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Title: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Genre: Action/Vampire
Company:Studio Madhouse
Format:1 Movie
Year:2001
It is a time of troubles for the Elbourne family, the heiress to their fortune, Charlotte, has been kidnapped, apparently
in the name of Love, by the vampire Meier Link. Placing a bounty on her safe
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"Won't you please clean me out!!?!"
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return, their summons for a hunter are soon answered by D. Reluctant at first to hire a Dunpeal, half-vampire, to save
Charlotte, they finally give in to his mysterious charisma. The only question that remains, what if their love truly exists? - summary by Otaku Alex
Otaku Alex
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Plot
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C. Development
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Music
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Animation
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Premise
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Mean
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9
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6.0
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I must say the same thing for this sequel as I did for the original movie, don't regard the rated score. This movie has much more to offer than it outwardly appears, unfortunately, some of its
elements fail in their purposes. I enjoyed watching this movie, It was an exhilarating experiance, but one cannot deny the lack of certain key features -cough, Premise, cough-. Still, for fans of vampire movies, this is as good as it's going
to get.
The strongest aspect of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
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"Strong homo-erotic overtones!!"
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is the lack of what its name literally states, bloodlust. Although fight scenes were prevelant, the creators at no point forgot to include external themes. Plot wise, the most interesting of these presented themes was the relationship between humans and
vampires, and the lack of mutual respect therein. The story is, to say the least, intriguing.
This movie does not have Premise or Character Development. It seems that each person is entirely bent on their personal goal, and the only way to achieve
it is to kill everyone that opposes them. Although this provides for greatly emotional action sequences, it does not add anything to the movie. Premise is BASICALLY nonexistant. Except for the blurb or family background you get, the characters
remain mysterious to the end. The creators argue that this adds to the 'atmosphere' of the animé and to D's personality, but I am left feeling empty.
I believe that Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
deserves a standing ovation for its animation and music, both are outstanding and
fit well with eachother. Unfortunately, it seems that the designers occasionally forgot about the story to put in some beautiful scenery. In summation, this movie is worth watching, but don't go looking for anything too profound in it.
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