Originally posted by arashi on the Dark Shadows: General Discussion Forum on February 24, 2002 at 00:11:58:
This is pretty off-topic, not DS related, but vampire related.
I don't know how many people know this, but I am a HUGE fan of japanese animation (Oh no! Big eyes, boobs and guns!) It's not really like that, seriously.
Anyhow, I'm recommending a TERRIFIC vampire movie to you all, it's titled Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust. It's about a half-human, half-vampire, Vampire Hunter named D. (He's very cool). Anyhow, woman is kidnapped from her bed by a vampire in the dead of night, her family hires D to get her back, dead or alive, and to "put her out of her misery" so to speak if she has been turned. But he has competition, for the family has also hired another team of Bounty Hunters to find their daughter. A lot of things turn out to be "not what they seem", like what are the vampire's plans for the young woman? (I'd give you more examples but I can't without ruining the plot!)
There was another Vampire Hunter D movie made in 1985, but the latest movie makes the old one look like Hanna-Barbera.
If you can check your local Blockbuster or whatever video store for it, it's amazing. The animation is astounding, and the storyline is incredible. It was just released on DVD earlier this month (or late january I forget) but make SURE you rent Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust if you want to see what I'm talking about.
The opening sequence is worth it alone!
(And don't worry, it's in English! Even the original Japanese theater version was in English with Japanese subtitles. Rare!)
~Arashi
(I don't know what Grove is, but he's freaking COOL!!!)