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Hellsing tv Review
Unbeknown to the masses, vampires do exist; as a precautionary measure, certain groups have been created to keep them (and their creations) under control. In the United Kingdom, the group is the Hellsing family, with Integra Hellsing as the leader.
One night, a squad is sent out to a village to solve the mystery of the increasing number of disappearances among the locals. Victoria Seras, a rookie police officer ridiculed by her comrades, is bent on proving she can handle the mission, but soon discovers they all have been overwhelmed by the vampire and his slaves. During the fight that ensues appears Alucard, a mysterious man who kills the vampire and severely injures Victoria in the process. On the verge of death, she accepts to be turned into a vampire by him, accepting him as her master.
On their way back to Alucard's group, she discovers the truth about the Hellsing Organization and accepts to fight alongside them. The story is mostly told from her point of view and shows her relationships with the other characters and the hardships she encounters while trying to get used to her new lifestyle.
Synopsis: pandemonium91
Story & Characters
This story was very short, but it works, the part i disliked the most though, was the fact that, they did not tell you, or even hint, about what happened to all the characters after the show ended the only hint you get is about Alucard and Integra at the end, but when it comes to the rest of the characters the story left you hanging >.< but i think they did a pretty good job for only having 13 episodes, i still dont know why they ended it so shortly :/ alot happens within these episodes though, not much time passes, but the story progresses very fast, the story, i think, might have been better if they made it atleast a season long, instead of cutting it so short, i dont know why they did, anyone got any info on that subject lol? the story was pretty entertaining though, butt kickin vampire out looking for an opponent who is worthy of his power. and if you didnt know already Alucard backwards is Dracula :P the story mostly revolves around 3 characters, Alucard, Serres, and Integra, you dont really learn much about Alucards past, which is a shame...all in all, i give the story a 5, for so-so
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Art
Art is a different story entierely, the art in this anime is completely awsome, the colors are ritch and the drawings are very detailed, i was impressed with the art in this anime, it has the completely new school anime look to it, i love how alucard is drawn, he looks so bada$$ >.< the serroundings in the show are also very detailed, the artists dont get lazy when theres a big scenery shot or anything like that and repeat stuff, theres also alot of cool special effect drawings to, again, i was very impressed with the art in this anime, and i am going to give it a 9 ^^
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Sound
The sound in the show was pretty good also, i watched the english dub, and the dub had very good voice actors, not dumb monotone people >.<, the music in the show was cool as well, and the sound effects were even better, everything sounds pretty real, guns, wounds being created etc. when i try to recall the show, i cant remember any noticable background music that much, except on a select few parts, its mostly quiet background music if i can remember right, but you dont really notice watching this show, its almost all action >.< i give sound a 7.
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Presentation
i cant really say this story was original, because there is alot of vampire stuff out there, but i cant really compare it to anything thats out there, there probably is but nothing that i know of, there is almost no humor in this show, only one part that i can think of is humor lol, maybe more, but then again, victorias ditsiness is pretty funny. the show is presented pretty well, in the fact that there is almost always action going on, no dull scenes really except for a select few, mostly because of the fact that it is so short, no time to develope the story line really, so i think the presentation was done pretty well for the time slot they had created, this show is pretty entertaining, i was not bored watching it at all, the characters i think are pretty original, especially the awsome butler, otherwise know as "the angel of death" hes pretty schweet ^^ i would of liked a little bit more from the humor department though, but the show is very dark, i would not expect there to be much humor ina story like that lol : / i give presentation a 7
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Final Verdict
6.6667 (above average)
Reviewed by fhantum, Apr 24, 2005
Comments
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fhantum Apr 24, 2005
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vaiowega Apr 26, 2005
5 for the story !! ?
i think it's excessive, it's true that the past of the main characters isn't well developped, but it's because of a serie made in only 13 episodes, hellsing's plot could have made a good 26-episode serie... for sure...
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fhantum Apr 27, 2005
yeah, they didnt have time to develope a past for the characters, but thats just it, it was thier choice to make the series 13 episodes, so i had to rate it by how the story was in depth, thats my opinion anyway, and again, dont get me wrong, i liked hellsing alot, very entertaining ^^
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DemonDante Apr 28, 2005
Hellsing was alright. Had a mediocure(obvious mispell) and the art was better. But extremly wrong
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Alienated-NZ Apr 28, 2005
Yeah Hellsing is ok... but i think it deserved a lil more for the story, some anime i buy are around the same or ones ive seen at the shop.. like noir (sp) and excel saga o_O
And My friend's Friends' dont shut up about it lol once they get started they dont stop lol hellsing this hellsing that -
niina02 Jul 14, 2005
i agree whit you... they can use the great story in a better mode; it was so short!, they never told what heppend with Victoria Sellas!...
anyway, now i.m going to read the manga, so there i can compare the series in a better mode....
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alucards1fan Jul 22, 2005
I think I like the manga from Hellsing alittle better then the anime because the whole idea of Incagnito got me confused. but the wraiting on tha whole story I would agree with, what I liked the best about the anime was the art and the sound.
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vaketon1 Sep 03, 2005
its not great but its ok, the manga is a lot better. the only bad thing is that its really short.
has anyone heard about the new OVA for hellsing?
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blusirius Oct 27, 2005
The first DVD volume of Hellsing Ultimate OAV was released in Japan on 2005-12-09. According to Anime News Network, it'll be about 20 episodes.
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dezidez Feb 06, 2006
man hellsing ROCKZ! XD its totaly awsome...
I think it has a very great cause and the morals are just just straight forward... but its like a mystery you have to solve and theres stright up fighting...... this is very cool I rate it a 9.5 -
Odeena Apr 08, 2006
I think your review does the series great injustice, especially in regard to the music. How can you say that there was no notable BGM? Every BGM track is wonderfully done, and there are several that stand out. As for the story, it's true that it's kinda left hanging (and that bugs me too), and it's got some weak points, but still it would've deserved a 6 or 7. There's also plenty of humour in the series, only it's not immediately noticeable and it's more of the twisted sort... All in all, try being a little more profound when writing a review. (And check your spelling... that's just a hint ;)).
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Countess-D May 29, 2006
Another disappointment =_=...if they have sticked with the manga's plot they should have done well but instead they made some stuff up and ended the series with an ending that was no ending at all =_=, I hope they do better with their current proyect =_=
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Drakill Jul 24, 2012
Nice review. I'd have given it a 8.
I must really check Hellsing Ultimate out though. Does anyone know if it's actually a different story line or does it carry on or what? o.O? -
UberDog Mar 23, 2015
Could have used some details, but you did do a pretty decent job, over all, about the review.
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