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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellsing-Truly Ultimate, October 16, 2007
For any one who doesn't know, the Hellsing Ultimate series is a beautiful and almost perfect adaptation of the original manga. Each volume is exactly one volume of the manga, of which there are eight so far, and, as anyone who has read the original will tell you, the original manga and the first Hellsing anime had almost nothing in common besides main characters (and not even all of those). Few (of those who don't hate vampires or coolness in general, of course) could read the manga and not be fanatically hooked. This series (the manga) has reached a level few ever attain. Buy it, watch it, love it; You will.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
When vampires go wild, October 21, 2008
This review is from: Hellsing Ultimate, Vol. 3 (DVD)
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. Includes a few comical moments.
*Storyline is great. It is very very close to the original manga.
*Characters are splendid. All of the main characters are still great. Alucard is probably the most psychotic in this volume so far. The final bad guy is fun 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 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 third volume is generally not bad, and still boasts some very excellent action and fighting. It is actually a lot more psychotic than before. It is very exciting and is a good episode in the "Ultimate" series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
good price for great content, May 27, 2011
This review is from: Hellsing Ultimate, Vol. 3 (DVD)
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.
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