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Hellsing Ultimate Series: Volume 2 (Steelbook Packaging)

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The Good Things

*Excellent video/sound quality.

*This version of "Hellsing" has excellent imagery and graphics. It includes a lot of computer-generated-imagery, but none of it looks too hoaky or out-of-place. It is definately high quality animation.

*Excellent amount of bloody action. Contains even more violence and action than volume 1. Still has some comedy to it. Also starts to introduce the presence of the Millennium group.

*Storyline is great. It is very very close to the original manga.

*Characters are splendid. All of the main characters are still great, and Alucard shows more impressive powers than before. The butler Walter is cool and has some background to him. The Valentine Brothers are flipping awesome.

*Some good lines throughout.

*Funky music (although I think the music in the old "Hellsing" show was better).

The Bad Things

*Not for the squeamish; contains lots of bloody violence and swearing (rated TV-MA).

*A lot of stuff is packed into a single hour. As fast and condensed as everything is, it may be seen as overly compressed with not enough exposition.

The Other Things

*If you buy the single-disc version, you get little or no special features. The two-disc steelbook edition (although more expensive) includes a small wealth of interviews and textless credit scenes.

This second volume continues with the excellent, intense, and fast-paced story of volume 1. It even manages to be even more exciting. If you have seen volume 1 and enjoyed it, volume 2 is a must-have.

Let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of Hellsing Ultimate, and am very satisfied with the quality of the disc content. That's not where my complaint lies, and I will truthfully admit my dissatisfaction is partially my fault.

However, vol. 2 is supposed to be packaged with an accompanying art book, some 200 pages of content, which is not included in this purchase through Amazon. Look around a little more before purchasing this particular version of the steel book sets, and find the one with the art book please.

Well, unless you're completely indifferent to extra packaging. If you are, then I suppose it doesn't make much of a difference.

As much as I would love to be able to buy the original Japanese release, I have to live in the real world and except it's not going to happen. Despite all the things people like to complain about when questioned about english re-releases like this one, I adore it. Why? Simple really. It's CHEAP when compared to the original(thank you failing economy and rising echange rates)and if I don't feel like reading while watching tv, I just turn to the dubbed version(the voice actors actually do the anime justice) and voila. Sure, you don't get all the nifty extras, but you also don't need to reconfigure your DVD player to make it playable. The only draw back is having to wait for the newest releases to get dubbed.

I am a hardcore Hellsing fan, and I was certainly not disappointed. I was a bit wary, since I normally have a terrible time with buying things online (just my luck I suppose!), but everything went perfectly. The animation and sound was of beautifully high quality on the DVD, and the DVD box and contents were in perfect condition. There were no issues with playing the DVDs. I was amazed at how fast it shipped, as well. This was definitely a 100% positive experience.

Hellsing has to be the greatest anime of all time, but what I was even more impressed with was the service. Very good. I would buy from them again.

a big fan of Hellsing series, was very well done as always. this shipped very quickly and was in excellent condition