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She looks like an innocent child.

When looked at more closely, she looks like an extraordinarily beautiful child. One might even say her beauty is unearthly. In truth, Lady Ann is several millenia old, one of the most dangerous vampire Nobles ever to walk the face of the Earth. It is her task to destroy the vampire hunter known as D. [...]

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Posted 22 June 2010 † Roscoe § art § vampires ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , ,

Vampire Hunter D: Dark Road, Parts One and Two

Vampire Hunter D: Dark Road, Parts One and Two is a recent addition to my home library and a current bedside read. The publisher’s summary of this book: When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire’s last words: “Find Muma.” But [...]

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Posted 16 June 2010 † Roscoe § books § horror § vampires ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , ,

Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 4 (manga)

Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 4 (manga), the adaptation to manga by Saiko Takaki of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s original scifi/horror novel has recently been added to my home library. I suspect my enjoyment of Takaki’s adaptation is enhanced by my already having read Kikuchi’s novel upon which this manga is based, but I do so enjoy it! [...]

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Posted 08 January 2010 † Roscoe § manga ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: ,

A little horror for the holiday?

Yes, thank you. Twin-Shadowed Knight parts One and Two, the 13th horror novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D series, with eleven full-page black and white line drawings by Yoshitaka Amano, has just been translated into English. A copy of this book was delivered to me yesterday and I’m so eager to start reading it! [...]

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Posted 09 December 2009 † Roscoe § books § horror ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , , ,

One good thing leads to another…

…and to another, and… If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I’m a devoted fan of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Japanese horror/scifi series of Vampire Hunter D novels. I order each new volume from the publisher as soon as it’s available in English. You also know that though I looked at the first [...]

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Posted 16 June 2009 † Roscoe § horror § manga ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , ,

Standing on the rim…

…of a basin of destruction, vampire Lord Vlad prepares to battle the Destroyer. This is one of several black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano found in Part Four of Pale Fallen Angels, the Japanese horror mega-novel written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and recently published in America by Dark Horse Books.

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Posted 24 April 2009 † Roscoe § art § books § horror ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , , ,