Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (闇の帝王・吸血鬼ドラキュラ Yami no Teiō - Kyūketsuki Dracula, lit. "Emperor of Darkness: Vampire Dracula") is an anime television movie based on Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula, originally created by Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, Gardner Fox and Archie Goodwin. It first aired in Japan on TV Asahi on August 19, 1980.
The film was acquired by Harmony Gold in the United States and aired sparsely on cable TV in 1983.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dracula | Kenji Utsumi | Tom Wyner |
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Satan | Hidekatsu Shibata | Richard Epcar |
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Dolores | Hiroko Suzuki | Arlene Banas |
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Layla | Reiko Katsura | Edie Mirman |
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Janus | Kazuyuki Sogabe | Max Christian |
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Frank Drake | Keiichi Noda | Daniel Woren |
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Quincy Harker | Yasuo Hisamatsu | ¿? |
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Rachel Van Helsing | Mami Koyama | Melanie MacQueen |
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Sir Tomo | Yasuo Tanaka | Robert V. Barron |
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Anton Lupeski | Junpei Takiguchi | L. Michael Haller |
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TV Reporter | ¿? | ¿? |
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Bum | ¿? | Daniel Woren |
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Voice of God | Ryō Ishihara | Richard Epcar |
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Malissa | Seiko Nakano | Robin Levenson |
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Billy | ¿? | Arlene Banas |
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Billy's Sister | ¿? | Rebecca Forstadt |
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Bill's Sister #2 | ¿? | |
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Narrator | Ryō Ishihara | Robert V. Barron |
Additional Voices
- Arlene Banas
- Robert V. Barron - Al, Stud 1
- Max Christian
- Rebecca Forstadt - Female NYC Victim
- Robin Levenson - Harold's Girl
- Edie Mirman
- Simon Prescott - Barfly 2, Satanist, Radio Broadcast
- Barry Stigler - Male NYC Victim, Barfly 1, Stud 2
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Anime Network | United States | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestron Video | 1984 | 
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NTSC | United States |
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| Mountain Video | — | PAL | United Kingdom | 
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External Links[]
- Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (anime) at the Anime News Network
- Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned at the Internet Movie Database