List of Vampire Hunter D light novels

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This is a listing of all light novels in the Vampire Hunter D series, written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano.

Known simply as the Vampire Hunter (吸血鬼ハンター Kyūketsuki Hantā?) series in Japan, the first novel, Vampire Hunter "D", was written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and published in 1983. To date, 19 volumes have been published in the main series, with some volumes being comprised of as many as four books. The series has also spawned anime, audio drama, and manga adaptations, as well as a short story collection, art books, and a supplimental guide book.

All of the official publications in the series were originally published by Asahi Sonorama, however the Sonorama branch went out of business in September 2007. The release of D - Throng of Heretics in October 2007 under the Asahi Bunko - Sonorama Selection label marked the transition to the new publisher, Asahi Shimbun Publishing, a division of Asahi Sonorama's parent company. From December 2007 through January 2008, Asahi Shimbun Publishing reprinted the complete Vampire Hunter catalogue under the Sonorama Selection label.

On May 11, 2005, the first official English translation was released under DH Press, translated by Kevin Leahy. As of November 2007, nine novels have been translated into and released in English, with five more (through the end of Twin-Shadowed Knight 2) scheduled to be released through 2009.[1]

Contents

[edit] Vampire Hunter "D"

Main article: Vampire Hunter D Volume 1
  • Book Description
  • Other

This book was adapted into the first VHD animated move, Vampire Hunter D.


[edit] Raiser of Gales "D"

Main article: Vampire Hunter D: Raiser of Gales
  • Book Description


[edit] D - Demon Deathchase

  • Book Description
  • Other

This novel was adapted into the second VHD animated movie, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.


[edit] D - Tale of the Dead Town


[edit] The Stuff of Dreams "D"


[edit] D - Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane


[edit] D - Mysterious Journey to the North Sea

Main article: Vampire Hunter D: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea
  • Book Description (Part One)


[edit] D - The Rose Princess


[edit] D - Pale Fallen Angel


  • D - Pale Fallen Angel (Parts 1 + 2)


  • D - Pale Fallen Angel (Parts 3 + 4)


[edit] D - Twin-shadowed Knight


[edit] D - Dark Road


  • D - Dark Road 1


  • D - Dark Road 2


  • D - Dark Road 3


[edit] D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord


  • D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord 1


  • D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord 2


  • D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord 3


  • D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord 4


[edit] D - Fortress of the Elder God


[edit] D - Highway of the Enchanted Troops


[edit] D - Account of the Demon Battle


[edit] D - Record of the Blood Battle


[edit] D - White Devil Mountain


  • D - White Devil Mountain (1st Half)

A shuttle containing a Noble in a coffin crashes into White Devil Mountain while en route to the Capital. The Noble is none other than Gilzen, who is detested as a demon to the point that even allied Nobles chose to bind his coffin with heavy chains and seal it deep underground. Commissioned by a Noble to recover the coffin, D ventures into the snowstorm which constantly rages around the mountain. In tow are two men, a female doctor, a guard, a boy looking for his father, and a female bounty hunter who opposes D. Gathering together, they begin the dangerous hike up the mountain.


  • D - White Devil Mountain (2nd Half)

Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D finds the group of knights who protect the most unlucky Noble, Gilzen, like their king. However, another soldier is waiting for him -- an extraterrestrial who crash landed 10,000 years ago and was captured and turned into a vampire by Gilzen. Using the advanced technology that Gilzen stole from the extratrrestrial, he separates the castle and those within from the flow of time. His goal: to oppose the Sacred Ancestor's rise to power.


[edit] D - Iriya the Berserker

  • Book Description

An attractive female warrior named Iriya appears before D. Since childhood, her goal has been to slay her parents and siblings who had been transformed into vampires by the Nobility.


[edit] D - Throng of Heretics

Main article: Vampire Hunter D: Throng of Heretics
  • Book Description

A device which has observed ruins in the southern Frontier Sector for 300 years suddenly deactivates. Nobles who were cruelly slaughtered by the hands of men, the survivors of the Zeno family, are revived. Fearing the fangs of vengeance, the mayor of the village where the murderer's descendants reside hires five vampire hunters. As the mayor returns from the Capital, five enemies target his daughter. During a thunderstorm, a noble attacks her on the mountain pass. Amid the flashes of lightning, the master's beautiful visage appears... The blood-sucking Nobles, the hunters, and D -- the chaotic journey of three parties begins as the bloody wind blows.


[edit] Short Stories

[edit] D - Dark Nocturne


  • D - Dark Nocturne (D-昏い夜想曲 D - Kurai Yasōkyoku?)
  • D - Notes on Imagined Autumn (D-想秋譜 D - Omoakifu?)
  • D - Legend of the War Demons (D-戦鬼伝 D - Ikusaoniten?)


[edit] Other Short Stories


  • D - Armageddon (D-ハルマゲドン D - Harumagedon?)

Published in The Chaser, Evil Universe, and Vampire Hunter "D" Reader.


  • Portrait of Ixobel (イゾベルの肖像画 Izoberu no Shōzōga?)

Published in Coffin - Vampire Hunter D, and Vampire Hunter "D" Reader.


  • D - A Village in Fog (D-霧の村 D - Kiri no Mura?)

Published in Yoshitaka Amano Picture Collection - Vampire Hunter "D", and Vampire Hunter "D" Reader.


  • D - Castle Dweller (D-城の住人 D - Shiro no Jūnin?)

Published in Vampire Hunter "D" Reader.


  • D - Night on the Highway (D-夜の街道にて D - Yoru no Kaidōnite?)

Published in Vampire Hunter "D" Reader.


  • A Message from Cecil (セシルからの伝言 Sesshiru Kara no Dengon?)

Published in Vampire Hunter D - Audio Drama CD Box.


[edit] Art and Guide Books

[edit] Evil Universe


[edit] Coffin - Vampire Hunter D


[edit] Yoshitaka Amano Picture Collection - Vampire Hunter "D"


[edit] Vampire Hunter "D" Reader


[edit] References

  1. ^ Kevin Leahy, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VampireHunterD/

[edit] External links

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