HELLSING ULTIMATE

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SPECIAL ActionHELLSING: THE DAWN
MANGA ActionHELLSING
ANIME ActionHellsing

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• 

  Yorshka

  90/100
  Action has never been that epic.

  "We ruin the countries we govern and the people in our care. We slaughter our enemies and sacrifice all our allies. We will keep killing till there is nothing left but to destroy ourselves. It will never be enough." ― ‎Alucard, a.k.a., Владъ Дрьколъ (Vlad Dracula).

  Place: The United Kingdom.
  Time: The Present Day.

  Alucard is a vampire that works for Hellsing, an organization responsible for hunting down vampires in England. For some reason, England is not a safe place anymore, as well as some other countries. More and more vampire attacks are being reported in England. On top of that, one day, Alucard receives an order to destroy a group of vampires in a church. During his mission, he saves a police officer, Seras Victoria, making her his companion and turns her into a vampire. Now, Seras is a part of the Hellsing organization under the command of Integra Wingates Hellsing and the Hellsing organization is to find the culprit that is responsible for vampire attacks in the whole world. What organization is trying to turn England into dust and will the Hellsing organization be able to stop them? Find out the answer now.

  Truth be told, the story line of Hellsing Ultimate does not sound intriguing: watching how the most powerful vampire is killing other vampires and humans for 500 minutes cannot be interesting. However, Hellsing also has its philosophy and I must say that it is simply splendid: it is dark and very dramatic. I also would like to mention the fact that Hellsing Ultimate is not like some battle-shounen with overpowered main protagonists; Hellsing Ultimate is different and you will find out why. All I can say is that Hellsing Ultimate is a story about a man, who challenges the most powerful being in the whole world. Whether you will respect him, or hate him is up to you, but their duel is simply epic. Of course, it is not the only focus of this series: Hellsing Ultimate has many things to offer to you that I will, of course, will not mention in my review, so if you want to see an epic action with a grain of philosophy, I guarantee you that you will like the story of Hellsing Ultimate.

  Hellsign Ultimate mostly takes place in Europe, portraying different castles and famous places of interest. Most of the time, the series will show you old castles and spooky villages, and this series will do it so that you will surely remember it. Hellsing Ultimate is truly dark, gruesome, and cruel. But it is not the only good thing about the animation, Hellsing Ultimate has also quite beautiful characters.

  From the first to the fifth episodes the ending of each episode uses various pieces of instrumental music composed by Hayato Matsuo and performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Episodes VI and VII feature vocal closing themes by Japanese rock group Suilen, titled "Magnolia" and "Shinto-Shite." Episode VIII has "When You Start the War, Fight With Arrows, Spears and Swords!", which was also in the original series. Finally, episode IX features Japanese singer Maon Kurosaki and her song "Scars." The music fits the series and I am sure that you will even find some pieces for your collection. By the way, both English and Japanese versions are good, so you are free to watch it in whatever language you want.

  The best part about Hellsing Ultimate is, of course, its characters. There are many characters and I am sure that you will find someone that will be truly interesting for you. Alucard is the main protagonist of the series. He is the most powerful worker of the Hellsing Organization and its the most powerful weapon. Alucard is no mere vampire; it has been implied that he is the most powerful vampire, he sometimes acts like a soulless creature that kills humans without a single thought; however, as the story line progresses, you will find out how humane this monster is. Seras Victoria is a human that due to some circumstances becomes a vampire. While she does not show enough development at first, she shines in the later episodes: in Hellsing Ultimate her role is mostly to restrain her master’s, Alucard’s, humanity. Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing is another protagonist of the series and the leader of the Hellsing Organization. She is the only protagonist that will annoy you. Not only the anime shows almost nothing about her past, but also her character is annoying as hell. Finally, Alucard’s enemies and the series’ antagonists: they either consist of people who want to kill Alucard in the name of God, or of people who are jealous of him, and, in my opinion, the series antagonists is the strongest part of Hellsing.

  As for enjoyment, I like this series and I rewatch it from time to time. The story of this series is dark and well-written, the animation, for the year it was made in, is breathtaking, the OST and the voice acting make you enjoy thins anime even more. However, there are also flaws. Alucard’s personality is so strong that it makes other characters shrink. Of course, there is Max Montana and he is, perhaps, the only character that is on the level with Alucard, but, in my opinion, there should have been more strong characters. I would not call it a serious flaw, but the fact that this series has weak supporting characters is the only reason why I cannot call this anime a masterpiece.

  All in all, Hellsing Ultimate is the series that has both action and philosophy. So, if you like to analyze characters and if you are a fan of spectacular battles, I am sure that Hellsing Ultimate will not disappoint you. To be honest, I cannot think of even one reason for you to not watch this series. Yes, it is long, but it should not be the reason for you to not watch it: take your time and try to understand this series. Without a doubt, it is not a masterpiece, but, in my opinion, this anime deserves its 9/10.

  I hope that you will enjoy Hellsing Ultimate as much as I did.

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• 

  deli000

  55/100
  Hellsing Ultimate prefers blood over substance, leaving behind a trail of lost potential.

  This review may contain slight spoilers

  The Hellsing Organization is an organization devoted to killing vampires. Integra Hellsing, Alucard, and Seras Victoria are members of this organization, with Integra being its leader. This anime depicts their journey through hell.

  Hellsing Ultimate is a dark and gritty show about the nature of vampires and humans, featuring an interesting ensemble of a cast alongside a straightforward and simple story. It is bloody and gruesome, painting the screen red with blood. It never strays away from the depiction of slaughter. It is a mature show through and through, not just because of its gruesome violence but also in its atmospheric layer of darkness and chaos that stems from a story filled with corruption and tragedy.

  Hellsing Ultimate is an action show, first and foremost, and it creates some of the most brutal and vicious sequences of violence ever. It does not shy away from showing men being brutalized and eaten by vampires, mobs of people getting pierced by the blazing storm of bullets, and vampires being reduced to shreds by both their own race and by humans alike. It is fun to watch the protagonists collide with various interesting characters along the way, and the sea of red that the show produces from these exchanges is a sight to behold.

  Unfortunately, the show is a good example of preferring style over substance, or rather, blood over substance. While there are fun scenes and moments, it is left as a superficial concept.

  "Y-Yeah!"

  Much like Seras' hesitant "yes, sir!", the show tries to incorporate deep themes surrounding morality and what it means to be a monster or a human, but it never fully commits to these ideas. There are a lot of interesting points of reflection and contemplation being thrown to the viewer, but they are reduced to a surface-level state as they are never fully given the attention they deserve. It is a shame considering that the show could have been more than just its simple vampire-action premise. It also does not help that the story itself is bare and does just about the adequate amount to showcase the vicious nature of violence without ever doing much with the themes it lays out.

  The characters of Hellsing Ultimate suffer from lost potential. They are never expanded on and are unfortunately left lost in the huge puddle of blood. The protagonists had a lot of potential at being complex and thought-provoking characters. While Alucard and Integra are both the center of most of the moral conflict in the show's story, their thought-processes and musings are never fleshed out fully. Seras Victoria fares much better at character development, though the show could have also done much more with her as her inner conflicts concerning retaining her humanity are short bursts of flavor that do not leave a lasting taste. I still loved her though. The villains are the typical kind without much beyond being evil. For example, the Major's henchman are reduced to plot devices while the Major himself is a moving model of evil with not much else beyond that. The rest of the characters are reduced to the caricature of individuals that are surface-level at best, pointless at worst.

  Hellsing Ultimate is ultimately an entertaining action anime that features extreme amounts of beautiful blood and violence. With that being said, the show never reaches towards a higher place thematically, leaving behind a trail of what could have been.

  P.S. Seras is best girl. Amen.

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• 

  SodaSprinklers

  100/100
  Perfect show in every way, except the last 15 minutes and 41 seconds of the last episode.

  The last 15 minutes and 41 seconds of the last episode should not have existed. The rest of the show was perfect but that last quarter of an hour was pointless and retroactively ruined many powerful moments from the rest of the show. I advise that anyone who watches Hellsing does not watch these 15 minutes. I should note that this may have annoyed me a lot more than other people who have watched the show as it directly went against many of the things I liked about the show so much. I also loved every single moment of Hellsing, outside of this particular section so I was particularly disappointed and annoyed that it tarnished my experience (which is why I'm going it doesn't exist).

  So before I proceed to erase those last few moments from my memory, I shall try to explain the main reasons this last quarter of an hour is the bane of my existence.

  1. Bringing back Alucard is stupid. What was the point of doing this? His death was perfectly executed and one of the best moments of the show but the fact that he comes back 20 minutes later takes away so much from the scene in which he 'closes his eyes' and the emotional weight of it is completely diminished.

  2. This leads on to the second point; if the show is all about The Major's plan to kill Alucard and the execution of that plan (which it seems to be from the fact that everything that happens is due to the Major wanting to put Alucard in a position were he has no choice but to absorb Schrodinger, making him 'nowhere'), then having all that build-up be undone with some weird 'Alucard just killed all the other copies bro cause he's Alucard' undermines everything that happened till that point. At least in relation to the main plotline, maybe not some side-line stuff.

  I don't have much to say on the positives because I loved everything else about the show. The conflict, story, humour, relationships, characters and fight scenes were all just so well written and executed. Some characters and their arcs were done perfectly, nothing could have been done to make them better. The first ones that come to mind are Bernadotte, Anderson, Alucard (if it weren't for those last 15min) and The Major.
  Bernadotte's death was genuinely heart breaking, even though he went out as he wanted to, with all guns blazing. Anderson's entire character arc and how he returns to ashes was also as perfect as possible, just such a well written character.

  Now I can pretend the last bit of this never happened and give it the 100 it deserves for everything else that happened.
  I highly recommend Hellsing Ultimate but I strongly advise not watching the last 15 minutes and 41 seconds.

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