The gothic horror cult classic is riding a fresh wave of momentum — a Dark Horse comic, new manga, and now a full theatrical rollout. GKIDS announced Saturday at Anime NYC 2026 that it has acquired the North American theatrical and home video rights to Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, with a full theatrical release set for 2027. The 2000 dark fantasy film, animated at Madhouse and based on Hideyuki Kikuchi‘s long-running novel series, has spent over two decade

Dark Horse Comics used its Anime NYC 2026 panel at the Javits Center on Friday, August 21, 2026, to unveil three new titles for manga fans—two manga volumes and, notably, the publisher's first-ever original comic series set in the Vampire Hunter D universe. The headliner is Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood, a four-issue miniseries breaking from the franchise's usual manga-adaptation format to tell an original story in single-issue comic form. Alongside it, Dark Horse confi