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This anime is not your run of the mill standard anime. What "Hellsing", brings to the table is an anime with some class. The voice actors/actresses for the dubbed version are brilliant and the story is one of a kind. The battles fought are always excellent in there own ways. The only real complaint I can say is that there are at some points in the show where it feels a bit stale, but for only brief moments. In addition the sound track is also perfect for the show, from the intro to the ending.

I would highly recommend this anime to anyone and hopefully they too can enjoy the vampire anime known as "Hellsing"

My husband LOVES Anime. Those big eyed ditzy girls who squeal and bounce in unnatural ways. The love stories. The "college aged" (riiiight) boys and girls who work so clumsily toward some farce of a romance. The weird creatures with big ears and eyes that talk like 2 yr olds. All the things I can't stand. Then he brought home Hellsing. Horror cartoons? Vampires and zombies? Blood and decapitations and mutilations? My first thought was, "Well, he's not going to let my 13 yr old son watch this but WOW! I LOVE IT!"

The animation is gritty, harsh and solid. The story is involved and keeps you hooked. They push the envelope with the death scenes but it works! "Police Girl" has a bit of that big-eyed look and occasionally her breasts will change size drastically depending on the supposed camera angle, but overall, she's likable. And if Alucard likes his custom made guns more than the old fashioned bite and drain, who can blame him? His weapons are a sight to see.

So if can't stand anime but you're a horror fan, give Hellsing a shot! Just be prepared to watch only 12 episodes... That's all there are. :(

My hubby would still like me to sit down with him and watch the cutesy stuff, but is happy that he can at least say that his wife likes *some* anime. ;)

Rowan

I find Hellsing to be by far the best anime I've watched, not because of the story or art, but because of the characters. Just put together Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing, Alucard, father Alexander Andersong and other secondary characters like Jan Valentine. It's f****** awesome dudes, they rock too much.

The other thing, that seemed overlooked in most reviews - the OST. This is by far the best OST I've ever heard, I listen it 8 years now, each and every song and not a hint of being fed up of it. Pure brilliant.

In the end, it could have been better, in drawing, in story, etc... Still its genius is to overwhelming to get something different than 10/10 from me

I've watched the OVA also, it lacks the strength of the original and the weebo Seras Victoria scenes... it's just tooooo much for me

When I was first approached with an episode of HELLSING I thought, oh no another Vampire anime. I had been let down recently by BLOOD, a visually stunning piece, yet lacking in a good script and time. However, I thought I would give it a chance since the digital animation in VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOOD LUST was great (which I would NOT say is better than the original).



I must say I was surprised at HELLSING. It actually had a good script, good dialoge, and the use of digital animation really made the colors darker and truer. The blood red night sky was a pleasing touch. And while I still wish more anime's weren't going towards digital, if more do it like HELLSING, then I can live with it.



In Conclusion... HELLSING is a good sign of todays anime direction, and I await more.

It's not horrible by any means, but Hellsing Ultimate is just better. Better pace, better character development and better dialogue. Watch ultimate instead.

Its okay. Not the best vampire based anime that i ever watched. Felt rushed and lacked actions. I cant find any continuation after this which is such a shame. Recommended. Just stay awhile as its a slow burner.

There are a lot of things that feel very weird about this anime. It has some trademark the early 2000s feel to it. Since the manga was not finished they came up with a story that has little similarity to the source material and a lot of times it just feels like they just went with it and did what they thought would be cool. But even with its problems, it does manage to be cool af throughout. The use of the cool soundtrack, focus on the animation to make it look surreal a lot of times and just bloody mad a lot of times, all manages to make you very intrigued about the whole thing. There are many things that are said without completely saying what it is. There seems to be a lot of backstories that are not fully explored. But Alucard the reversed name of Dracula is all they give us and how badass he is. It's very weird that I can't even really figure out how to say what I feel about this.

I had mixed expectations before seeing this series. First, I really like stylised action anime and I really like vampire-hunter genre. I was also excited by the reviews I've read at IMDb and how fans of other vampire movies recommended Hellsing to me. But I also read the the makers of "Hellsing" also created "Ninja Resurrection" which turned out to be one of the worst, most appauling animes I've seen.

Well, after watching the English dub of the series I have a lot of positive things to say. The dubbing was excellent, and the casting for Allegra was especially noteworthy. The animation was very good as was pacing of the series and the characterisation. My absolute favourite element of the series was how it showed the relationship with the Hellising Organisation with the Crown of England. Watching the politics unfold was a real treat, and it was so realistically done. There were a lot of unanswered questions, but I didn't have a problem with that as their mystery both added to the series' mystique and left the door open for a possible second season.

Although I would have preferred the final fight seen go the more vampiric route, rather than a demonic powers route, I do not cite this as an objective criticism of the movie. I guess certain "hell" themes make me a tad uncomfortable, but that is just a personal reservation of mine.

In the final analysis, I recommend this series. The direction was so solid and the story was so interesting that watching the 13 episodes back to back felt more like watching a really good epic movie. See it!

Takes place in modern day England, where Hellsing's heir is a woman named Intrega Wingates Hellsing. Head of her family's foundation and private military force with it's motto in eliminating vampires that commit crimes in England. Their most lethal weapon is none other than Alucard a smooth Vampire with a gun. He follows orders from Hellsing and admires killing off low class vampires that are scum to him.

One night, a whole military team was attacked by a vampire. The only survivor was Seras Victoria, an ordinary military girl who's life will be given a second chance when being rescued by Alucard.

For a 13 episode series, Hellsing is an example of what a vampire anime is like with the borrowing of the name Hellsing. It's interesting, appealing, and has a vast richness in Gothic like theme. At first I flinch from the wide usage of gore. But it's no issue after seeing the whole thing.

One would expect there to be more of this series as it leaves itself open for more episodes. But there is another Hellsing series that's said to be more truer to the Manga than this one.

One of the best anime I've seen. Ratings for all 13 episodes,

Ep 1 ~ 8/10; Ep 2 ~ 8/10; Ep 3 ~ 8/10; Ep 4 ~ 8/10; Ep 5 ~ 8/10; Ep 6 ~ 8/10; Ep 7 ~ 8/10; Ep 8 ~ 9/10; Ep 9 ~ 10/10; Ep10 ~ 8/10; Ep11 ~ 9/10; Ep12 ~ 9/10; Ep13 ~ 8/10

Bags of atmosphere (the British - especially London - setting is perfect). All the vocal performances are spot-on (English dub), the artwork is great, the plot is intriguing, and the mythology of the Hellsing Organisation, the Iscariot Order, the Round Table (very X-Files), and the vampires/freaks/ghouls is pretty deep. Love Hellsing's secret ties to the British military (SAS), police (D11), and security services (MI-5). Not wild about the beginning or end titles music, but some of the incidental music is great. Insanely consistent. Overall rating, 8.5/10.

So I heard a lot about hellsing. Thus I was really excited to watch it. But when I did started watching the anime I was really bored. Now the anime does have some cool actions and good dialogue and Alucard(MC) is really cool. But the story telling of the show is really bad. And they never go to the back story of Alucard at all. Plus if you add the total screentime of Alacurd in the entire show it will be equivalent to i think 4-5 episodes. And to top it off since the manga wasn't finished when it was released the ending was terrible and left on a cliffhanger. It was probably planned to have a sequel but it didn't get it. I would rather recommend watching "Hellsing Ultimate" which is like a thousand time better.

Hellsing Ultimate after this, in principle, a remake of Hellsing is not needed, as for me. Maybe after a while and then just update the graphics and that's it. At the expense of the series, I must admit that there are differences between 2001 and 2006, and they are serious. Not to mention that in the 2001 version, the episode runs 25 minutes, and in 2006, 45 minutes. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. I will say this If you watched Hellsing, then in Hellsing Ultimate there will be deja vu until about 4-5 episodes, and then in history there will be such repetitions and characters just a feast for the eyes. Of course, for those who are not against cruelty and much more related to it. I'll just add that in Hellsing Ultimate, the main vampire Alucard and Seras Victoria differ in character from the story of Hellsing in 2001, as for me this is more plus than minus. Especially if you watched the 2001 version. That's all you need to know about this story. I would like to add if you want to find a series about cruelty and find out if the reason can justify this cruelty, then you have come to the right place. By the way, in addition to blood and vampires, will there be something else that drives crazy deeds? We thought about it and whether there is an excuse and a goal for this, and in general what it can end up with and this can be enough, and you will find out while watching it.

And if you miss the usual and classic vampires who are afraid of the sun, I think it's not worth explaining why. And while the story should be somewhat down to earth and restrained, Hellsing 2001 will suit you.

And if something so tough, but interesting enough with a large scale without restrictions, then it will suit you Hellsing Ultimate 2006.:thumbup: But I would advise you to watch all versions of Hellsing, since Hellsing 2001 tells the initial plot in more detail, and in Hellsing Ultimate 2006, they immediately throw in the first 4 episodes concisely conveyed the meaning of the previous version, and went to the new plot Personally, the ending of Hellsing 2001 did not work for me, unlike Hellsing Ultimate 2006, a similar situation as with the alchemists)

I absolutely loved this show, taking the idea of a vampire being a vampire hunter, and injecting SO much more personality into him, as well as the overpowering desire to be evil in order to stamp out other evils, as if he accepts his place as atoning for his own sins

and love Seras being recruited into the ranks as a vampire, and keeping up her willpower as long as she can to avoid falling into the darkness completely, while keeping a strong connection to her human side. Accepting she is now evil but not losing her soul

this was an excellent start to the hellsing animated series and a definite must watch.

In England, the undead, vampires and ghouls are on the rise and are stalking the living, but the only people who can stop them are the members of the Hellsing organisation: Alucard (a Hellsing vampire), Seras Victoria (police girl turned into a vampire), Walter Dornez (the butler for Hellsing) and Sir Integra Wingates (the leader of Hellsing).

Although HELLSING has cool animation, a cool theme song, badass characters and weapons (especially Alucard's handguns, which are almost bigger than him), it lacks longer lasting action scenes, good dialogue and character development, which would've made the cartoon a lot more likable. The action scenes last for a lot less than a minute, I don't see why there are people that call them 'breathless'. The characters are two-dimensional (no pun intended), in other words, they're just there, which makes the story not all that believable and unengaging.

I'm sure the manga is a lot better than this anime adaptation, even though I haven't read it. I also do plan to watch the reworking of the series, 'HELLSING ULTIMATE'.