Hellsing - Beautiful Darkness, Violent Madness | Full Series Retrospective 

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Hellsing is the definition of cool and edgy without the cringe, yet genuinly passionate about it.

I honestly love how hirano is unapologetically honest with the fact hes lazy, having so many mangaka bust their ass and nearly die or physically ruin their body because the fame they get makes them not want to seem "lazy" for taking a break... Having a guy fuck around, referencing shit, taking his time to write and draw and saying the truth that hes just some nerd who draws what he likes... Is, good in a way i just cant describe

"Who are we?" "The necessary evil!" "And why are we necessary?" "To purge the world of evil worse than man!" "And why are we gods chosen few, ordained to take up this unholy task?" "Because no one else will!" "And also because it's fuckin fun! Hahahahahah AAAAAAAMEN!"

Something I really love about hellsing is how all the characters have such a unique and strong impression. Integra has such a commanding and dominating aura that you can feel every time she is on screen, how Walter has such a refined and distinguished vibe but you can just tell he's ready to kick shit it at any point, and Alucard who feels like just a pure force of nature. They all have such distinct and powerful impressions in every single frame and I really love it

As a Catholic ive always loved Andersen's portrayal, like in media we're often portrayed as either cardboard boring or the absolute incarnation of evil, so having a character like him that's just an utter badass is so cool to see.

I'm a firearms guy. His automatic 1911 Long Slide handcannon chambered in .454 Casull is amazing. Unless you made it in a Desert Eagle, no way it would work in reality, a .454 Casull has wayyyy too much pressure, it'd blow the Slide of backwards if it was a 1911. However, since Hellsing isn't bound to reality, I'll say his 1911 .454 Casull Long Slide is beyond amazing and awesome.

Bro…THE GONZO SOUNDTRACK BRO. It can’t be beat. It’s Iconic.

Hellsing has a bunch of stuff in it that I normally might not gravitate towards, but because it has such strong "hell yeah the creator was having a good time" vibes that it transcends my usual preferences and is easily one of my all time favorites! I can definitely understand creating stuff for a broad demographic, but we also need creators like Hirano who make stuff first and foremost for themselves. That kind of passion will always find its audience :)

Hell yeah giving Hirano sensei some respect I watched every episode of Ultimate a while back and I have to say it was awesome creepy and fun. Also factoid the Hoods the Catholic soldiers wear are worn By Catholic penitents in Spain so Hirano really did some research on the church with this story

Hearing someone just go OFF about how good Hellsing is warms my damn heart. Hirano was so unapologetically FEELING himself with that story, and to hear someone just as unapologetically praise it feels so good and true to the series. ❤

This legit made me relive my first experience with Hellsing. Watching a marathon of it til sunrise on some random ass anime channel when I was sick. I was like 12 or 13 years old and it was the most RAW shit I'd ever seen lmao. Your series retrospectives are genuine passion projects and it's endearing to see well thought out and content with actual effort put into it that just oozes love for some dope shit rather than the usual generic animanga content.

I always love when people discover this series. It's a ride for sure, though it always seems like people don't understand how unkillable Alucard is by the end lol. There's also a lot to say about some of the lore thrown in near the end. That blood given willingly imparts a larger piece of ones self to the vampire. Seras gains her familiar, Pip- all of his love, support, knowledgem and ruthlessness are not only a part of her forever now, but it gives her a feeling of never being alone. Alucard's was the Hound of Baskerville, a shout-out to Sherlock Holmes. Later, after the Hound is "killed", I assume it's shifted to Schrödinger, since at the end he is now everyvhere unt novere. While the prequel could have shed some light, you are right- the original story gives us enough hints to basically piece together the gist of what happened in the past. Walter, as an under 18 year old has an existential crisis when he realizes how powerful Alucard is while just fucking around, and how he's basically immortal. It's likely implied that he was eventually forced to use level 0, which is why the Major and Walter know about it. I doubt Arthur would have told is vampire hunting butler how to kill Alucard. From there, Walter makes a deal with Doc, as it's implied at the Major is killed before the Party gives up. In the future, after I've reawakened Alucard, turn me into a vampire so I can kill him. I must admit that I do not enjoy the 2001 anime. It was okay, it was different, but it wasn't really what I liked about Hellsing. It was fine for what it was, and gave more development to Seras as a person, but outside of that, the music is really the only part I liked. I'll give you a fun detail, in that my local library as a high schooler had the first 7 or 8 volumes. That's how I found the manga lol. I own 9 and 10, since they never seemed to get them. I enjoyed Hirano's change from that wirey hair on Alucard to the smoother style, it was almost like he slicked back his hair in V3 and was like "I like this, I'll keep it for a minute".

I always think of Hellsing as the best 90s comic ever made. It reminds me so much of Spawn. With better art. And Spawn has great art. I also think it’s funny that people compare Alucard to Vash. Because other than glasses and a color scheme they couldn’t be more opposite characters.

I love it when Alucard goes on walks, very enthusiastic walks

40:12 Fun fact: The voice director for Hellsing Ultimate was TALIESIN JAFFE-like Percy de Rolo himself saw this and said, “Yes, I want these accents to be OUTRAGEOUS”❤❤❤

The "Boodoo People Murder People" writing on the Shields of the Ghouls at around 26:25 could be a Hommage to the Song Voodoo People from The Prodigy. The chorus of the Song sounds similar to what is writtenon the Shields.... So it could be a possibillity.

honestly hellsing is one of the only titles that i never get tired of re watching or re reading it is always as exciting as the first time

After hearing it was gonna be a spooky episode, I was hoping it was gonna be Hellsing!

"Anyone can be a bad bitch if he decides it" is the perfect way to describe Kouta Hirano's artstyle

The original hellsing anime Was the best anime ever made Especially the soundtracks Like holy shit I swear to god it's fucking INSANITY

I always thought that the "Boo Doo People Murder People" was some obscure reference to to Prodigy's song Voodoo People, as Jan Valentine looked like hardcore clubber in the 90's england. Btw, have you read the Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita manga? I imagine that you would like it as it has in my opinion very cool style to it. Yukito Kishiros style of drawing futuristic vehicles, prosthetics and other futuristic stufff really amazes me personally.

The entirety of Hellsing can be described by: Wouldnt it be cool if [insert over the top concept]? And then it was!

Thank you for making this retrospective. 10 years ago. I an 11 year ago was listening to a shrillex amv featuring Hellsing. Immediately the badass imagery drew me in and in the comments I found out it was called Hellsing. From that point onward I watched the whole series up at night. Got into anime, got interested into edgey characters, grew interested into Japanese media as a whole and grew into grim videogames. Years later as someone who's only ever seen ultimate, my first anime every that made me into the fan of seinen anime and got me into death note early in life. I'm glad this video exists to shed more light into a man who I never considered learning about. His work has changed my life, I agree, style is a way of life. Devil May Cry is a reflection of that. I found this video while searching for the manga online as I grew interested in the manga and I'm very glad with how the video game out and now I'm interested into his other works. Thanks for being awesome mate

God damn, I absolutely love your energy and commentary man. I'm not a big anime fan at all, just a goth obsessed with vampires who stumbled upon your channel, but I really hope you keep making your videos. I'd watch em just for the interesting and energetic vibes you bring into what you make

this video was the final push that convinced me to buy this series

Thank you so much for giving this manga the recognition it deserves. This and media like this shaped my tastes today

My entry into hellsing was the 2001 adaptation and man am I glad it was! Still holds a very special spot in my heart and soon going to pick up the deluxe editions because I just need them.

Man, Hellsing was the shit in my teenage years. This was the series that personally restored the terrifyingly awesome vision of vampires during the Twilight craze. This is probably where my fascination for long-coats began, to be honest. Kota Hirano really is an artist that, despite being capable of encapsulating both style and substance, will prioritize style with substance being more of a add-on.

This was so cool. As a long-time lover of all media containing vampires, the first Hellsing anime hit me in my late teens when Blade and the like were on the rise. The unapologetic violence of it all, while still having compelling and interesting characters, is what really sucked me in. Ultimate was an amazing upgrade, and now I think I'll have to get my hands on the manga. But honestly, your totally hyped-fanboy excitement about this had me drawn in for the whole video. Keep doing awesome things, man.

To add to the insanity of all the references and fine detail: in one panel, one of his gloves has the word 'trigun' hidden in the scrawled text around the main design. I wonder how many other little Easter eggs he hid throughout the series 🤯

His style is basically just the rule of cool, and you know what? I respect that a lot.

honestly the more i watched this video the more I understood why I loved hellsing my self... even tho I obsevily watched and read everything multiple times ( for me its every Christmas time). I never really sat there to think about the "why". Yet you nail the "why"; its cool I like it and I'm proud of it. Hellsing being just Hellsing yet being so good in doing that. Every time I introduce a friend to hellsing they first arent interested at all, yet if they start I always see the same results. A new person that is totally obsessed with it.

Man, stumbled upon you through your Trigun retrospective, which I found today while looking for a decent video explaining how it ticks. Now, thanks to this video, I'm excited to see more. You're really good at making your retrospectives just _feel_ good to watch

i absolutely adore hellsing and drifters. first saw the OG hellsing, fell in love with it. then found ultimate, fell in love even harder. then stumbled across Drifters many years later.... then fell in love all over again. legit my fave art style, always solid casting, and some bomb ass music. if only drifters capitalized on their "see you in season 2" cliff hanger.

“tumbleweed ass dude” lmao

Love the bloodlines music

I’v been living for 24 year Hellsing series still the most enjoyable thing i’v ever watch

Hellsing is a wonderfully made example of trusting in the rule of cool. I don’t need it to be spelled out for me, I need it to just be cool and fun as hell.

It's not that Alucard is unstoppable or unkillable. It would just take *way* too much power to do so. Because whatever fought him would have to be able to attrition out all the souls he has under his command *without* adding new ones to his domain.

hellsing rules for sure one of my favorites I wish they would publisher the Dawn in english

Anytime someone asked me what my favorite anime is its always hellsing

One of my favorite things about the Abridged series was how often it used music from the 2001 anime. As a Hellsing enjoyer I love the manga, Ultimate and TFS Abridged series to pieces, all for different reasons. I watched the 2001 anime years ago and never really enjoyed it beyond loving the voice acting and animation style.

Hellsing ultimate has become my favorite anime in the history of animes ever and has permanently affected my sense of style and what I love in a fictional series, barring not even just anime. I legit rewatch it monthly it's so good and recommend it to everything and everyone. Amazing retrospective all around I have to say, and gave me a lot of insights I didn't know into Hellsings origins!

I'm on a Hellsing marathon atm. Alucard, top notch one the coolest character ever

Great point about Ultimate's great use of CGI. We are so lucky this OVA series actually reached its conclusion.

Obligatory engagement stoke that algorithm. Love the format. Great work

Hellsing has a special place in my heart. The TV series was the first anime I have ever watched (OVA was long from being finished back then) and the Hellsing manga was the first manga I ever read from start to finish. It was also the reason why I went down the slippery slope of internet culture, because Hellsing was (and still kind of is) largely unknown in Russia and I had zero people who I could talk about it in real life (even among those who had a passing interest in anime). In a weird way, it actually changed my life and warped me into a guy who is deep in the internet culture, computers, gothic aesthetics, VtM and so on. Heck, maybe I wouldn't even be a software engineer today if I didn't stumble onto Hellsing in my early teens! Crazy how that works.

This was an awesome episode man. I love hellsing and love hearing your views on it. Love hearing about Hiranos story too

Dude.... I'm LOVING that Golden Eye theme in the background!!!!!! That's my all-time favorite video game. 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

my only regret? not being born sooner to witness hellsing at its peak and all its glory. to miss out on cons and exclusive events/items... it hurts me deeply!!

Imagin reading doujins for actual research. Youre the man💀

Yeah, Hirano is a big shot in my eyes! I can’t wait for this man to release more chapters for the Drifters vs the enemy team is crazy!

Phenomenal video, I’d love a google doc with all the sources of all the info you got like links to all of the oneshots and interviews and literally everything here in fact I fucking LOVE Hellsing and I need it

The editing and footage used in this video is really good. The sound is also on point, great work

Hey bruv. Just found your channel a few days ago via the Ajin video and have been working my way through the rest of your content. (which was a great video, btw) I lost my dad in 21' due to brain cancer. he basically put me on to anime. I remember watching DBZ/Big O/Outlaw Star you name it when I was growing up. (similar in age to you) I'm not here to sulk with you or give you the fix all advice. I wont say that it gets easier, but time does help. I'm sure your dad was a good dude. From what I can tell he raised a good son. Keep up the good work man.

"RU-vid doesn't like the violence" Meanwhile, Team Four Star: Alucard, go for a walk.

this is the 3rd time ive watched this video this one is really good

Damn, it must take a lot to make these hour long videos

Great video, one of the best I've seen in a long while. Gotta love it when the vampire the masquerade bloodlines music kicks in.

Guns and soundtrack are the things that brought me to Hellsing.

26:23 I think that's a reference to a Prodigy song called "Voodoo People"

the writer of the OG Hellsing anime having worked with the script for Serial Experiment Lain actually makes a lot of sense, that explains the whole plot with the vampire chip and the various confusing introspective dialogues that happen towards the end. I just finished watching this anime today and discovering this information really opened my eyes

Broooo I’m absolutely loving your channel and I would’ve said this about 5 videos ago but I wanted to save Hellsing for later, you’re one of my new favorite channels and you bring back so much nostalgia for me AMEN BROTHER

hellsing is just pure indulgence and i LOVE it. just enough angst and philosophy to not make it a mindless gore rush while also not making it boring, making all the characters so fucking cool they all their own tumblr appreciation blog, and so so so many guns. this is the shit i watch when i get a 3am adrenaline high.

i watched some anime before but Hellsing Ultimate together with Black Lagoon and Claymore really kicked off the passion about it

Alucard was the darkness we needed while the rest of the world was obsessed with Twilight... "Now let me show you how a real vampire does battle!"

hellsing as a series can be summed up as Hirano’s fan art of his own ideas

Not violence no....utter carnage is a better word.... especially after Alucard walks in and out

Leaving comment for algorithm. Not everyday see a video where people talks about all Helsing adaptations +manga in a single video. Thank you!

Awesome video! As a lover of both Hellsing and Trigun i guess i have a type for the main character LOL

I fucking love Hellsing ultimate. Alucard is so overpowered and such a badass. I most shows I just watch once, but Hellsing ultimate was the first show I watched a second time. It’s so great and hilarious when most of an anime is really detailed, it then there’s these moment of simply drawn sillyness. It just makes a good contrast

My ex got me into Hellsing and we both still enjoy it. We both adore the '01 Anime for its stylistic choices and quite frankly superior soundtrack. One day my dream is that Ultimate be recut with the '01 soundtrack with new music made by Yasushi Ishii.

so glad to see a recent hellsing video in my recommended omg. this video is excellent

Just finished reading all 3 deluxe edition Hellsing books and it was pretty dope! The story is interesting, not the best but not terrible at all, but ohhhhhh my god the artwork is truly some of the best I’ve everrrrrrr seen!!! Can’t wait to watch the anime now!

Absolutely great video. Hellsing is really unique with its artwork.

Love your videos! This was an awesome retrospective

Hellsing was what brought me back into anime when I was in college (after pokemon and sailor moon seemed "too childish" for my teenage sensibilities and I lost interest in the medium, Hellsing was the perfect edgy reintroduction for me) and it's still one of my favorite examples in the vampire subgenre, because I think it was the first time I saw vampires depicted as this force-of-nature, y'know, the scene with Alucard against Luke, who even as a vampire can't hold a candle to _the_ vampire, or that goddamn iconic "Guess what I just caught? I caught you. Rip. Van. Winkle."

Great video! ALOT of great info. Very fair. I'm glad you made this.

I was introduced to the series by a friend. At first I had no high hopes but the OVA left me wanting more. Cool video! 👍

Making me feel old twice over mentioning that the 2001 series was over 20 years ago and the Ultimate OVA was about 10 years ago. But still, thank you for reminding me of all the reasons I love Hellsing in the first place. I might have to get the hardcover edition manga now.

i noticed it says vladimir harkonnan on the giant sniper rifles a nice nod to dune

man, I love Hellsing. Also great video :) hope to see more like this in the future

“And police that one time in Brazil.” Ah yeah we’ve all been there

That outro got me, rip to pops man, great video, imma revisit Hellsing. Watch OVA whilst at uni and Andersons entrance still gives me chills

Hell yeah great video as usual! I love that you put the names of the songs in your video

What I appreciate most about Hellsing is its love for its source material. Integra, Seras and Anderson are characters that would fit right in with Dracula, just cranked to 11 when the shooting starts. And while it is an action series focused on cool, there are some genuinely wrenching moments that the art and the voice acting in the OVAs really bring home.

You are underrated Man, great content

10/10 for Blood, violent and Sexy madness.

As much as I love hellsing, particularly hellsing ultimate, I can't help but say that my all time favorite piece of hellsing is the tfs ultimate abridged series. I'm not a big fan of abridged series but God damn, abridged is unironically better than the source material imo. Funny Alucard is best Alucard by a long shot. Every character is played so perfectly that I couldn't even begin choose a favorite. The major, the valentine Brothers, Anderson, and especially Alucard, are all hard improvements on the originals and all it took was a bit of lighthearted goofiness added to their horrifying brutality

Criminally underrated channel! Keep it up man, great content Would REALLY love to see your perspective on Nihei-san's Blame! though..

The only video I've seen where someone talks about my favourite anime 🥲

Thanks for this great video. Ultimate is one of my all time favorite animes that I just love to rewatch.

I love all character from the series however i feel like one of them seemed really interesting yet we knew next to nothing about him, the captain out of all of them is my personal favourite

Shout out to the one individual paying your bills, they are the real one.

An apt choice of music to dress your video. Well done sir

Love Mike from RLM showing up in the beginning!

Great ,high-quality videos dude .

love how this popped up on my feed lol, perfect timing for halloween szn + i love hellsing ultimate!

Penbrooke? My man, that's Penwood. O_O;'