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HIDIVE, Iconic Events Reveal Trailer, Details for 40th Anniversary Screening of Vampire Hunter D Anime

HIDIVE, Shudder, and Iconic Events Releasing began streaming a trailer on Thursday for the 40th anniversary screenings of the Vampire Hunter D anime. The film will screen in over 500 theaters the United States and Canada in Japanese with English subtitles as well as with an English dub. The screenings will feature the digitally remastered version of the work that Sentai Filmworks produced in 2015.

The companies also announced that the anime will make its streaming debut on HIDIVE and Shudder later this year.

Iconic Events Releasing and Anime Expo's AX Cinema Nights program will host the 40th anniversary screening of the Vampire Hunter D anime on April 9, 10, and 13. The screenings will feature Japanese audio and English subtitles on April 9 and feature an English dub on April 10 and April 13. Tickets for the screenings went on sale on February 12. AX Cinema Nights describes the film:

In the year 12,090 AD, 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.

The Vampire Hunter D OAV first released in Japan in December 1985. Sentai Filmworks has the license to the film, and last released it on Blu-ray Disc in 2022.

The latest round of AX Cinema Nights included screenings of Ninja Scroll in September, Metropolis 2001 in November, Paprika in January, and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie earlier this month. Additionally, the event screened Mobile Suit Gundam I, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, and Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space in October.

The event also screened Babymetal Legend-43 The Movie on December 11 and 15.

The event will screen Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack on March 12 and March 16.

This latest installment of AX Cinema Nights has screened all of the films in over 500 cinema locations in the U.S.

The first AX Cinema Nights event screened the Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis < Decide > (Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama) 3DCG anime film in May 2022. The event then screened The House of the Lost on the Cape and A Silent Voice anime films in North America in September and October 2022, respectively.

The second AX Cinema Nights event screened Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika films, and also the Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie anime films.

Source: Press release