Dark Horse Announces More Vampire Hunter D, Gou Tanabe’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Manga
Dark Horse had some announcements to make at Anime NYC this weekend, including more Vampire Hunter D releases and another Gou Tanabe take on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Vampire Hunter D has a couple different titles on the way, including a new four-issue comic series by Chris Con…
Dark Horse had some announcements to make at Anime NYC this weekend, including more ***Vampire Hunter D ***releases and another Gou Tanabe take on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. ***Vampire Hunter D ***has a couple different titles on the way, including a new four-issue comic series by Chris Condon, Filipe Andrade, Jordie Bellaire and Frank Cvetkovic. The first issue of ***Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood ***hits shelves with three different cover options on December 16.
Dark Horse also announced Vampire Hunter D: The Rose Princess, a manga adaptation by Saiko Takaki that covers one of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s most famous stories.
Vampire Hunter D: The Rose Princess
by Saiko TakakiTranslated by Kevin LeahyMarch 2027
Synopsis:
The village of Sacri is a fertile oasis on the otherwise barren frontier. But Sacri's prosperity comes at a steep price! The ruling noble, an immortal vampire princess, feasts on the villagers at her whim. When a young man attempts to save his lover from being bitten, the princess sends her four savage knights to punish the petulant villagers. Standing in their way is none other than the beautiful and dangerous Vampire Hunter D! With the help of a rebellious young woman named Elena, D undertakes a quest to end the princess's deadly rule. But first, the two of them will risk their lives in an epic duel with her knights.
Here’s a peek at what’s next from Dark Horse and Gou Tanabe:
H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
by Gou TanabeTranslated by Zack Davisson, lettered by Steve DutroEarly 2027
Synopsis:
Charles Dexter Ward hasn't seemed himself since travelling to strange lands and keeping stranger company, all in the pursuit of information on a notorious ancestor, Joseph Curwen. Rumored alchemist and practitioner of the occult, Curwen died violently, and Charles became obsessed with finding his unmarked grave. Performing bizarre experiments and chants inside his room, Charles claims to have rediscovered secret knowledge his ancestor possessed that could revolutionize the world. When his erratic and dangerous behavior at last gets him committed to an insane asylum, Charles seemingly escapes…and only his family physician, Dr. Willett, suspecting a hideous truth, now has the courage to pursue the strange case of Charles Dexter Ward!
**Source: **Dark Horse press release, Dark Horse X (formerly Twitter) account