The Hellsing OVA is the second series of Animes based the Hellsing Manga by Kouta Hirano. The Adventure of which follows the actions of Hellsing, a secret organisation who's sole duty is to kill vampires. To aid them in this, they have enlisted the help of Alucard, one of the oldest and most powerful vampires. I won't go any further into the plot (don't want to spoil anything) but just to say it envolves lots of blood, dark magic and even nazis.
I discovered this anime while reading an article on Wikipedia. I had already seen and enjoyed the first series and was very glad to see they had revamped it (no pun intended). This serie will comprise 6 episodes and 5 have already been released.
When it comes to the production value, Satelight have really done an amazing job and the animation is brilliant, with a nice blend of 2d and 3d imagery. The sound and voice acting is also very good (even the dubbed versions are okay!).
This may be the moment to say that this is NOT a kids' cartoon. Its bloody and violent which makes it perfect for me. While the blood is very present but I never felt really disturbed by it and in the end it just adds to the dark ambience of the whole story.
As it stands I can only recommend this series. Its exciting and has a brilliant storyline. So if you are into animation and don't mind violent stuff, watch this, you won't regret it.
Rating: 5/5
Saturday, May 2, 2009
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