i have watched vampire hunter D ,both halves i guess, cause i saw 2 of them.. they were good.
and no, i do not get annoyed with japanese, IF its part of the movie, i watched, and enjoyed tremendously "the last samurai, it was set in japan, so one expected there to be quite a lot of japanese, so the subs were just fine.
watching an animated show, set in an english speaking country (didn't look french at all to me, but hey, what would i know) with total subs was poor IMO.. but there again, i have no real interest in wanting to like it, so, of course it was annoying.
i watched "shogun" massively japanese.. i watched "anne and the king" not japanese, but oriental i think..
the fact that it had subs, was not an issue.. but it sure didn't help.
as i always tell my wife.. "good thing someone likes it" whenever i see her eat, or read something i think is a waste of time 
you, can have them, if noir is the best it gets 
[addsig]