HIDIVE and Shudder have teamed up with Iconic Events Releasing to bring the 40th-anniversary re-release of Vampire Hunter D to theaters across the U.S. and Canada on April 9, 10, and 13 as part of AX Cinema Nights’ 2024/2025 season.
To mark the occasion, HIDIVE has unveiled exclusive key art and a new theatrical trailer created specifically for this re-release. The Japanese cult classic will then make its streaming debut on both platforms later this year.
Advance tickets are now available for purchase at ax-cinemanights.com and participating theater box offices.
Official Trailer:
Key Visual:
STAFF:
Original Work: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Director: Toyoo Ashida
Screenplay: Yasushi Hirano
Character Design: Yoshitaka Amano
Animation Character Design: Noriyasu Yamauchi, Indori-goya
Production Design: Satoshi Matsudaira
Animation Director: Hiromi Matsushita
Director of Photography: Kazushi Torikoshi, Yukio Sugiyama
Music: Tetsuya Komuro
Executive Producer: Shigeo Maruyama, Yutaka Takahashi
Producer: Mitsuhisa Koeda, Hiroshi Kato, Yukio Nagasaki
Animation Production: Toshihiko Sato, Ashi Productions CO., LTD.
Theme Song: “YOUR SONG”
Written by: Tetsuya Komuro, Naoto Kine
Lyrics by: Tetsuya Komuro
Arrangement by: Tetsuya Komuro, TM NETWORK
CAST: Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Keiko Toda, Seizo Kato, Satoko Kito, Kazuyasu Sogabe, Ichiro Nagai
A seminal work in horror anime film released in 1985, Vampire Hunter D is the OVA (“original video animation”) adaptation directed by Toyoo Ashida and based on the best-selling novel series by Hideyuki Kikuchi.
Official Synopsis:
In the year 12,090 A.D. technology and the supernatural have overtaken the world, leaving the land desolate and despotic. The remnants of humanity are scattered into small communities and live in fear of vampires who compose the ruling Nobility. When Count Magnus Lee tastes the blood of Doris Lang, she is forcibly chosen to be his next wife. In an effort to escape her ill-gotten fate she hires a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D, who comes from a peculiar lineage.
