
David Schatanoff Jr.	....	operations coordinator

Production Companies

• BMG Funhouse
• Goodhill Vision
• Mad House
• Movic
• Softcapital
• Tristone Entertainment Inc.
• Vampire Hunter D Prod. Committee

Distributors

• Rapid Eye Movies (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bogeydom Licensing (2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• Manga Films
• Navigator Film (2006) (Hungary) (DVD)
• Urban Vision Entertainment (2001) (USA) (dubbed)

Special Effects

• Satelight (cgi effects)

Other Companies

• DR Movie  production in cooperation with
• Ogata Editing Room  editing (as Ogata Editing Office in English language version)
• Title House Digital  closing titles

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R13

Company:

BMG Funhouse

Trivia:

The character Carmilla is based on the novel with the same name by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It was first published in 1872.

Quotes:

Borgoff:[clapping after seeing D catch his arrow & snap it in 2] Beautiful. Just Beautiful. I applaud you, stranger. Tell me what you're doing here. If we're in the same game, we should be friends. Tell me your name. Mine's Borgoff. Borgoff Markus.
D:[short pause] D.
[rides off]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Land of the Dead (2005)

Gripping and gorgeous Vampire D: Bloodlust is a must-see for anime lovers

It is a beautifully created anime! Every scene is a masterpiece and the storyline is captivating. I truly enjoyed this movie not only because of the exquisite artwork but Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a serious, touching, and at times humorous movie that anyone who watches it, with or without a love for animated movies, will be captured by its unique and brilliantly planned plot. And to those of you who think the hand destroyed the movie i completely disagree with them. He is an excellent source or comical relief that is needed for most people in intense movies and this is definitely an intense movie. I have seen clips of the first movie and heard the opinions of others on which is better and most of them believe that the first was slightly more gripping, but the animation is a definite improvement in Bloodlust. (I still have yet to see the first for myself.) I would have to say the only way i could be disappointed with this movie is that there aren't more of them like it.