26 Years Later, Anime’s Most Influential Vampire Movie Deserves Another Shot

For years, anime creators like Toyoo Ashida, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Mamoru Oshii have experimented with vampires in ways that Hollywood would never even attempt. The result is a surprisingly rich lineage of bloodsucking stories, from the gothic grandeur of Vampire Hunter D (1985) and the lavish spec…