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Hellsing Volume 1-7 by Kouta Hirano

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Recommended By	Average Rating
100% of reviewers	9.7

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Description:	The manga itself was first published in 1997. I have to say this now, I originally watched the anime series before reading the manga and I thought that the anime series was seriously stylish but after reading the current manga series, I was blown away. Alucard, the main "hero" if you like is still stylish if not more than his anime counterpart, Though I've seen the recent OVA series and it definitely matches up to the manga. As far as I know, there's suppose to be 9 volumes in the series and rumours of a 10th volume but this I'll reserve my opinion till then. Hirano has stated that the Hellsing series should be done in about a year and half. The art itself is great, the dialogue between the characters during moments where it's suppose to be comedy is actually funny. Especially after the Valentine Brother's attempted attack on the Hellsing Manison where a mercenary group called WildGeese, where Seras the other main female lead character is made fun of. However, the English translation of the manga is its only flaw. Alexander Anderson, the apparently Scottish member of Section 13, the Iscariot - his dialogue is hard to make out, perhaps this is to hint that he's got a heavy accent but you wont know that he's Scottish till you read it through and look it up on the net. Right I'm gonna list down the main characters you'll need to note: Alucard Hellsing vampire hitman (literally) Seras Victoria the recently reborned vampire (by Alucard) Intergra current Head of the Hellsing Institution What are they exactly about? They're an organization in England whose job is to hunt down all freaks or vampires or for that fact anything inhuman. The Plot The plot of the manga is just great because it leads in smoothly into a situation where it's more sinister. The villain's side is nicely put together, three notable characters who are said to have encountered Hellsing before. I wont say for the spoiler's sake who. Great Art For those who have seen the trailers for the OVA series and the two OVAs themselves, you'll know that the manga is well worth buying for the OVA itself due to it's great art. This is one of the shorter manga series that is well worth buying and collecting as well. Even though not all the volumes are out, it should be well worth the wait to get all of them.
Keywords:	Hellsing Manga
Illustrations and Layout:	Excellent
Entertainment Value:	Excellent
Replay Value:	Excellent
Plot:	Excellent
Genre:	Historical, Horror, Action, Supernatural
Volumes:	8

Author

ketaro

You's Trollin

Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 4290

Review Date: 8-Nov-06

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 10

Pros:	Kool details
Cons:	I have nothing to say about that.

I have to get the manga, i wasn't pleased with the anime show. Nice review by the way.

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divine_punishment

Legendary Otaku

Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Good question . . . where am I?
Posts: 1271

Review Date: 13-Nov-06

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 8

Pros:	Highly action-packed
Cons:	VERY anti-Catholic

Has anyone noticed that Alucard is "Dracula" backwards? Ah, well. I quite enjoyed it, but found that I couldn't support it entirely as I am, well, an Irish Catholic. **shrug** It's a wicked good read, though.

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Ladydeath-strike

Newbie

Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Denmark
Posts: 1

Review Date: 15-Nov-06

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 10

Pros:	Speed action and nice bloody
Cons:

This is a very very cool manga with bloody action and a good background-historie i really love it

Haku-chan

Newbie

Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Kirigakure
Posts: 27

Review Date: 23-Jan-07

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 10

Pros:	characters, plot, gore
Cons:	n/a

I loved the bloody action and the sick humor. The characters also are very great. My favorites being Rip Van and Schrodinger

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Lardo

Otaku

Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Under Your Bed!
Posts: 127

Review Date: 10-Feb-07

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 10

Pros:	Amazing action, cool charcters, vampires and Nazis!
Cons:	Isn't translated fast enough

I also watched the Anime before I read the Manga and the differance is HUGE! It has everything an Action/Horror Manga should have: Un-restricted bloody action, Big weapons, Vampires, Anti-hero main character, Big boobs

, Vampires, Nazi villians and a Sword crazed Scotsman. What more could you want? (Apart from Vol.8 translation...)

Did I mention Vampires

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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Catbasket near the fire.
Posts: 148

Review Date: 4-Jan-08

Would you recommend? Yes | Rating: 10

Pros:	Great Twist on a Classical idea
Cons:	HUGE gaps between release dates

Wow! Just wow! This was the first Manga I ever read due to my love of the Classic Vampire and I was not dissapointed.

It has a great intensity and pace to the story, but still has a depth to it that pulls you in

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