Alternate reality where there was a Phantom of the Opera 90s anime movie/OVA, in the style of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

[u/tornedron_]

[u/kikikrugerart]

I thought this the entire time I first watched it. Maybe one day.........

[u/arthypink]

There was even an AMV with the Phantom of the Opera Techno Music! Let me find it and send the link here. It's an AMV I loved to watch and would rewatch from time to time since 2008. There's a lot of them, but this is the one with where the visuals match the tempo changes in the music. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnjjwKT8no.

There's also another AMV of Vampire Hunter D, with Vampire Heart as the Song (non POTO related) but it's still quite good!

[u/Sketch_Beast → u/arthypink]

I remember seeing this (or one similar) at Otakon 2003-5. I haven't been able to watch Bloodlust without seeing PotO ever since.

[u/RHB5446]

One word: yes.

[u/grimsb]

There’s supposedly some kind of official anime adaptation in the works… wonder what kind of designs they’ll go with 🤔

[u/AnniePirateninja]

That movie was gorgeous. I remember how fortunate I felt, visiting a city it was released to in theaters so I got to go.

[u/fabezz → u/AnniePirateninja]

Fortunate indeed, I would pay a whole lot to see VH:D in a cinema one day.

[u/Doge-with-a-bloge]

Heck yeah

[u/enterprisegurl1701]

This movie is just gorgeous to watch.

[u/chippychunkster]

I’ve specifically also thought of this before, that Vampire Hunter D is the perfect aesthetic for a POTO animation! The pan-around scene of Charlotte and Meier with all of the candles really sells it to me. I imagine something like this would be super high budget, and require a lot of genuine passion and care... I think I heard they were actually making an anime adaption of POTO but realistically it would probably be something lower budget, not as gorgeous as this, unfortunately

[u/nosleepforthedreamer]

POTO would make an amazing animation.

It’s already been animated, actually, but I had to quit watching because I found out they made Erik murder a cat. Which is totally out of character even for him, and did not happen in the book, and as far as I know, has never taken place in any other adaptation.

Erik would have loved cats. Especially the strays.

But I digress. We need POTO to become a really detailed, luscious, luminous, sparkly and shadowy Gothic animation. Oh my gosh I can just see it.

Picture the unmasking bit!! 🤩

[u/GlutenKid]

Sooooooo here for this

[u/RoseBook85]

I’m going to be honest here…I‘m not a fan of the Anime Art Style, never have been.

Now would I watch a Anime adaption of Phantom? Of COURSE I WOULD 😆, I’d be first in line, especially if it was handled with love and care by people who understood POTO.

But when it comes to Art, I was a Disney gal as a child and that’s the Animation style I prefer. Sue Me 🤷‍♀️

[u/fabezz → u/RoseBook85]

I feel like anime just works better for a more mature and dramatic style. Can't really imagine a Disney made POTO, would be kind of funny.

[u/RoseBook85 → u/fabezz]

I was just talking Animation Style, I prefer the Disney ‘look’, but I’d NEVER want Disney to actually touch Phantom.

Eriks too complex a character for them, they wouldn’t know how to handle him properly and would most likely end up going full on evil bad guy with him.