HELLSING
ULTIMATE
Post Halloween review... delayed actually I was planning to post this on the 31st of October but I got tangled up with something else.
Anyway here is my review for Hellsing hope you guys will like it.
Hellsing
Ultimate is one of the two Hellsing series that came out. One was Hellsing TV
Series and the other is Hellsing Ultimate.
This
review will be covering only Hellsing Ultimate which came out around 2006 to
2012 with 13 episodes that runs almost an hour each episode.
This
version of Hellsing starts off with the young Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing the descendant of Abram
Van Hellsing the Vampire Hunter who defeated Alucard the most powerful Vampire.
Young Integra was being chased by her uncle who wants to kill her in order for
him to inherit all of the entire fortune of Abram Van Hellsing that he has left
behind along with the entire Hellsing Organization that takes out all monsters
of the night.
Integra was given instruction that if ever her
life is in danger, she has to go to the deepest dungeon of the Hellsing Estate
where she will find the most powerful weapon of the Hellsing Organization. Upon
reaching the deepest dungeon the only thing she was not a weapon but a dried-up
corpse that does not pose any harm in any way. After being wounded by a gunshot
by her uncle, blood splattered close to the corpse. With the scent of blood of
a young virgin girl the corpse moved and began feeding on the blood on the
floor and takes on a form of pure evil and destruction. The corpse was the
weapon she was supposed to use. The revitalized corpse was Alucard the most
powerful and original vampire.
Other than Alucard and Integra there are other
characters that makes up the Hellsing Organization, one of them is Walter C.
Dornez a butler that also works for Integra but he is also an assassin and one of
the most highly skilled known. The other notable character in the series and
also one of the reasons why I got stuck watching the series is Seras Victoria a
former police officer shot by Alucard in order to kill the rogue vampire that
has taken her hostage. Yup Alucard shot Seras at the chest leaving a huge hole
big enough to fit an adult fist through and through, Alucard dropped the
question if she was a virgin and if she wanted to survive. Waking up Seras
finds herself in an unfamiliar room where Alucard was sitting next to her on
her bed asking how she feels becoming an undead and a Draculina. Seras was
turned into a female vampire and not a ghoul, keeping her own personality and
sanity at the same time giving inhuman strength and abilities.
Seras carries huge weapons that no ordinary man
can carry on their own. The Hellsing ARMS Anti-Midian Cannon Harkonnen and
later the Harkonnen II. The I see Seras is a hot vampire gal that was made into
a walking tank that can take out targets miles away. One more to take note,
Seras still have her reflection in the mirror. Compared to her master who carries two handguns that looks like a miniaturized anti tank artillery.
Another notable character was the human, the
only human that can match Alucard hand to hand in almost any combat situation
as well as forcing Alucard to take drastic measures just fight against this
human known as Alexander Anderson a crazy psycho path with a lot of loose
screws in the head. He is also strong enough to take out a number of enemies
making him a human monster to ordinary men. Alexander Anderson is armed with two or more bayonets which he carries in his person and up to now I don't know where he hides all those bayonets.
Many other characters in this series that made
the entire series run very interesting to watch as well as to wait for the next
episode especially for those who followed this during the time it was being
released one episode at a time.
The series itself was full of blood and gore,
flying limbs, undead eating human flesh, Alucard making blood puree from his
opponents, pools of blood all over the place.
Just like other anime series that I have
watched and finished this series has made a place as one of my favorites and I would
be watching it again and again of there are no other good anime series to watch.
Not a very typical vampire themed anime series which is why it got me hooked
from start to finish not to mention all the juicy action scenes were given very
detailed and not rushed unlike the current anime series that has been aired
recently the fight scenes were seemed rushed and too compressed in a few
minutes not giving viewers what they want to see just making them want more and
later be disappointed since it was the last episode of the series and no season
two or just a special episode to satisfy the viewers. So yes, a 10 episode and
40 to 50 mins per episode of this Hellsing Ultimate was satisfying for me
although the fanservice for Seras was given in a very different way and the
most awaited pantsu shot was given at the almost end of the final episode giving
the Seras fanservice fans what they have been waiting for from the time she
appeared in episode one (except for the molesting scene).
Among all the vampire themed anime series that I
have watched this series is the only one that I have watched that has featured
almost all that I want in an anime series. Full action scenes, main character
not so over powered even though it has been mentioned that no one can defeat
Alucard except for Alexander Anderson that can match him. There are other
powerful opponents in the series that has fought against Alucard but unlike
them Anderson is the only one I have seen that has enough common sense to see
that there are times that he has to skip fighting Alucard or even consider his
opponents a companion just like in one scene where he and his group escorted
the leader of the Hellsing Corp, Integra, to a safe place and unharmed.
There are various rivalries in the series other
than Alucard and Anderson, Seras herself was matched with Anderson’s apprentice
named Heinkel Wolfe whose mentor is Anderson the rival of her master Alucard so
seems like a likely rivalry of masters and apprentices just too bad we never
got to see Seras and Heinkel get a final match but we did get to see Seras in
full combat action when the Hellsing Headquarters was attacked by Zorin Blitz
the Amazonian soldier of The Major whose goal is to destroy everything and make
everyone his followers. In this battle Seras has already drank her first batch
of blood which came from the perverted Pip Beradotte the mercenary who has been
teasing Seras and has been wanting to score on her which he did right before he
died in her arms and got her to drink all the remaining blood in his body. Thus
giving Seras new strength and abilities making her into True Vampire which Alucard
has been wanting to make her into.
Seras won many battles after she became a True
Vampire giving her the strength almost similar to Alucard and also she gained
the ability to fly. Pip became her familiar which form is a shadow like appearance
and is connected to her body that took the place of her left arm. Yeah I know
some guys out there are already imagining stuff about Pip taking control and
advantage of the situation being connected to Seras’ body as a familiar and
wanting to score on her.
Another interesting thing in the series are the
character designs as well as how they change the facial reactions of each
characters showing their good calm side and later turning into a sadistic demonic
as if possessed faces making them look like a different character as the scenes
change and having characters adapt to certain situations. The feared looks in each
of the character’s faces were also very interesting to see as you can almost
say that the drawn faces of the characters in the anime were very real and that
some viewers will think if real people can have such twisted facial features
having fear, anger, calmness and those puppy looks that Seras and Schrondinger
has been making when they are being scolded or otherwise.
Schroinger is also another very strange
character in the series since his very character is supposed to be there but he
is not there at the same time making him like a shadow of another character
that has been either shown in the series or was never shown in the series. Not much
action was given for this guy who looks like a girl and seemed to have at first
was attracted to Seras but was later seen inside Alucard as if he was killed
and absorbed by the vampire during some off-scene events.
The Major is another twisted character in this
series just a war hungry human that has come across Alucard in a distant
past in one of Alucard’s missions along with Walter when he still a young crazy
assassin and Alucard was in a young female form for some reason. The Major was
never seen in action except showing his twisted war strategies where he used
the undead as his soldiers and attacking everyone regardless of gender and age.
Not much was shown of The Major’s history even in the special episodes where
Alucard was in a female form and the young Walter. His soldiers all seems to be
immortals as well considering them having incredible strengths and regenerating
abilities.
There are too many interesting scenes in the
series itself and while watching I can say that not everything was rushed
specially those action scenes where Alucard, Seras and Anderson were involved
in. All the action scenes made in the series for me all seemed well planned and
plotted very well. There is no feeling of being rushed for me unless I was too
entertained and did not noticed that the scenes were actually rushed and I was
just carried away by how the scenes were made and delivered in each episode.
Highly recommended to those looking for a full
action vampire themed anime series and I can say they will not regret watching
this series specially those who has seen the old TV version and has not seen
the Hellsing Ultimate which I think is very rare now unless they don’t want
confuse themselves with the story flow between the TV series and the Ultimate
version since they seem the same but they are not the same as well. Watching the
OVA alone is enough if a viewer wants action and blood from start to finish no censors
in the Ultimate just brighten the monitor and colors and you will see the darkened
parts of the bloody scenes.
Credits to owners of video and pictures used in the review
