Vampire Sensou

Vampire Wars is under an hour long but tries to squeeze two hours of plot in to it's run time which means it's completely baffling, a bit confusing and absolutely crazy which also means it's hilarious fun.

This is a mature anime from the early 90's and anyone who's a fan of this era of anime will know exactly what to expect: Violence, gore, naked chicks and a very funny and over the top English dubbing job. The animation is slick and professional although it's clearly on the lower budget side of things and i was laughing so hard at some of the dialogue and the ... general crazyness of everything.

I won't spoil anything but it's definitely recommend for anime fans of a certain age who enjoy adult oriented anime from this era, it's a laugh riot and i wish it was longer.

It's a mystery noir. With 50 minutes (+5 minute ED song), plot is clearly rushed, but connects all the characters. Kuki & Lamia get some character depth, & join/betrayal all jump through quickly, acceptable considering the shortness, but really could've benefited from longer development of the complex mystery. It's far from your usual vampire films, and more a mystery on a multi-country & grand scale.
I suggest English dub + English sub. Occasionally they are different, offset, or both. It gives nearly 2x the plot information, and quite funny seeing how much they diverge in meaning. After ~40min I laughed uncontrollably for the remainder. It brilliantly ... switches from dark noir to hilarity (not sure if intended). It's beautifully ended (with possible continuation), and allows the audience to question whether it truly was a good end or troll end.

Characters:
Kuki mc is refreshing to see compared to 201x tropes. He's quite handsome, strong but not OP, buff without acting gay, & determined. Sometimes too fast, but he literally drives the show forward. His English dub is good in moments, but often very flat. I may rewatch with JP voice later.
Lamia is not a damsel in distress, and crucial to the mystery. All females are adults & drawn attractively (not moe).
Mirucha is very interesting. Most about him is spoilerific.
Various gangs/gov/parties get confusing but they're mostly contextual.

Art/Sound:
Stylized dark, realistic, gritty as noir should be. Many great osts, 90's nostalgia with heavy energetic drums, slow blues, electric guitar, hippies style etc. There's enough combat/gunfight animation to keep interested besides the rushed confusing plot, and for 1990 it's surprisingly smooth without cutting corners. Even details like loading each bullet, agony after getting wounded etc is animated, with good fight choreography.

Overall:
Enjoyable short, rare noir anime. Lots of whut...!? moments over unique, nonsensical events. Over 10 minutes of funny. Great music. Realistic GAR man. Unusual vampire mystery. I picked this for a terrible rated Halloween B movie, but turned out an absolute underwatched gem.

(In)famously considered among the worst of the worst of anime OVAs - and with good reason. It's terrible. The story is ridiculous, the main character is way over the top, the 'acting' is raucous and forced, the action scenes make the SyFy movie of the week look well choreographed, the dubbing (yup, I watched it dubbed, so sue me) was unnecessarily R-Fifteened, and it just sort of...ends...abruptly. Leaving you wondering, wait, that's it?

Yup, that's it.

But all of those qualities (and more) are what make some people actually enjoy this. You see, ... this falls into the rare category known as the "Terribad" anime. That is, it's SO BAD that it goes beyond bad and becomes entertaining, as you revel in the awfulness of every scene. It's a good "group" movie, to watch with buddies who like to chime in and throw shade at the screen at every unbelievably bad line, or weird scene. Get your buddies together and MST3K Vampire Wars, it's the only way to go!