If you weren't in love with Alocard in Castlevania then you will be now. I watched the first disc last night (all 3 episodes *shaking fist*). At first I was a little iffy about it, Hellsing is much darker.. and uglyier (compaired to Fruits Basket it is ugly!) then what I normally watch, however unlike my sister I get past the animation and focus on the story and the characters. And now currenlty searching for the rest of this story! There are 13 episodes, and they don't follow the plot of the Manga, not much anyway. So it really doesn't matter which order you watch it in, because they don't follow each other. But they do have the same characters, so thats helpful.
Hellsing - Impure Souls (Vol. 1)
Hellsing - Blood Brothers (Vol. 2)
Hellsing - Search and Destroy (Vol. 3)
Hellsing - Eternal Damnation (Vol. 4)
Ok now I may or may not watch the Hellsing OVA more of less for the reason below:
"The three-part Ultimate OVA offers even less plot and more violence than the original program: the filmmakers seem intent on setting a record for gore in an anime series. Characters are dismembered, bodies torn apart, eyes gouged, and corpses devoured. It all adds up to a nonstop slaughter-athon that would make the cast of Wicked City blanche. (Rated 16 and older, but more appropriate for 18 and older: graphic violence, violence against women, sadism, grotesque imagery, tobacco use, cannibalism, profanity)" --Charles Solomon
So I didn't read my own review befor watching the OVA, I did watch it. Or at least I think I watched the OVA. I know I watched all of the 13 episodes, which rocked. Then my final disc had more on it.. but it was pretty much exactly what I just watched, however the animation was different and it was compressed, they pretty much took out a lot of the irrelavant details and just hit you with the raw story. I was MAYJORLY confused, so I came here. And to my surprise.. kinda.. I didn't have any of the info I needed. BAD Stone!! So heres what I found out. There will be 7 volumes of OVA, Funi has it now and they just released the 4th one Sept. '08 the next three don't have release dates. BUT they are alllll out in Japan.. so if you can't wait start those search engines up and get some fan subs.
I also found out that the OVA follows the Manga more then the other one.. which explains the similarities! I guess I'll have to read the Manga to really find out huh? *sigh* So much to do.
Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 1 (2006)
MANGA!
Hellsing Volume 1 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 2 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 5 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 6 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 7 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 8 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
Hellsing Volume 9 (Hellsing (Graphic Novels))
OH! BTW theres a 10th Book, it's just not out yet :D Thats where it ends though
Oh and guess what? Theres a Manga prequel called Hellsing: The Dawn. Heres what wiki has to say about it because I'm lazy:
Hellsing: The Dawn
In 2001, Hirano began publishing chapters of a prequel series, Hellsing: The Dawn, in special editions of Young King OURs, of which six chapters have been released as of May 2009. The Dawn features a fourteen year-old Walter C. Dornez and Alucard, in the form of a 14 year old girl, attacking Millennium's base of operations in Germany, Poland in September 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising. Publication is scheduled to resume after the conclusion of the main Hellsing series. According to Taliesin Jaffe, the chapters of The Dawn will be animated as part of the Hellsing Ultimate OVA series
