Maiden Japan isn’t missing out in getting some of their materials up on Hulu through their own partnership with The Anime Network and the latest one to debut is the twenty-six episode run of Vampire Princess Miyu. The show is presented here in its original Japanese language with subtitles which is also available to Hulu Plus members to stream directly to their TV apps or to watch via other digital devices.
Based on the manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, Vampire Princess Miyu is a twenty-six episode series animated by AIC that started back at the end of 1997. It followed ten years after a four part OVA series that was done in 1988, the same time as the manga got underway, a manga series which ran until 2002 when it finished with ten volumes. Both Kakinouchi and Hirano worked extensively in anime and manga over the years with their names involved in lots of key properties, from MegaZone 23 to Kimagure Orange Road to Angel Heart and Magic Knight Rayearth. They’re the kind of creators who produce some fascinating works and seeing them come together for a simple supernatural horror series brings a lot to like, particularly since Hirano stepped up to direct this series as well.
Plot concept: Born a Vampire and Human, doomed to remain trapped in the body of a teenager forever, she is the chosen one: Mankind’s last defense against the forces of darkness. She is charged with the duty of tracking down supernatural beings who seek to harm the human race and banishing them back to the dark realms from whence they came. But even a half-human ultimate hunter is still a creature of the night and still needs the blood of the living in order to survive.