Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5346 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-04-02
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 335 minutes

Synopsis
The Hellsing Organization is a supernatural collective dedicated to protecting mankind from a war that rages in the Earth's shadows in which humanity is only a pawn. Able to keep the dark forces at bay for so long, Hellsing has recently been coming across artificially spawned vampires so powerful that they can do nothing to stop them. So, the Organization calls in Arucard, a rogue vampire who combats this army of the undead with Seras Victoria, a female companion he rescued from death by vampirising.

Customer Reviews

Breath-Taking...
A brilliant series. Not the least part of my enjoyment is in seeing real London locations in an Anime, and get a Japanese perspective on British culture, though they do reference the Queen just a bit too much. I've never heard anyone actuaully say 'May God and the Queen go with you.' We don't see her as some kind of omnipotent deity figure. Or I don't anyway.

Also worth noting that this is the only Anime I've ever watched where the dub-track is actually better than the subtitles. It's not that the dub-track is amazingly good (though it is considerably better than average despite the main female character's squeeky mockney voice), but the subtitles are apalling and miss out such fine points as inference and even plot.

But a great series none-the-less. Buy it.

"So, you shoot because I'm not human?"
I have always had a tendency to like stories involving vampires, so picking this one up was a no brainer. What I found was an anime with very good graphics, really great action, mesmerizing characters and a highly addictive storyline. The fact that the anime does not follow the manga closely was not a big issue for me. There are some differences here and there and considerable deviations in terms of the order of presenting events, but I thought that the final product in the anime was very good.

One of the main things I liked about this anime is its "cool" main character. Alucard -I still can't believe the translators in the subtitles went with Arucard! Is it that hard to spot the anagram of Dracula? - is a powerful vampire that works for the Hellsing organization, helping solve issues with the undead. He carries a slick weapon and dresses in a very peculiar way. He has a great sense of humor and enjoys facing challenging opponents. On top of that, several of the characters he interacts with, such as Seras Victoria, the police officer turned into a vampire by Alucard, or Integra Hellsing, the measured but ruthless head of the Hellsing organization, provide added interest to the series.

Next, I am going to follow this up with the new set of OVAs released under Hellsing Ultimate, which are supposed to follow the manga more closely and have improved animation. If the original is any indication of the quality of this improved version, I am going to have one hell of a time!

well they have british accents!!! WOO
i have a major collection of animes. and this i did not know anything about i just decided to get it! And im very glad i did!
It involves around a organisation called hellsing who soul purpose is to destroy all vampires, freaks and ghouls! this organisation also has its own vampires fighting to rid the world of copies of vampires! ALucard is this said vampire and is a great among anime characters!
So what else is great about this series! well its set in england!!!!! YAYAY for once huh? not only do they all have accents from all over the UK but the references to coventry and birmingham kind of make me feel proud!! haah! well that said the accents are a little posh!
there are alot of times this series will shock you excite and make you unable to wait to watch more!!!
A definate buy!