Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (バンパイアハンターD ブラッドラスト Banpaia Hantā Dī: Buraddorasuto) is a 2000 anime film produced by Madhouse, based on the novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi. A joint-coproduction between Filmlink International and Urban Vision Entertainment, it was released in theaters in both Japan and the United States in 2001.

Synopsis

D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a human woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Marcus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time. Despised by Vampires for his profession and by Humans for the blood in his veins, D relentlessly pursues his prey for a price.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū*	Voice Actor
D	Hideyuki Tanaka	Andrew Philpot
Meier Link	Kōichi Yamadera	John Rafter Lee
Leila	Megumi Hayashibara	Pamela Adlon
Leila	Akiko Yajima (young)	Pamela Adlon
Charlotte Elbourne	Emi Shinohara	Wendee Lee
Left Hand	Ichirō Nagai	Michael McShane
Carmilla	Hibari Maeda	Julia Fletcher
Borgoff Marcus	Yūsaku Yara	Matt McKenzie
Nolt Marcus	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	John DiMaggio
Kyle Marcus	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Alex Fernandez
Grove Marcus	Toshihiko Seki	Jack Fletcher
Benge	Keiji Fujiwara	Dwight Schultz
Caroline	Yōko Somi	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Machira	Rintarō Nishi	John DiMaggio
Old Man of Barbarois	Chikao Ōtsuka	Dwight Schultz
Polk	Takeshi Aono	John Hostetter
Sheriff	Rikiya Koyama	John DiMaggio
John Elbourne	Motomu Kiyokawa	John DiMaggio
Alan Elbourne	Kōji Tsujitani	John DeMita
Leila's Granddaughter	Mika Kanai	Debi Derryberry
D's Mother	Chiharu Suzuka	Julia Fletcher
Priest	Unshō Ishizuka	John DeMita

*Recorded after English track

Notes[]

Unlike other anime films, the English soundtrack was actually recorded first and was the one screened in Japanese theaters with Japanese subtitles. The Japanese dub wouldn't be released until the film came out on DVD in 2001.
Consequently, all English home video releases of the film do not contain the Japanese audio track due to licensing restrictions.

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Avex Entertainment	2001	2 NTSC	Japan
Urban Vision Entertainment	2002	NTSC	United States
Urban Vision Entertainment	2002	1 NTSC	United States
Optimum Releasing	2004	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Discotek Media	2015	1 NTSC	United States
Discotek Media	2015	A DVB-T	United States