Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D is a series of Japanese novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983. At least 20 volumes have been published in the main series, with some volumes comprised of as many as four books. The series has also spawned anime, audio drama, and manga adaptations, as well as a short story collection, art books, and a supplemental guide book. The story follows D, a sort of lone-wolf-like knight-errant who wanders through a far-future, post-nuclear Earth that combines elements of various pulp genres: western, science fiction, horror, high fantasy, H. P. Lovecraftian mythos, folklore, and occult science.