[1] The manga was also adapted into an hour-long single-episode anime OVA, produced by Madhouse Studios and Toei Video, directed by Yuzo Sato and scripted by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

The English dub is distributed by MVM Films in the United Kingdom and Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.

[3] Kawajiri, Yamamoto and Maruyama worked again as a team between 1997 and 2000 in making the Madhouse's Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

Two scientists are attempting to distribute the cure for a demon virus that is affecting people all over Japan, however, things have become complicated.

So begins his battle with himself, as he attempts to not only control his emerging demon side, but also to save the lives of others by wielding its great strength.