Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D) - Publication History

Publication History

Beginning in 1983, Kikuchi has so far written twenty-five D novels. All of the official publications in the series were originally published by Asahi Sonorama, however the Sonorama branch went out of business in September 2007. The release of D - Throng of Heretics in October 2007 under the Asahi Bunko - Sonorama Selection label marked the transition to the new publisher, Asahi Shimbun Publishing, a division of Asahi Sonorama's parent company. From December 2007 through January 2008, Asahi Shimbun Publishing reprinted the complete Vampire Hunter catalogue under the Sonorama Selection label.

On May 11, 2005, the first official English translation was released under DH Press, translated by Kevin Leahy. As of September 2012, Thirteen novels have been translated into and released in English, with volume nineteen, Mercenary Road, to be released in Spring 2013.

In January 2011, Hideyuki Kikuchi published the first spinoff set in the Vampire Hunter universe, titled Another Vampire Hunter: The Noble Greylancer (吸血鬼ハンター／アナザー　貴族グレイランサー, Kyūketsuki Hantā/Anazā: Kizoku Gureiransā?), illustrated by Ayami Kojima, artist and character designer for the Castlevania series of video games. It takes place over 5,000 years before Vampire Hunter D and focuses on expanding the history of the Nobility, following the exploits of the vampire warrior Lord Greylancer.