Unified Pictures funded the comic based on Hideyuki Kikuchi’s original Vampire Hunter D novel series with a Kickstarter campaign in 2016, and has released the first of five issues.
The pilot is based on the two Mysterious Journey to the North Sea novels (volumes 7 and 8 of Kikuchi’s original Vampire Hunter D novel series).
Benjamin said in an interview with ANN’s Zac Bertschy that he has been a fan of the Vampire Hunter D animation for years.
“[Vampire Hunter D] was easily part of the influence that made me a fan of dark type characters,” he said.