The Archive and The Shadow Library: Dracula and Alucard

Vampire Hunter D (movie 1985, DVD release 2000, 1 hour and twenty minutes)

D, a haunted half-human, half-vampire warrior, wanders the countryside of a feudalistic future, hunting his own kind while battling his own evil nature. Like a rogue samurai, the silent, solitary hero wanders into a small hamlet terrorized by the all-powerful Count, a monstrous vampire lord, and his demonic minions from a castle that casts a long shadow over the countryside. The Count has claimed the human Doris (who wields a mean cutlass herself) as his bride. D becomes her protector and--when she's captured by the Count's shape-shifting minions--her savior. - Amazon

 

Hellsing (Volumes 1 -4) (airdate 2001-2002)

Hellsing is named after and centered around the Royal Order of Protestant Knights originally led by Abraham Van Helsing. The mission of Hellsing is to search for and destroy the undead and other supernatural forces of evil that threaten the queen and the country. This organization is currently led by Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, who inherited the leadership of Hellsing as a child after the death of her father. She witnessed his death which turned her from a once innocent and shy little girl to a tough and deadly force. She is protected by the faithful Hellsing family butler Walter C. Dornez, a deadly foe in his own right, and Alucard, the original and most powerful vampire, who swore loyalty to the Hellsing family after being defeated by Van Helsing one hundred years before the story takes place. These formidable guardians are joined early on in the storyline by former police officer Seras Victoria, whom Alucard turned into a vampire. – Wikipedia

Researching images for my vampire post, I discovered that I had not chronicled my copy of Vampire Hunter D, not in any meaningful or searchable way. I was also reminded that I used to have four DVDs of the Hellsing animated series (the full series, if I’m remembering correctly) bought at our local Blockbuster going-out-of-business sale (on spec, as it were) and sold in my desperate visit to Dragon’s Loot. I had never got into it very much.