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These are all titles I have seen, but I feel I do not have enough material on them to devote each one its own page.

These reviews only tell what the title is about along with my opinion of it.

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Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Daughter of werewolf hunter, Doris Rumm was attacked by the vampire Count Lee and he is determined to make her his new wife. Her town shuns her so the only help she can get is from D, a vampire hunter who is half human and half vampire.

I love post Hammer Films vampire flicks and this is able to stand with the best live action titles. You can tell the age of the film, but the animation still delivers. The story is superb, but some of the action scenes are a little over done. Also the dialogue could have been worked on. The soundtrack is great and it fits the mood of the title. When it comes down to the battle of the half vampires, Blade v. D, the action is excellent in Snipe's film, but if you want an excellent story, keep in mind Blade had a good one, go with D.

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Galaxy Express 999

The Ishtar army has conquered the city of IO which puts them in total control of Venus. A group of bikers led by Hiro are fed up with the cities lack to take action, so they decide to take out a heavily armed tank as an act of vengeance. After the very destructive battle the bikers are taken by the resistance, and for his friends' freedom Hiro must join these rebels.

The story is like a lot of live action, future worlds at war films, but is written well enough to hold up with the best of them. Unfortunately, to some extent it feels like Akira without the crazy kid. The action is great, but the climax doesn't deliver. It's set up just like Return of the Jedi, but the set up falls apart when we only focus on Hiro v. the dictator. All the characters are belivable and that is the film's best quality, but the worse thing about this film is the 10 minutes of bull sh** at the end. Most of the animation is top notch, but when they try to merge it with some live action backgrounds, it just plain sucks. All other technical qualities are good, and it does have a great soundtrack until the end of the film. Worth watching until the bad guy gets it, then it turns into a crappy music video (the type that wins the viewer's choice of the year award by MTV)