Synopsis
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
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Cast
- Youki KudohSaya (voice)
- Saemi NakamuraNurse Makiho Caroline Amano (voice)
- Joe RomersaDavid (voice)
- Rebecca ForstadtSharon (voice)
- Stuart RobinsonLouis (voice)
- Akira KoteyamaMama (voice)
- Tom FahnTeacher (voice)
- Fitz HoustonS.P. #1 (voice)
- Paul CarrSchool Headmaster (voice)
Recommendations
- 70
L.A. Weekly
This is one of the few treatments of the macabre in animation that is authentically unnerving, rather than merely gross or campy. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Despite its scant 48-minute running time (which many viewers will find frustrating), the film sets up a provocative equation between vampirism and American involvement in Asia. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
It feels like a pilot episode for the most expensive made-for-cable cartoon ever produced, and if you expect quantity (or closure) for your $8 ticket, you may feel shorted. The quality, however, is unlikely to be disputed. - 40
The New York Times
Much more effective at evoking a paranoid mood than at telling a coherent story, and the jerky action sequences are among the film's weaker visual elements. - 25
New York Post
This poorly done, digitally animated work, directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, might be of interest to die-hard fans of anime. Others should pass it by. - 10
Village Voice
This overhyped slashfest fails to rise above the extravagant pointlessness that plagues inferior anime.
