The first Vampire Hunter D novel was written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and published in 1983. Since then, the series has become a huge success. 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 marked the transition to the new publisher, Asahi Sonorama's parent company, Asahi Shimbun.
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]
Vampire Hunter "D"
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Japanese
English
Title
吸血鬼ハンター"D" ([Kyūketsuki Hantā "D"] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
D-双影の騎士2 ([D - Sōei no Kishi 2] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Collected with Part 1
Date
October, 1997
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76818-5
D - Dark Road
Publication Details
Part 1
Japanese
English
Title
D-ダーク·ロード1 ([D - Dāku Rōdo 1] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
March, 1999
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76862-2
Part 2
Japanese
English
Title
D-ダーク·ロード2 ([D - Dāku Rōdo 2] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
June, 1999
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76877-0
Part 3
Japanese
English
Title
D-ダーク·ロード3 ([D - Dāku Rōdo 3] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
September, 1999
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76883-5
D - Dark Road 1
D - Dark Road 2
D - Dark Road 3
D - Star Squad of the Evil Overlord
Publication Details
Part 1
Japanese
English
Title
D-邪王星団1 ([D - Jaō Seidan 1] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
July, 2000
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76909-2
Part 2
Japanese
English
Title
D-邪王星団2 ([D - Jaō Seidan 2] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
November, 2000
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76915-7
Part 3
Japanese
English
Title
D-邪王星団3 ([D - Jaō Seidan 3] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
February, 2001
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76927-0
Part 4
Japanese
English
Title
D-邪王星団4 ([D - Jaō Seidan 4] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
April, 2001
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76932-7
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
D - Fortress of the Elder God
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Japanese
English
Title
D-邪神砦 ([D - Jajin Toride] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
December, 2001
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76952-1
D - Highway of the Enchanted Troops
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Japanese
English
Title
D-妖兵街道 ([D - Yōhei Kaidō] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
February, 2003
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76994-7
D - Account of the Demon Battle
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Japanese
English
Title
D-魔戦抄 ([D - Masenshō] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
July 25, 2003
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-77014-7
D - Record of the Blood Battle
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Japanese
English
Title
D-血闘譜 ([D - Kettōfu] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
May 31, 2004
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-77024-4
D - White Devil Mountain
Publication Details
Part 1
Japanese
English
Title
D-白魔山(上) ([D - Hakumasan (jō)] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
February 28, 2005
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-77049-X
Part 2
Japanese
English
Title
D-白魔山(下) ([D - Hakumasan (ge)] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
July 25, 2005
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-77059-7
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.
D - Iriya the Berserker
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Japanese
English
Title
D-狂戦士イリヤ ([D - Kyō Senshi Iriya] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Date
January, 2007
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-77067-8
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.
D - Throng of Heretics
Publication Details
Japanese
English
Title
D-魔道衆 ([D - Madōshū] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
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.
Short Stories
D - Dark Nocturne
Publication Details
Japanese
English
Title
D-昏い夜想曲 ([D - Kurai Yasōkyoku] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))
Vampire Hunter D: Dark Nocturne
Date
January 31, 1992
April 25, 2008 (Tentative)
ISBN
ISBN 4-257-76586-0
ISBN 1-59582-132-5
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)
