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5.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate vampire, October 21, 2008
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. It is so fast and furious that it puts the old "Hellsing" show to shame. Also contains more comedy than before.
*Storyline is great. It is very very close to the original manga.
*Characters are splendid. Alucard is as psychotic as ever. Integra Hellsing is just as cold and vengeful as before, but not as mean. Saris Victoria is not as stiff, and is actually more clumsy and goofy; I think she is more fun to watch in this version. All other characters are lively, interesting, and great to watch.
*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, swearing, and suggestive material (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.
I thought a vampire action saga couldn't get any better than "Hellsing"...until "Hellsing Ultimate" came out and blew it right out of the water. The "Ultimate" series has better animation quality, more action, livlier characters, more comedy, and above all, is much closer to the source material. It zips by pretty fast, but is wildly entertaining and never dull. Highly reccomended to anybody who enjoys anime or anything involving vampires.
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Way better than the anime!, September 15, 2010
I was disappointed with the Hellsing anime but the ova kicks many levels of a**! I loved it! The animation and coloring is way better than the animes cheep look. The blood and gore is stepped up! Its funnier and more action packed. Chrispin freeman makes Alucard sound as sexy as ever (seriously everytime he opens his mouth I melt), and Seras has a bigger role. Hellsing is one of those animes whos English dub is far more superior to its Japenese dub. I admit though Alucards Japenese and German voice also had me melting. For one in the english dub the voices make far more sense because this takes place in European countries, so the British and other European accents are very appropriate. MY favorite characters have to be Alexander, Jin, Rip Van Winkle, Seras, Alucard, and Scrodinger. I also can't forget za maja(the major). He has to be one of my favorite villians ever. Sadly I didn't yet get to see the last episodes in English because thier weren't released at the time and youtube still hasn't put them up. The ova also give the characters more depth and personallity. Seras is definately a huge improovement over her anime counterpart. If anyone knows if Funimation dubed the last couple of episodes, comment please. IF you want to watch an awesome, original, kick*** anime with actual/true vampires pretend the anime doesn't exist and watch Hellsing ultimate ova. Alucard will tear Twylight vampires apart!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, May 27, 2011
This is by far my favorite anime/manga of all time, and being able to own this, and the others in this series, without all the hassels of buying the original Japanese release makes me a very happy person. True, it doesn't come with all the extra tidbits, which saddens me yes, but I'll get over it. Oh look, I already have...;D
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