This Day in Halloween: Infamous anime "Dracula: Sovereign of The Damned" premieres on TV in Japan in 1980. / Illustration by Ashley Oliman.
Dracula: Sovereign of The Damned premieres on TV in Japan in 1980. A dubbed English version appears on American cable shortly after, taking its plot from Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comics and making for famously cheesy ’80s anime.
