The Movie: Vampire Hunter D, directed by Toyoo Ashida/Carl Macek
Recommendation: Len
Reason: I have only ever seen a heavily edited, nonsensical version of this movie.
Vampire Hunter D is a pretty well known anime. Possibly almost as well known as Akira, and they reached the USA around the same time. The animation is pretty good, considering what the US was doing with pencils and cels at the time. The voice acting holds up pretty well, though there are some scenes where one pangs for today's CG alteration of lip movements.
As with most anime, there's an extensive library of material that precedes and follows this movie. I've got the sequel to attempt at some point, which is apparently based on the third book. I hope that the sequel improves on the continuity, which was a little iffy in the original.
As a fan of genre-bending action animation, I'm on board with this movie. It's neat, doesn't require huge amounts of thought. There's a big sword and a talking left hand for no apparent reason. Par for the course, I suppose.
-114/365 down, 251/365 to go
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