Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Hellsing OVA
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Type: OVA
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Feb 10, 2006 to ?
Duration:
50 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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SynopsisHellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing... |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Hellsing
Alternative version: Hellsing
Summary: Hellsing I - Digest for Fleaks
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amaity
115 of 152 people found this review helpful
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3 of ? episodes seen
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| Story |
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9 |
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I just finished watching the third installment of the long awaited Hellsing Ultimate OVA series. In a nutshell, Hellsing is about vampires. And if you're thinking, "Oh, this is going to be like Blood+, Vampire Hunter, Black Blood Brothers, etcetera"... you're very, very wrong.
This is exactly the kind of anime that can keep you panting for the next episode. A very well knit product it encompasses intrigue, betrayal, conspiracy, gore, sarcastic humor and plenty of ass-kicking action, John Woo vampire style.
If you enjoyed the mediocre 13 episode TV series, you're in for a glamorous treat with the OVAs. The OVA stays very true to the manga, almost panel for panel, much like 'Monster' in that respect. Each installment covers the incidents of one volume of work (by the way, I highly recommend the manga as well) and is a visual spectacle. The voice acting (done by the same people who did the TV series) is quite good and even the English dub is fairly commendable. The characters are much more polished and darkly drawn than the TV series too. The music is as good as what we were treated to in the TV series with a mix of eerie gothic/baroque and electronica.
All in all, one of the best animated series I've seen. Highly recommended.
Warning: If you're quesy about blood and violence, I suggest you steer clear, because this series is a cornucopia of gore. read more
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pyre
44 of 79 people found this review helpful
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4 of ? episodes seen
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8 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
6 |
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9 |
Hellsing Ultimate is not Hellsing TV. Better/worse is for the reader to decide, but the two series have completely different feels.
Story:
Hellsing Ultimate follows the interplay between the Vampire hunting Hellsing organization and the monsters that it pursues. Hellsing's primary tool of destruction is the vampire Alucard (Dracula backwards) and his servant the Draculina Seras Victoria. The story progresses throughout the 40 minute episodes at breakneck pace, moving right from one conflict to setting up the next. If you're the type who digs that kind of non-stop bad-ass action, you'll love the OVAs. That said, because it all moves so fast, delving into the really intriguing characters of the Hellsing universe had to be put to the wayside. Furthermore, the concepts in the story aren't entirely novel, and the plot doesn't build the way that a really well-told anime's does. Yet, in the end there's nothing to really complain about. The story is the sequence of fights tied together. The plot is coherent, just not fully explored.
Art:
The animation in this series is wonderfully executed, especially when compared to its precursor Hellsing TV. The jerky, darkly animated fights, twisted expressions, and horrific manifestations of evil make the non-stop action that much more exciting. The art really captures the feel of the Hellsing universe wonderfully.
Sound:
Sound effects in Hellsing Ultimate is executed superbly, the bass of the gunfire is first class, voice acting and other sound effects meet the same standard of excellence set by the TV series (voice actors are the same). That said, I think that the soundtrack leaves something to be desired, possibly because there wasn't much room for lengthy overtures in a series without any pauses.
Character:
The lack of development of the great characters in the Hellsing universe is my biggest disappointment in Hellsing Ultimate. Though Alucard gets his role in the spotlight as the incredibly powerful vampire that he is, the consistency and attractiveness of Integra and especially Seras is lost in the series, which is a huge shame, especially since Seras' understanding of what it means to be a vampire is my favourite thing about Hellsing. However, if you judge characters' quality by how much butt they kick, then Alucard will not disappoint.
Enjoyment:
I liked Hellsing Ultimate a lot, but I think I would have really disliked it had I not already seen Hellsing TV previously. The TV series acquaints you with the universe and characters more eloquently than the OVA does. The OVA, on the other hand, provides the story continuity that you long for when watching the TV series. I think that for full enjoyment, Hellsing Ultimate should follow Hellsing TV, with a bit of distance in between the two so it doesn't feel like you're rewatching a trimmed version of the TV series in the first two episodes of the OVA, because they are anything but that.
Overall:
Hellsing Ultimate is an action anime about a vampire hunting other vampires. The universe that it explores is rich and rewarding to experience, inhabited by a swath of remarkable characters. In order to appreciate those characters fully, however, I recommend first watching Hellsing TV and then: dissatisfied with the story presented there, come to Hellsing Ultimate for the real thing. Hellsing TV is about what it means to discover and possess power; Hellsing Ultimate is the telling of the story of that power. read more
Recommendations
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Not quite as good as Hellsing Ultimate but help you get into the universe
Hellsing Ultimate - a retelling of the Hellsing series, which follows the manga much more closely. If you enjoyed the Hellsing series, chances are you'll like Hellsing Ultimate a lot better. Much more graphic than it's predecessor with superb animation and art.
So, welcome to Hellsing, Kouta Hirano's master work, per se. So, when the TV series started to step away from the manga from episode 7 onwards and made you feel sad about it, wanting you to see it follow the manga accurately with all it's bits of humour in to relieve the 'tension', then Hellsing Ultimate is what you're looking for because it follows the manga more closely. But, if you, by any ways, liked the TV Series, then there is NO excuse to not see the OVAs, since they are superior in certains aspects and provide with some entertaining comic relief scenes, with all the main characters from the previous series (with the exception of Incognito and others), and the other characters from the manga.
You will obviously like Hellsing Ultimate if you liked Hellsing
During the first episode, it goes into details left out by the first episode of the original series. Hellsing ultimate also has what the original lacked, a sense of humor!
its very great anime =)
If you enjoyed the Hellsing series, chances are you'll like Hellsing Ultimate a lot better. Much more graphic than it's predecessor with superb animation and art.
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both bloody but yet VERY good anime!!
both have crazy, bloody, gory fights between mad, unstable fighters!! woohoo if u like crazy action this one is for u!!
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Opening ThemeNo opening themes found, add themes.
Ending Theme#1: "Gradus Vita" by Hayato Matsuo, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (ep. 1)
#2: "Merche Funebre" by Hayato Matsuo, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (ep. 2)
#3: "Letze Bataillon" by Hayato Matsuo (ep. 3)
#4: "Das Engellandlied" by Hermann Lons. (ep. 4)
#5: "A Patriot with No Name" [artist unknown] (ep. 5)
#6: "Magnolia" by Suilen (ep. 6)
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