For the most part "Hellsing" is quite an impressive anime. This short series has everything what a anime needs to have. The main character is "Alucard" (Backwards it's "Dracula")! He is very mysterious and his powers seem to be endless. What is hinted but never actually said that he is actually the first of the vampires,Vlad the Impaler (Count Dracula. Shown in episode 13). He is nothing like the traditional vampires. He is dressed stylish and uses a gun to battle the inferior monsters. He is very powerful but doesn't use his abilities until it is necessary. "Seras Victoria" is a police woman that gets turned into a vampire by Alucard in order to save her. His reasons and motives for doing this never get clear. But it says more about him then her! Victoria is a nice girl but has great difficulties accepting the situation she has been put in. Being turned into a vampire didn't change her human nature much. Very late in the series she accepts her fate and becomes an asset. The story is interesting but somehow lacked that something to really make an impact. I have read that this anime is not the same as the manga and that the producers of the anime have changed the story quite a bit. This never can be good! (Hellsing Ultimate OVA (2006) is following the story of the manga.) Wonderful plot or not,the action and the characters are what this anime is about. If you love anime about vampires then you will love this one for sure!
Review of Hellsing
