Customer Reviews

Hellsing Ultimate, Vol. 3

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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.

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 LOVE THIS ANIME!!!! It follows the Manga very well. So much fun. Can't wait for episode 5. :D

Awesome, I can't say enough great things about the series. Action packed, exciting, and worth every penny.

This chapter of the Hellsing OVA is just like the previous chapters - lots of action, gory violence, and the occasional bit of humor to keep it lively. But in this chapter, we get to meet the Wild Geese, the group of mercenaries Hellsing hires to fill-in their ranks, depleted by the Valentine Brothers' attack, not to mention meeting the Wild Geese's leader Pip Bernadotte.

There is also the introduction of Father Enrico Maxwell, the snake-like leader of Section XIII Iscariot organization (and the one holding Paladin Alexander Anderson's leash), who give Sir Integra information on Millennium, the Nazi organization responsible for the recent outbreak of manufactured vampires in England. With this information, she sends Alucard, Seras Victoria and Pip to Rio, to find out more about Millennium.

But soon Alucard and Seras are framed by Millennium as terrorists, which propmts an immediete resonse by the Rio police and S.W.A.T. team (all supervised by Millennium member Tubalcain Alhambra). What results is that Alucard goes on a bloody rampage, killing the S.W.A.T. members trying to destroy him and the Draculina - and ultimatly resulting in a confrontation with Alhambra, as well as a revealation into Millennium's plans.

Being this is the final Hellsing chapter under the Geneon brand (the rest, as well as the re-release of the first three, being handled by FUNimation), this doesn't disappoint if one is looking for a bloody, action-packed chapter. A MUST-BUY in my opinion!

I was skeptical about buying the Hellsing Ultimate DVDs after already owning the Hellsing Boxset. Don't miss out on this series at all, the story follows the Manga more closely and the animation is amazing. This is how the series should have been in the first place and this third volume is my favorite so far. If you are a Hellsing fan or want an action anime that combines a good storyline, memorable characters and over the top violence then this is for you!

I think that this is so close to the manga I mean I could pick up my manga and follow along I have no complaints about the dub or the animation except one pips dub i don't really like pips english actor but other than that I would highly recommend you buy this DVD or you could even get the Special Edition with a cool cover and more!

This is the first of this new series I can recommend. So why only 3 stars?

Well this Vol still suffers the same issues the previous two do. The pace of the show is to rapid, the characters are weakly represented, this one has even more of that needless and jarring switch in art style (the comedy bits), and what parts this one shares with the original anime, are done better in the original.

So why recommend it? because this is the first Vol that significantly diverges from the original anime story wise. This new one apparently follows the manga closer than the original anime did. Which means folks we are getting more of the Hellsing story. While I do wish this new one was done as well as the original, I can overlook some of that to see the continuation of the Hellsing story, something the original anime definately left me wanting more of.

For those wondering about the original anime, take a look at it here:Hellsing (Complete Boxed Set)