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http://urllio.com/r9dmyIn this animated adaptation of the Tomb of Dracula comic book series, Dracula assumes control of a satanic cult and fathers a child through one of his followers, but the forces of both good and evil align themselves against him.
I love Marvel Comics. I love all the shows (for the most part) and the movies (again, mostly). I find the characters incredibly interesting and love to know about it. I'm particularly interested in animation. I had read all about Marvel's modern animated movies, but learned that there were two relatively unknown movies: Dracula and The Monster of Frankenstein. Marvel and Toei Animation made a deal to make several of their properties, but those were the only two produced.<br/><br/>Dracula is inspired by The Tomb of Dracula. The comic features Dracula's grandson finding his body and encountering vampire hunters like Blade. I picked up a collected edition and it's quite...odd to say the least (it was the 70s). This film is loosely inspired by the comics and features a few of the characters, but greatly alters the story. Oddly enough, the comics weren't available in Japan at the time so it's an odd choice that this was made above Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, or Hulk.<br/><br/>The film follows both Dracula and his grandson Drake. Dracula meets a woman, falls in love, and has a child. Drake meets a team of vampire hunters and searches for his grandfather. Satan, angry at Dracula for stealing his bride, plans to destroy the vampire lord. The meeting of the three stories eventually leads to a big climatic showdown.<br/><br/>The tone is all over the place. There's a lot of late 70s and early 80s camp, silly hairstyles, plot devices that stretch believability, and other problems that were common in anime at the time. On the other hand, there's a lot of dark stuff. Early on, Dracula graphically kills two women on screen. There's a flashback to his days of Vlad the Impaler which is more historically accurate than most other screen versions (violence-wise). Some of the characters even take a side-trip to Hell. And one female character appears fully naked from the side. I wouldn't say it's scary, but there's a shot of birds picking at dead bodies on pikes (hence the real-life Vlad's nickname) that could be disturbing. I actually applaud the darker elements. That's something almost no one in animation deals with. The problem is, the campier elements make it too silly for adults but the sex and violence make it a bit much for children.<br/><br/>The voice acting is, again, standard for anime at the time. Unless it was Disney or Don Bluth, no one took animation seriously and certainly not anime (Akira being nearly a decade away). At the time, translations were done quickly and cheaply. It seemed that the same ten people did everything anime. The voices work for their purposes but not a one is anything more than adequate.<br/><br/>The animation is astounding. Anime has always featured terrific animation. Characters look realistic, not the oversized hands and eyes that American animation often has. There's a great richness to the images and backgrounds. Lots of interesting looking set pieces, even for tiny little scenes or just single shots. They do have the occasional problem, but it was typical to cheat every once in a while.<br/><br/>Dracula is an interesting tale. I would recommend it to anime and/or Marvel buffs looking for something different. There's actually a lot of interesting ideas. For example, Dracula resents his life as a vampire and his need to consume people, though Let the Right One In would do that idea better. If only this movie was simply a better movie. There's simply too many problems to take this seriously.
Greetings fellow IMDb browsers and movie fans. Ages ago, when VHS ruled the home entertainment franchise, I recall going to one of the VHS rental shops with my dad (RIP:-(). There it was, a cartoon about Dracula*. Granted I must have been only 12 or 13, but the idea of watching a cartoon about Dracula seemed to good to be true. Especially when there was a barrage of Marvel superheroes released by Guild Home Video that were a bit too formulaic. Therefore my short review will undoubtedley be subject to emotional colouring. What a cool movie. Dracula falls in love, has a son. The devil himself was in the movie. Furthermore the movie has reference to a prostitute, quite a dark issue for a cartoon to deal with. What more can you ask for. I'll be the first to admit that animation may have been somewhat basic, in comparison to what we have now. It's always those movies that you see when you're young that never get a release on DVD. Unless of course, you take Once upon a time in America's example and wait nearly 20 years for a release on DVD. Toei Studios please release this little gem of a movie. I'm sure there might be a copy in some car boot sale on VHS. cf a scene in the X-files where the cure for a virus is in some locker in a non-descript train/bus station.<br/><br/>*I do remember that to be the title on the video box in red text, I don't recall a subtitle.
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