Vampire Hunter D | The Japanese Horror Novels Behind a Global Phenom

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Exploring the world of Vampire Hunter D, the books behind the incredible movie, and the real world history and culture that inspires it.

00:00 Opening
06:42 The First VHD Novel
16:53 Westerns & Samurai
26:20 Beauty & Power
40:55 The Sacred Ancestor
48:08 Closing

Music Used, in order:
Silent Partner - Get Back Up
The Whole Other - Familiar Things
SefChol - Orient
Silent Partner - Belief
Twin Musicom - Precipise

Sources used in the background material of this video:
A History of Modern Japan, Richard Storry
Everyday Life in Imperial Japan, Charles J Dunn
Japanese Culture A Short History, H Paul Varley
Japan Past and Present, Edwin O Resichauer
The Chyrsanthemum and the Sword, Ruth Benedict
Warrior Rule in Japan, Marius B Jansen

TGM is a horror game analysis channel with a heavy focus on Silent Hill, & other Japanese horror games.

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