“Dracula steals Satan's intended bride, marries her, fathers a son, and battles Satan and vampire hunters to protect his family.”
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned
闇の帝王 吸血鬼ドラキュラ
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Synopsis
Dracula steals Satan's intended bride, marries her, fathers a son, and battles Satan and vampire hunters to protect his family.
On a seemingly normal night in Boston, a satanic ritual is taking place: a bride is to be offered up as a sacrifice. However, Dracula, the King of Vampires, swoops in and steals her, with the intent of depriving the woman of both her blood and her life. And yet, despite his earlier motives for abducting the bride, Dracula is astonished by her beauty and decides to keep the woman as his wife. He and Domini, his spouse, lead a fruitful life together, bearing a healthy son by the name of Janus, with Dracula's crime against Satan fading from memory. On the other hand, Satan hasn't forgiven him for stealing his rightful bride and is plotting to ruin his happiness when the time is right. Another group, the Vampire Hunters, similarly wish to destroy Dracula as vengeance for the souls he has taken to feed himself. Now carrying the burden of a family, Dracula must protect himself from Satan's plots as well as from the vengeful Vampire Hunters in a desperate fight for survival and forbidden love.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.96 · split reception
3.7 pts
Recommenders 6.7 · others 3.0
↓ 0.25
Running avg · Mar 2008 → Apr 2025
- 8 “This film is the pinnacle of "so-bad-it's-good" entertainment, offering a consistently hilarious experience fueled by an absurd plot and nonsensical dialogue. While the production is objectively...”
- 8 “This film is a genuinely fun, well-paced vampire story featuring a compelling, tragic version of Dracula and an amazing, atmospheric soundtrack. While the animation holds up well for the 1980s, the...”
- 4 “While the show offers some surprising depth in the characters' backstories, these moments are overshadowed by significant technical failures. The monotone voice acting, poor audio mixing, and...”
Watch Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned begins and ends here.
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A Tv special Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 94′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 34m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1980 – ongoing
- Source Tv special media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-3279 catalog