California-based production studio Unified Pictures’ Kickstarter campaign for Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars, a new Vampire Hunter D comic book based on a story written by original author Hideyuki Kikuchi, met its US$25,000 goal on July 2.
The novel series previously inspired an original video anime in 1985 and the Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust film in 2000.
Sentai Filmworks re-released the 1985 Vampire Hunter D anime in August with a new English dub in addition to the Japanese language track.
Discotek Media rereleased Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust in September without the Japanese dub track.