Yami no Teio: Kyuuketsuki Dracula

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English: Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned

Synonyms: Tomb of Dracula, Emperor of Darkness - Vampire Dracula

Japanese: 闇の帝王　吸血鬼ドラキュラ

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Type: Special

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 19, 1980

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Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Other

Genres: Vampire

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #10281²

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Popularity: #7864

Members: 2,378

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Synopsis

On a seemingly normal night in Boston, a satanic ritual is taking place: a bride is to be offered up as a sacrifice. However, Dracula, the King of Vampires, swoops in and steals her, with the intent of depriving the woman of both her blood and her life. And yet, despite his earlier motives for abducting the bride, Dracula is astonished by her beauty and decides to keep the woman as his wife.

He and Domini, his spouse, lead a fruitful life together, bearing a healthy son by the name of Janus, with Dracula's crime against Satan fading from memory. On the other hand, Satan hasn't forgiven him for stealing his rightful bride and is plotting to ruin his happiness when the time is right. Another group, the Vampire Hunters, similarly wish to destroy Dracula as vengeance for the souls he has taken to feed himself.

Now carrying the burden of a family, Dracula must protect himself from Satan's plots as well as from the vengeful Vampire Hunters in a desperate fight for survival and forbidden love.

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Dracula

Main

Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Harker, Quincy

Main

Prince of Darkness, Satan

Supporting

Lillith

Supporting

Lupeski

Supporting

Van Helsing, Rachel

Supporting

Domini

Supporting

Layla

Supporting

Katsura, Reiko
Japanese

Narrator

Supporting

Drake, Frank

Supporting

Noda, Keiichi
Japanese

Staff

Okazaki, Minoru

Director

Yokoyama, Seiji

Music

Matsumoto, Kenji

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Mar 6, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

GreatSG (All reviews)

39 people found this review helpful

A classic of bad anime panels at various conventions, Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned as it was titled for it's US release in the 80s by Harmony Gold is an example of how not to adapt an American comic book into film, especially a low budget anime one.

For one thing, this movie mostly takes place in Boston, and it's quite obvious that the creators have not only never been to Boston but didn't even research the city at all, which is why modern day (circa the 80s) Boston looks like an old European city with O'Hare International titled 'Boston Airport'. Even worse is read more

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Mar 18, 2020

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

DV_Wolf (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

I have to say I was expecting something bad but to be honest, this isn't the worst thing I've seen.
In my opinion, the voice acting was probably the worst part of it all, the characters sounded monotone and some of the things they said literally made me laugh. There are a couple of instances when two characters speak over each other and it shows the little effort that was put into editing the movie.
The kid's transformation suit looked really bad.
But it did have some depth to characters' backstories and if the VC sounded better I would've given it at least a 5.
They've also portrayed Boston read more

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May 3, 2014

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

ggultra2764 (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

Dracula: Sovereign of the Dracula appears to be an attempt at compressing the events of its source material into a 90-minute film, resulting in really sloppy storytelling and rushed pacing of its events.

The major element of the film that was rather confusing was how the title attempted to depict Dracula. Sovereign of the Damned tries making efforts at depicting him as a tragic figure who wanted to live happily with his family, wanted to be left alone and experience life as a mortal man. Yet at the same time, he had no qualms with sucking on the blood of humans or killing others who threaten read more

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Feb 8, 2017

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

6ahri (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

There's something unsettling—and hilariously incongruous—about the way Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned tries to replicate the classic Hammer Horror aesthetic with some of the cheapest, clunkiest, flattest-looking herky-jerky animation this side of Hanna-Barbera.

I mean, seriously?

Call me crazy, but I'm not sure if the likes of Jabberjaw and Jonny Quest should occupy the same universe as vampires, devil worshippers, child-murdering priests, zombies, karate-kicking demon slayers, wheelchair ninjas, hyperintelligent dobermans, disco studs, reincarnated babies with Jesus powers, and—in a cameo appearance—a surprisingly pointy-eared Satan (or "Lucifer Satan, as he calls himself).

Uh, scratch that. On second thought, all of that actually sounds kinda awesome. And hell, read more

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