Vampires, guns and ghouls plague this series. This particular series is rather entertaining. You meet a series of weaker villains like the Valentine Brothers until you finally get to Incognito. Incognito is supposed to be Alucards equal, the only one that should be a difficult match.
Alucard faithfully serves his master Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing after she discovered him years ago. The story does not start out immediately telling you the details of Alucard and Integra’s past, but halfway through the series you learn about Integra’s childhood.
Herushingu
4 & 1/2 Stars
Vampires, guns and ghouls plague this series. This particular series is rather entertaining. You meet a series of weaker villains like the Valentine Brothers until you finally get to Incognito. Incognito is supposed to be Alucards equal, the only one that should be a difficult match.
Alucard faithfully serves his master Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing after she discovered him years ago. The story does not start out immediately telling you the details of Alucard and Integra’s past, but halfway through the series you learn about Integra’s childhood. In the first episode, you meet Seras Victoria, a military girl who became the only survivor of her squad after a vampire turned them all into ghouls.
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Ghouls are what the artifical vampires, also known as freaks, create. The freaks drain all of the blood from the body of their victim, creating a zombie-like minion.
Seras Victoria is nearly killed by the horde of ghouls that was once her comrades. Alucard shows up just in the nick of time and asks if she would like to become a vampire and she agrees to being bitten by her master Alucard, but once she becomes a vampire, she instantly begins to regret it.
Seras Victoria refuses to drink the medical blood given to her each night; the lack of blood makes her weak. Alucard advises her to drink to regain strength, even offers his blood from a cut he received from Paladin Alexander Anderson. She refused, knowing that if she drank his blood Alucard would no longer be her master, she would be alone. Soon after that decision, she gives in to needs and drinks the blood on the table. I thought it was strange how they gave her the blood though; they gave it to her with a bowl and spoon. Sort of looked like tomato soup and here I was questioning why they did not give it to her in a goblet, it would have looked more classy. Either way she gains strength and is able to wield her enormous guns, like the Halconnen.
The story starts a little weak, with switching villains every episode, but when the story starts to be centered on the defeat of Incognito it becomes less weak. Switching the villains every episode makes it semi-difficult to stay focused. The final battle scene between Alucard and Incognito is played out well, little speech, little action and ends in a bloody mess.
I had very little time to watch this anime, but I am a big fan of vampire stories and when a good friend of mine recommended this to me, I figured it was worth watching. I have to say that I enjoyed it; things here and there were a little strange, but over all a decent series. The series opener was a real catchy tune, I do not normally focus on that, but I rather enjoyed the song. “World Without Logos by Yasushi Ishii” I believe is the song, also the opener includes a wandering dog, which was strange to me at first, but it turns out that is Alucard’s other form. I definitely would recommend this to anyone seeking vampires, blood and mayhem!