movie review - Vampire Hunter 'D'
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 1997.01.26
I found this a third-rate anime with uninspired animation and story. The animation style in particular - which I think was intended to be heavy and moody - instead is inaccessible and yet also seems to have cut corners. It was like "Heavy Metal" with a certain frenetic jitter.
I know that this was based on a series of books and that this is (or was) meant to kick off a series of movies, but I found the story to be rushed and confused, as if condensing the manga into movie form resulted in some tricky decisions that appeared to the crew to work but didn't come off as a standalone work in film.
Not recommended.