''Hellsing'' (stylized in

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) is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

Kouta Hirano is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga ''Hellsing'' and ''Drifters''. Career Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma's '' Hetappi Manga Kenkyūj ...

. It was serialized in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' from April 1997 to September 2008, with its chapters collected in ten volumes. The series chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization as it combats

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s, and other supernatural foes who threaten England. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by

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. From 2002 to 2006, Hirano released a six-chapter prequel series, ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', in ''Young King OURs Zōkan'' (later ''Young King OURs+'' before ceasing publication). A thirteen-episode

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television series adaptation by

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, directed by

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and Yasunori Urata, with screenplay by Chiaki J. Konaka, was broadcast on

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from October 2001 to January 2002. A ten-episode

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(OVA), titled ''Hellsing Ultimate'', was produced by

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. It followed the manga storyline more closely than the anime series. It was released between February 2006 and December 2012. In North America, both the TV series and the OVA were first licensed by

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and later by

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. Following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under the

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brand, both ''Hellsing'' and ''Hellsing Ultimate'' were moved to the platform in 2022.

Plot

''Hellsing'' is named after and centered around the Royal Order of Protestant Knights originally led by

Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham Van Helsing () is a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula'' written by Bram Stoker. Van Helsing is a Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the ...

. The mission of Hellsing is to search for and destroy the undead and other supernatural forces of evil that threaten the queen and the country. This organization is currently led by Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, who inherited the leadership of Hellsing as a child after the death of her father. She witnessed his death which turned her from a once innocent and shy little girl to a tough and deadly force. She is protected by the faithful Hellsing family butler Walter C. Dornez, a deadly foe in his own right, and Alucard, the original and most powerful vampire, who swore loyalty to the Hellsing family after being defeated by Van Helsing one hundred years before the story takes place. These formidable guardians are joined early on in the storyline by former police officer Seras Victoria, whom Alucard turned into a vampire. As the scale and frequency of incidents involving the undead escalate in England and all around the world, Sir Integra discovers that the remnants of a Nazi group called

Millennium A millennium () is a period of one thousand years, one hundred decades, or ten centuries, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting ...

still exist and are intent on reviving

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by creating a

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of vampires. Millennium, Hellsing, and the Vatican section XIII Iscariot clash in an apocalyptic three-sided war in London, and Millennium reveals its true objective: to destroy the vampire lord Alucard, ending a feud begun during

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Production

In 1996, manga author

published a

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, titled ''Hellsing: The Legends of Vampire Hunter'', in

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magazine '' Comic Kairakuten''. Hirano commented that it was not his intention to create a story of this genre, and that he only wanted to create a "somewhat daring"

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story. Hirano said that the original story did not take him long to create, and that the fact that he was drawing hentai at the time afforded him the opportunity to have it published. Afterwards, Hirano considered to create another story, using the same setting, removing the erotic side and focusing more on the action, explaining that this was the origin of ''Hellsing''. Given its "atypical" universe, Hirano and the publisher

decided to test the reception with readers, explaining that that was the reason why the start of the series may seem "a little disjointed", and that after the reception turned out to be positive, it was decided to make it a serialized work. Hirano stated that he wanted to make a story with gunplay, but that a story of vampires with guns would not work with Alucard being portrayed as a "formulaic vampire", so Hirano added him a hat and a long coat, stating: " 's still dark and ominous, but just more suited to his behavior. I always come up with the characters before the story." Hirano said that he received various comments comparing Alucard's design to

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from ''

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'' (whose continuation, ''Trigun Maximum'', was also published in ''

''), expressing that he "shouldn't have given him the sunglasses". Hirano said that, due to the "dark, desolate story", he wanted to create someone who made the series "a bit warmer" and a female character involved as well, so he created the character of Seras Victoria, who offered the opportunity "for both of those at the same time", adding that she is "the only one who stands out from the darkness." Hirano commented that for the references to historical characters, mythology, and pop culture featured in the series, he did not do specific research, stating that he is not "someone with a lot of culture", but "just an ", and that all the references came from what he had seen and read out of "''otaku'' passion". The anime producer,

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, commented that for ''Hellsing Ultimate'' he wanted to make it as an

(OVA) instead of a television series due to the time limit that implies the former, and since he was a fan of the series, he wanted to take more time to "get more out of my system from the manga", adding that the OVA allowed him to do much more than the TV series. He discussed it with writer

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and he agreed to write the script. Ueda commented, at the time, that various series were using CG animation, which he said that was "very time-consuming", especially when incorporating it to

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, but that since the project would be an OVA, they did have the "luxury" to work with it, and that he wanted to use it for the weaponry and bullets to make them look realistic.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by

, ''Hellsing'' was serialized for eleven years in

's manga magazine ''

'' from April 30, 1997, to September 30, 2008. Its 89 individual chapters were collected by Shōnen Gahōsha in ten volumes, released from September 24, 1998, to March 27, 2009. In North America, the series was licensed for English release by

in 2003. The ten volumes were released from December 1, 2003, to May 19, 2010. In January 2020, Dark Horse Comics announced that they would re-release the series in a three-volume deluxe edition, with over 600 pages each. The volumes were released from July 15, 2020, to June 16, 2021.

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licensed the series in English in Singapore. Madman Entertainment released the series in Australia and New Zealand.

''Crossfire''

''Crossfire'' is a three-chapter

story, which was published in the defunct

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's magazine '. It follows Heinkel Wolfe and Yumie Takagi, a Catholic nun and an assassin who work for the Iscariot organization. They call themselves "earthly agents of divine punishment". ''Crossfire'' also has cameos by

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and Enrico Maxwell, the head of Iscariot. Across the three chapters, Heinkel and Yumie face a variety of opposition, including

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, communist revolutionaries, and finally, an obscure

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. ''Crossfire'' as a side work was discontinued by Kouta Hirano, but it was republished in the first three volumes of ''Hellsing'' as an extra. ''Crossfire'' was adapted into a drama CD and included in ''Hellsing Ultimate'' OVA 6 and 7.

''Hellsing: The Dawn''

A prequel series, titled ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', was published ''Young King OURs Zōkan'' (later ''Young King OURs+'' before being discontinued), with six chapters released from the March 2002 to the March 2006 issues; the series remains incomplete. ''The Dawn'' features a fourteen-year-old Walter C. Dornez and Alucard, in the form of a young girl, attacking Millennium's base of operations in

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- controlled Poland in September 1944, during the

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.In 2019 on a deleted post in twitter,Hirano stated he would finish the dawn after completing Drifters and start a new series.

Anime

The manga was adapted into a thirteen-episode

television series by

. The series was directed by Yasunori Urata, under the chief direction of

, and written by Chiaki J. Konaka. The series uses the same characters and settings, but narrates a different story from its source manga. It was broadcast on

from October 11, 2001, to January 17, 2002. The series opening theme is by

Yasushi Ishii is a Japanese musician from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He specializes in experimental, jazz fusion and hard rock. He is famous for his work with anime scores. He composed music for and scored the first ''Hellsing'' anime, with the ...

and the ending theme is "Shine" by Mr. Big. In North America, the series was first licensed by

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(later Geneon USA). Four DVD sets were released between July 23, 2002, and January 21, 2003. The series was broadcast in the United States on

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's Encore Action channel, as part of its Animidnight late night programming block, starting in October 2003. The series was later acquired by

in 2010; they released the series on a complete DVD set on November 13, 2012. Following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under the

brand, the series was moved to the platform in 2022. In the United Kingdom, the series was first licensed by ADV Films, who released four DVDs from July 21, 2003, to January 19, 2004. The series was later licensed by

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and released on a four-disc

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on August 12, 2013. In Australia and New Zealand, the series was licensed by

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, who released four DVDs from November 13, 2002, and February 11, 2003.

Original video animation

In April 2005, it was announced that a new

(OVA) adaptation, titled ''Hellsing Ultimate'' (still known simply as ''Hellsing'' in Japan), more faithful to the original manga than the TV series, would be released by

in Japan and North America. The first four episodes of the OVA were animated by

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, directed by

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, and written by

; they were released from February 10, 2006, to February 22, 2008. The three following episodes (5–7) were animated by Madhouse, directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka and written by Kuroda; they were released from November 21, 2008, to December 23, 2009. The three last episodes (8–10) were animated by

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, directed by Yasuhiro Matsumura (8, 10) and Kenichi Suzuki (9 and 10), and written by Kuroda; they were released from July 27, 2011, to December 26, 2012. Each limited edition of the last three episodes' home video release included an episode of ''Hellsing: The Dawn''. In North America, Geneon Entertainment released the first three episodes from December 5, 2006, to October 16, 2007. Geneon announced that they would stop self-distribution of its titles in 2007. The first two episodes were broadcast on Starz Edge's Animidnight programming block on February 12, 2008; episodes 3 and 4 were also announced to air, however, the fourth episode was not ready with an English-language track at the time and they were not broadcast. In 2008,

announced that they would distribute "select" Geneon titles, and re-released the first three episodes of ''Hellsing Ultimate'' on September 16 of the same year, along with the fourth episode on September 23. In 2010, Funimation announced that they had licensed episodes 5–7; in 2011, they announced that they had licensed the 8th episode as well. Funimation re-released the first four episodes on DVD/Blu-ray Disc sets on October 30, 2012, while episodes 5–8 were released on the same formats on November 13 of the same year. Episodes 9–10 were released on October 28, 2014. The series was broadcast on

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programming block from September 13 to December 13, 2014. Funimation released all the episodes on a Blu-ray Disc set on June 4, 2019. Following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under the

brand, ''Hellsing Ultimate'' was moved to the platform in 2022.

Soundtracks

The music of the ''Hellsing'' anime television series was composed by

. Two soundtrack CDs were released: ''Raid'' was released on November 22, 2001; and ''Ruins'' was released on February 22, 2002. In North America, both CDs were released on July 1 and September 2, 2003, respectively. The music of ''Hellsing Ultimate'' was composed by

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. An extra CD, titled ''Warsaw Recording Selection'', was released with the limited edition of the fourth episode on February 22, 2008. The original, ''Black Dog'', was released on March 21, 2008; An extra CD, titled ''Nazi CD'', was released with the limited edition of the first Blu-ray

on October 22, 2010. An extra CD, titled ''Somehow, Iscariote'', was released with the limited edition of the second Blu-ray box set on April 1, 2015.

Live-action film

In March 2021, it was announced that

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is developing a live-action film adaptation of ''Hellsing'' with scripts by

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. It will be produced by Kolstad, Automatik's Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, Ranger 7 Films's Mike Callaghan and Reuben Liber, and Soluble Fish Productions' Jason Lust.

Reception

The ten volumes of the ''Hellsing'' manga have sold 4 million copies worldwide. In 2005, the sixth and seventh volumes ranked among

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' list of the top 48 manga volumes sold in the United States for the year. In November 2007, the ninth volume was among the top 10 volumes sold according to Japan's monthly sales rankings. The ''Hellsing'' manga received widespread critical attention for its graphic violence, distinctive art style, and darkly comedic tone. Early reviews praised Kouta Hirano's dynamic artwork and over-the-top action, though some critics noted the violence could become repetitive. ''

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'' commented that Hirano "does violence right", while ''

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'' called it "mostly a fun, violent romp" with "goofy details" that added charm. While ''Sequential Tart'' found the violence repetitive, ''AnimeOnDVD'' enjoyed the consistent action and Alucard's blasé characterization. ''Slightly Biased Manga'' praised its balance of violence and artistry, noting it would appeal to readers who enjoy graphic content. Later volumes garnered stronger praise for their storytelling and character designs. ''

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'' (''ANN'') highlighted Hirano's "impeccable" narrative craftsmanship, and ''

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'' declared it "the best vampire manga around" for its "seething wit" and gothic flair. However, some critics found the plot derivative or overly reliant on shock value. The finale polarized reviewers. While ''Active Anime'' and ''PopCultureShock'' celebrated its relentless energy, ''ANN'' criticized its rushed ending, though still lauded its "demented ultraviolence." Jason Thompson's '' Manga: The Complete Guide'' awarded the series 3.5/4 stars, calling it a "masterpiece of fetishistic violence", while his ''ANN'' retrospective praised its nihilistic vision as "sincere and original." In a review of the first volume of the deluxe edition, ''

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'' praised Hirano's intricate art.

Notes

References

External links

Official Geneon Entertainment ''Hellsing'' website

ANN ''Hellsing Ultimate'' 1–4 review

ANN ''Hellsing Ultimate'' 5–8 review
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