Released February 10, 2006 – December 26, 2012 Runtime 40–65 minutes Episodes 10 Hellsing ( ヘルシング, Herushingu) is a Japanese series written and illustrated. It premiered in in 1997 and ended in September 2008. The series chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization as it combats, and other foes who threaten England.
The individual chapters were subsequently collected and published in 10 volumes. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by, in Australia and New Zealand by, and in Singapore. In 2001, Hirano began publishing chapters of a prequel series, in special editions of Young King OURs, with six chapters released as of September 2008. An series of the same name was produced. Directed by, the series was based on the manga, but used a screenplay by and was significantly different from the manga in terms of plot, though it used some of the same characters and similar character designs. Spanning 13 episodes, it was broadcast on Japan's from October 10, 2001, to January 16, 2002.
An (OVA) entitled was produced. It followed the manga storyline more closely than the anime series. The series spanned 10 episodes, released in Japan between February 10, 2006, and December 26, 2012. In North America the series ran from December 5, 2006, to October 28, 2014.
See also: and Hellsing is named after and centered around the Royal Order of Protestant Knights originally led. 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, 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 called still exist and are intent on reviving by creating a of vampires. Millennium, Hellsing, and the Vatican section XIII 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.
Alexander 'The Bayonet Priest, The Angel's Dust, God's Assassin, Saint Guillotine, The Regenerator, Killing Jud' Anderson. The early history of Alexander Anderson is largely unknown, such as when he joined Iscariot or what his childhood life was like. Supposedly his history is revealed in the manga Angel Dust, however, given that Hirano has not made any definite links to his past works this is uncertain.
Media Manga. See also: Following the release of the manga, produced a thirteen-episode anime series that uses the same characters and settings, but narrates a different story from its source manga. Written by and directed by Umanosuke Iida, the series premiered on on October 11, 2001, and ran until its conclusion on January 17, 2002. The series is licensed for English language release in North America by, in the United Kingdom previously by until September 2009 and as of January 2013, has the license, and in Australia. Geneon's English of the series aired in the United States on 's channel as part of its Animidnight late-night prime Japanese anime programming block, from December 21, 2003, to March 15, 2004, and in Canada on 's block in 2007. The series uses two pieces of theme music.
'Logos Naki World' (A World Without God) by is used as the opening theme for all thirteen episodes. Performs the song 'Shine' for the series ending theme. See also: Hellsing Ultimate, known as Hellsing in Japan, is an (OVA) series animated by animation studios (OVAs I–IV), (OVAs V–VII) and Graphinica (OVAs VIII–X), and produced. The first fifty-minute episode was released on DVD in Japan on February 10, 2006. The ending of each episode uses various pieces of instrumental music composed by and performed by the up through OVA V. OVAs VI and VII feature vocal closing themes by Japanese rock group Suilen, titled 'Magnolia' and 'Shinto-Shite' respectively. On July 27, 2011, Hellsing OVA VIII was released in Japan after one year and eight months, along with the first episode of The Dawn.
Episode IX was released on February 15, 2012. The tenth and final episode was released in December 2012.
On August 23, 2014, 's programming block announced that Toonami would air the show beginning on September 13 at 3:00 a.m. OVA voice cast Character Japanese cast English cast Notes K. Gray Ralph Lister Steve Wilcox Hellena Taylor (Ep. 4) Rachel Robinson (eps. 5–7) Sir Penwood Siobhan Flynn Heinkel Wolfe United States The OVA series is licensed for release in the United States. In producing the English dub of the series, Geneon used much of the original cast from the dub of the anime series, which the company had also licensed. The first episode was released to Region 1 DVD on December 5, 2006, after premiering the episode at the 2006 convention.
Though Geneon USA stopped self-distribution of its titles in 2007, it remains the licensor of the series and in 2008 the North American distribution was assumed. Funimation released the fourth episode on September 23, 2008. Simultaneously, the company re-released the first three episodes. At Anime Expo 2010, Funimation Entertainment announced that they had licensed all three of the new OVAs (episodes 5–7 as of that date) and the original TV series.
Funimation Entertainment additionally announced that they licensed the 8th OVA and would release the first eight episodes in 2012. Hellsing Ultimate 5–8 was released on November 13, 2012 as a DVD/Blu-ray set. 1–4 was also released as a DVD/Blu-ray set on October 30, 2012.
At Anime Central 2014, Funimation announced that they will release episodes 9 and 10 in Fall 2014. At Otakon 2014, Funimation finalized the release date of the final two OVAs, setting it for October 28, 2014. Two CD soundtracks composed by have been released by Geneon (Pioneer LDC) for the Hellsing anime series. Hellsing Original Soundtrack: Raid was released on November 22, 2001 and contained 20 tracks, restocked on July 1, 2003. The second soundtrack, Hellsing Original Soundtrack: Ruins, containing an additional 22 tracks followed on February 22, 2002, restocked on September 16, 2003.
Also, three soundtracks composed by have been released for the Hellsing OVA series (Hellsing Ultimate). Hellsing OVA Original Soundtrack – BLACK DOG Released on March 21, 2008. As well as a DVD-Audio mini-soundtrack released as an extra with Hellsing OVA IV in Japan, titled Premium Disk – Warsaw Recording Selection featuring 9 tracks. The newest one is also an extra with Hellsing I-V Blu-ray BOX, titled Nazi CD featuring 13 tracks and 1 secret track.
The vocal tracks by Suilen were released by the band on their recent mini-album THE DAWN. To celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the Hellsing manga release, In 2018 London based music producer 'Sinner' samples Hellsing's Original Sin from the OST RAID.
Reception In 2005, the six and seventh volumes of the Hellsing manga series ranked among ' 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. References. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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