Cud & Tith’s Death and Dismemberment Thursday Movies night, Anime Edition: Vampire Hunter D (1985) (1h20m) and its sequel, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000) (1h43m) at 4:30 PM US EDT
Ending a bit early as I have to leave for something
A note: timezones hard, feel free to use https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or something similar to do timezone conversions to your local time
We will be using Blorptube tonight: https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine. IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a good VPN whenever visiting Blorptube due to how peering works. You can read more about Peertube and potential security concerns here: https://hexbear.net/post/3471120
These books caught my attention and I’m curious about reading them, but they are also dauntingly long, so I’m looking to watch the movies and see if I like them enough to put the time investment into the books. To me, they looked like a very weird and creative twist on vampire stories so I have high hopes.
Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Vampire Hunter D (Japanese: 吸血鬼ハンターD, Hepburn: Banpaia Hantā Dī) is a 1985 Japanese original video animation directed by Toyoo Ashida from a screenplay by Yasushi Hirano. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Hideyuki Kikuchi.
The film is set in the year 12,090 AD, in a post-nuclear holocaust world where a young woman hires a mysterious half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter to protect her from a powerful vampire lord whom she is being forced to marry.
Content Warnings for Vampire Hunter D (1985) (1h20m)
Violence and gore: SEVERE
- Cats and horses are killed on screen. I was not able to get a timestamp for the cat; the horses are brutally killed in the opening scene
- eye stabbing
- Body Horror
- a lot of bloody violence with blades — stabbings, slicing, amputation, decapitation
Sexual violence: Moderate
- Sexual objectification of women (both camera and characters do this)
- Unwanted advances
- A man rips a woman’s shirt open, forcibly exposing her -removed mentioned and praised
Other:
- People are restrained
- Abduction
- Child abuse, domestic violence
Doesthedogdie: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/23166
UnconsentingMedia: https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/9205
IMDB Parental Guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090248/parentalguide/
TankieTube link to movie: https://tankie.tube/w/vwt3k2oSFHrJDo87kpr5VM
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000) (1h43m)
From Wikipedia:
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, simply known in Japan as Vampire Hunter D (バンパイアハンターD, Banpaia Hantā Dī), is a 2000 dark fantasy[4] vampire adventure[5] anime film written for the screen and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It is based on the 1985 novel Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi.
The film began production in 1997 and was completed with the intention of being shown in American theaters. It was shown in twelve theaters across the United States and received generally positive reception from American critics.
It sounds similar to the first one but is supposed to be better. We’ll find out!
Content Warnings for Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000) (1h43m)
While there are entries in the usual places, they are pretty sparse on details so this list may be incomplete.
Violence and gore: Severe
- Lots of blood
- Someone burns alive
- A horse dies, it is gory
Sexual violence: Mild, allegedly
- However it is safe to assume there’ll still be some objectification.
Other:
Doesthedogdie: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20305
UnconsentingMedia: https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/9213
IMDB Parental Guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216651/parentalguide/
TankieTube link to movie: https://tankie.tube/w/pK4vUG6jmoLQaCmLeXdsNo
