Hellsing Ultimate OVA 1

Speaking of the Disgaea anime (see post below), I just finished watching another anime. Hellsing Ultimate, a new OVA series produced by Geneon, re-introduces Alucard to the world. Who is Alucard you say? An all powerful vampire, tamed centuries ago by an occult organization called Hellsing. The organization's trump card, as he is referred, awakens after years of slumber, when Integra Wingates Hellsing, later to become the organization's strict director, bumps onto him while hunted down by her own uncle, who wants the organization for himself after Integra's father dies. Fast-forward a few years and England is plagued by vampires and a horde of their once human underlings, ghouls. The Hellsing Organization is there to help take care of trouble, moving all over the country dispatching Alucard to do their dirty work.

In an english village is where this story continues, a village which has its very own vampire posing as a priest, having already "turned" almost all non-virgin people into foul ghouls. Having vampiric abilities such as regeneration, sharp eyesight and swift moves, Alucard makes dust of all the ghouls with his special bullets, although they shot him like there's no tomorrow. Soon, he comes to face the real threat, but the village's vampire captures a still human policegirl hostage. He uses her as a human shield, but Alucard doesn't waste enough time to shoot right through her and dispose of the badguy. He did ask her if she was virgin though *giggle* :P She starts having hallucinations while on the brink of death, but Alucard bites her and turns her into a "Draculina". This only works on virgins, that's why he asked her such a thing ;)

The girl wakes up in a room and learns the truth about her new "draculian" nature. She's accepted in the organization and soon teams with her now "Master" Alucard, to go kill some other vampire weaklings. Her master informs her of her newly acquired abilities and she proves to be quite capable for a rookie in the field of vampire killing. Word of mouth spreads accross the country and around the world and the Vatican realizes they have a new competitor for the crown of vampire killers. The Hellsing Organization.

Alexander Anderson, "paladin" of the top-secret organization "Iscariot", Section 13 of the Vatican, wants to show them there's no need for others in this game, even more so when these others are "monsters" like the ones the Vatican has been hunting down all this time. We learn that Anderson has underwent some sort of modification and Alucard realizes he is a "Regenerator". He even calls him a freak of nature! LOL! Decapitating Alucard after stabbing through his "sidekick" the policegirl with holy bayonets, Anderson seems all powerful.

Sir Integra herself, decides to go help her team from being exterminated and confront the "paladin". In the mean time, the girl had tried to take her master's head and escape, but the whole place has been "holy-barriered" by Anderson. Soon the head itself speaks to her: "Drink my blood and become a true vampire, Seras Victoria. Sign this unholy contract." (or something along these lines). The director of Hellsing arrives at the last minute and at the same time they all witness Alucard's remarkable regeneration ability, reconstructing his whole body and shooting at Anderson. The latter makes his escape in a flutter of pages from what looks like a Bible, disappearing.

Alucard asks Seras why she didn't drink his blood and she says she thought something would end if she had done such a thing. Hmmm, makes you wonder what, right? Then Integra asks her loyal Alucard why he saved the girl in the first place. He says it was something other than lust or loneliness. "Sentimentality, huh?" wonders Integra, as Seras runs after her Master. He doesn't call her by her name saying someone like her is only a policegirl to him. Ouch... Then the moon is shown in the beautiful night followed by a mysterious dark figure with glasses and a demonic smile saying: "Gentlemen, let us continue with our plan. For war. For the next war. For the war thereafter. " Rather inviting for the second OVA, don't you think?

This new Hellsing anime adaptation is closer to the original manga by Kouta Hirano, unlike the changes made to the 13 episodes series by Gonzo in 2001. There are rumors that the manga's prequel, still being written by Hirano and titled The Dawn, will also make it to the OVA series. The next OVA is out April 5th and for more info you can go to the official Geneon site by clicking here.