Story: B+
Art & Animation: B-
Music & Sounds: C-
Characters: B+
Enjoyment: B+
Story:
Well I have a few grievances with the production because of the story telling as the story just gives a little info about who, the enemy is and also in the end it doesn't tell who was involved in the freak chip vampire outbreak so simply there is no central figure as an enemy. Incognito just comes out of nowhere though when Incognito made his debut I thought he was the main villain (He actually was kind of) but he didn’t had the vibe of a main villain but then he isn’t the main guy as he himself says so in the anime. The story mostly focuses on Alucard and Hellsing org. so I felt the enemy side was much ignored and also I wanted more of the Vatican & Iscariot org. into the story as they were very interesting to the story in my opinion because they posed as the enemy and allies both to the Hellsing org. and I also wanted more of them because I kind of love Father Alexander Anderson. Other than all this everything looked pretty good to me.
Anyway due to all my grievances I've started reading the manga so I’ll know if the story telling was done wrong or the story is wrong. Hopefully reading the manga will fill up all the grievances.
Art & Animation:
Well if I say according to 2018 it’s poor but then it a very old anime and it might be considered good at that time so can’t say much about it rather I would say I wouldn't love the art at that time too so simply I am satisfied by it though they should've focused on it more and also at the end episodes of the series I saw a scene being repeated about 2-3 times which isn’t uncommon as many productions do this but It’s not professional so I was disappointed.
Music & Sounds:
The opening is okay in terms of watching it but in terms of listening its good and I think it could’ve been also used as a background soundtrack on an Alucard scene as this OST matches Alucard's style.
And the ending theme is actually nice but not the type of song I would listen to nowadays as it’s kind of an old classic type and also I think they shouldn't have picked this as an ending theme as it doesn't really match up with the series.
So there wasn’t too many problems with the voice-overs as always but the insert songs (OST) weren’t totally used perfectly and also in a few scenes, they didn’t picked the right OST at the right time but that’s my opinion so I would say they did a satisfactory job with the OSTs.
Anyway I’ll let write about the OST I liked so firstly the OST that I liked listening to (not loved) “When you start the war, fight with arrows, spears and swords!” “Services to god ~ do on our own accord” and “Bodhisattva of Cathedral ~Featuring Tatsuo Tabei~” and “P.S. Lord Amitabha have mercy on me” and now the one that I really loved is: “Original sin ~ for not keeping virginity”.
Characters:
There are many characters that shine so bright on the series so for me the one who shone the most was Sir Integra as she just took the lime light at her at every scene. Her dominating, strong willed personality was the thing that attracts me the most. Second comes in Alucard his calmness to the situation at hand and humor and him getting excited and enjoying his fights was just so good so to put it simple he has class. Thirdly comes in Walter Dornez A.K.A. the Shinigami. This guy could have been one of my most favorite character from all anime but there was so little focus on him but then he was a supporting character. He is actually my favorite character in this series after Sir Integra. He didn’t get the action parts much and neither got much time as compared to the trio (Alucard, Integra, Seras) but to me even with less coverage he was interesting though it’s hard for me to understand how he was so fast (during the attack on the hellsing org.) as he just a human but anyway I love this guy. He is also one of the reasons why I have decided to read the manga. Fourth is Father Alexander Anderson he was just so good on almost every scene he was in and his accent was appealing to me (I was watching in dub). Well the police girl did her part all well but I wasn’t really into her as I found the above characters more interesting.
Conclusion:
This anime is old and definitely not a gem but it is decent enough to watch if you want to pass time.
