"Herushingu" (2001) TV series 2001-2002

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Creator:

Kohta Hirano

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Action | Animation | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

The war has begun!

Plot:

A British taskforce, lead by the daughter of the vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing, battles the supernatural with the aid of two vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Evil | Ghouls | Master Vampire | Undead

Cast

Jôji Nakata	...	Alucard (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Integra (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Seras / ... (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Crispin Freeman	...	Alucard (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
K.T. Gray	...	Seras Victoria (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Victoria Harwood	...	Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing (13 episodes, 2001-2002)

Also Known As:

"Hellsing" (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | USA:TV-MA | Australia:M | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15

Trivia:

The character of Paladin Alexander Anderson is based on actor Edward Van Sloan who played Prof. Abraham Van Helsing in _Dracula (1931/I)_.

Quotes:

Vampire priest: Wait. Stop. Both of us are vampires.
Alucard: You act more like a cockroach than a proper vampire. Left to your own devices you would cover the world in your filth. I can't stand your kind. You don't have the self-respect to be a vampire, you undead maggot. You barely even know what you are.

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Hellsing Ultimate OVA Series" (2006)

Not as good as I expected

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'.