One of the first anime films released outside of Japan, Vampire Hunter D (å¸è¡€é¬¼ãƒãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ¼D) remains a cult classic in the English-speaking world. Billed by the Japanese producers as a "dark future science-fiction romance", Vampire Hunter D is set in the year 12,090 A.D., in a post-nuclear holocaust world where a vampiric Nobility terrorizes human peasants.