A friend and I earlier this year lamented that Yoshiaki Kawajiri hadn’t directed a movie since a 2006 animated Highlander movie. If Japanese animation, or anime, hooked you in the 90s, that disappointment is palpable. Kawajiri’s work on the surface displays every cliche about anime from the 90s. His work tends to be both ultra violent, and aggressively sexual. There’s an exploitation film/grindhouse quality to … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #24: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)