![]() What was that about? Then on the Marcus brothers team is Grove, the disabled psychic, but what is his power exactly? He can create a ghostly entity that can…shoot laser beams? There is also still a weird issue with technology in this franchise. They don’t do anything, they just emerge from the dunes and fly whilst D uses them like stepping stones across the desert. For example, in an early desert set scene D comes across these gigantic manta-ray-like creatures that seemingly live under the desert dunes but can also fly. It’s not really surprising that D and Leila get the best plot narrative when discussing their lives in one recuperation scene.ĭespite how good this feature looks and some brilliant action scenes (the first graveyard battle) there are still, for me, negative points that were either unexplained or just plain odd. She is merely a walking plot device for Link, D, and the brothers. As for Link’s obsession Charlotte Elbourne, she does nothing for the entire movie, virtually lifeless. If you want the girl just bite her and be done with it. He wants her but doesn’t want to drag her into his undead world, kinda cliche. Alas Meier Link doesn’t really give us much and merely comes across like a horny emo teen trying to have his way with a young girl (didn’t really like his design either. Still, the Marcus brothers are solid bunch of characters that offer more than the main antagonist or his wannabe bride. ![]() They also drive around in this armoured tank thing that looks like it’s been borrowed from ‘Mad Max 2’. And their leader Borgoff who looks like a typical samurai type bloke chompin’ on a cigar. A malnourished looking disabled psychic called Grove. Skinny guy Kyle who is good at throwing blades. ![]() But yeah you have the huge hulking male Nolt with a huge hulking axe weapon. On the other hand they also gave me strong ‘Blade II’ vibes (although this movie came out before ‘Blade II’). Now these vampire hunters felt a bit cliched to me, your typical anime-type looking characters really. My simple words do it no justice truth be told but believe when I say there isn’t a single part of this movie that doesn’t look eye-poppingly good.Īs already stated another change this time is the inclusion of a few more characters, mainly the Marcus Brothers. The dark and gloomy village at the start and the sumptuously gothic looking castle at the end are prime examples of the amounts of detail and design that went into this movie. And of course the locations/backdrops are far more lavish than before. The composition of Every shot is awe-inspiring, it all looks so good, so epic. The details on smaller simple bits of scenery like playing cards, mechanics, interior and exterior decoration, garments, weapons etc…are sharp. The way D’s cape billows and flaps in the wind is perfect. For example, the animation on D’s horse as it gallops looks completely accurate to a real horse. But apart from the main characters its really everything else that stands out, from major to minor. Every shot, every frame, every sequence is like a work of art with loads of details. The animation is incredible in this movie. It’s virtually common knowledge that anime looks and moves beautifully and if you ever wanna prove that to someone then show them this movie. Now I’m no anime expert, in fact I know nothing and have only seen around five anime movies, but for me this was the best-looking anime movie I’ve seen…bar ‘Ninja Scroll’. The animation was helmed by Japanese animation studio Madhouse Inc. ![]() Not that there is anything wrong with the original 1985 look (I personally prefer it), but this 2000 movie is by far a more spectacular offering. Now the biggest change here when you see this anime is obviously the visuals. Whilst Link hires a team of mutants called the Barbarois. So it’s another stereotypical plotline again, only this time D has competition from a team of vampire hunters called the Marcus Brothers. Her father Elbourne hires D to find her and bring her home, or, if she is turned…kill her. A vampire nobleman named Meier Link has, supposedly, run off with Charlotte. But would you Adam and Eve it! Another silly girl has gotten herself kidnapped by one of these pesky bloodsuckers. Nonetheless our good-looking fearless half-breed vampire hunter D is still at it, still tracking down and killing the undead. The year is 12,090 AD and vampires still rule the Earth with their technology and supernatural powers. So what’s happening this time? Well nothing much has changed actually. So with that in mind, over then years later, director Yoshiaki Kawajiri went about planning a follow-up that would be based on the third book in original creator Hideyuki Kikuchi’s book series. Due to the popularity of the original 1985 anime movie the fans wanted another D flick, a sequel.
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