HIDIVE and Shudder Partner with Iconic Events Releasing to Bring English Dubbed Adaptation Of “Vampire Hunter D” 40th Anniversary Re-Release to North American Theaters

AMC Networks’ streamers HIDIVE and Shudder will partner with Iconic Events Releasing to bring the 40^th anniversary re-release of Vampire Hunter D to U.S. and Canadian theaters this spring on April 9, 10 & 13 as part of AX Cinema Nights’ 2024/2025 Season. This Japanese cult classic film will then make its streaming debut on both platforms later this year. A seminal work in horror anime film released in 1985, Vampire Hunter D is the OVA (“original video animation”) adaptation directed by Toyoo Ashida and based on the best-selling novel series by Hideyuki Kikuchi. As part of today’s announcement, HIDIVE unveiled the special 40^th anniversary Vampire Hunter D key art and theatrical trailer created for the film’s re-release.

HIDIVE and Shudder will present a digitally remastered version of the original Vampire Hunter D OVA that was produced by Sentai Filmworks in 2015. Vampire Hunter D is the final film joining AX Cinema Nights’ previously announced line-up and will close-out the film series’ 2024/2025 Season. Iconic Events Releasing will screen the movie in English dub at over 500 North American cinemas on April 10 (English dub) & 13 (encore dub screening).

Advance tickets for Vampire Hunter D are available for purchase now at ax-cinemanights.com and participating theater box offices.

In the year 12,090 A.D. 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.