Hellsing: The Dawn

Hellsing the dawn seria um ótimo anime se ele tivesse mais episódios. Não que ele seja ruim pelo contrario esse anime so com 3 episódios já me deixou muito hypado por isso eu dou a nota 9. Seria incrível ver o Alucard e o Walter lutando juntos contra os nazistas
e teria muito material a mais para explorar. Hellsing the dawn está mais para um complemento para a incrível historia de Hellsing. Recomendo a todos fãns de Hellsing que vejam porque é muito foda. Más a pouca duração dos episódios (entre 9 e 6 minutos) traz um sentimento de desperdicio pois eu acho que todos queriam ... ver uma parceria do Alucard e do Walter principalmente depois do final de Hellsing ultimate então por causa deste sentimento que traz eu não dou 10 mas sim um 9

Hellsing The Dawn is a series of 3 OVAs that are each about 10 minutes long. They serve as a prequel to Hellsing and show a young (VERY bishonen) Walter kicking Nazi ass in WW2. What's not to love here? I was ready to give this OVA a 9 because of the GORGEOUSLY animated action scenes, but the shenanigans they pulled in episode 3 brought my score down to a 7/10. For some reason I cannot fathom they decided to stack on a full trailer for the anime Drifters to the end of episode 3. Like, if you wanna make a trailer for Drifters, then ... just do that, don't interrupt Hellsing to do so. And I say "interrupt" specifically because the Hellsing portion fades to black just as Alucard enters the fight to back up Walter, who was getting a beating by The Captain. Obviously Alucard and Walter are both alive in Hellsing, so I know they didn't lose the fight, but it still would've been nice to see HOW that fight ended. Instead time and money is spent on the aforementioned trailer, which is why I finished the OVA a little annoyed.

I'm going to go against the grain here: in its current form, 'The Dawn' was unneeded and contributed too little to the main story to warrant existing. It's targeted towards those who've watched or are watching the Ultimate OVA, as this will make very little sense on its own, but even then it provides very little that we haven't seen in the parent story already.

There are 3 roughly 10 minute-long episodes to showcase a part of Walter and Alucard's past during WWII, when they fought side by side against vampires created by the Major and his cohort. Which I guess happens off-screen, since the only ... battle that happens is like half a battle between Walter and the Captain, which is cut off right when it gets interesting. But, fortunately, we get scenes of the Major eating, some other minor characters whose names I can't remember arguing over getting drunk, and a third of the final episode dedicated to a trailer for another anime. Time and money well spent, indeed.

The art and sound are decent. Lots of panning shots, though most stills showing Walter in action, breaking through windows and using his wires, were appropriately cool. The sound is what you'd expect from the new Hellsing - orchestral and choral pieces - but nothing that stands out. The best was the song from the trailer for 'Drifters', but...should I even count that as part of 'The Dawn'? Probably not.

Characters? Don't learn anything new about them that we didn't know from the OVA already, except that Walter was a kid once. The Major is himself, Doc is himself, the Captain is silent and deadly as always (preferable to the Major's rambling, at least), Walter is entertaining but predictable, and the other two who were arguing...who even cares.

Overall, I wish I hadn't bothered with this and would like my ~30 minutes back, please.

Story: 5 | Art: 7 | Sound: 7 | Characters: 6 | Enjoyment: 3 | Overall: 4/10