Hellsing
English title: Hellsing
Japanese title: Hellsing [ヘルシング]
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 11, 2001 to Jan 17, 2002
Broadcast: Thursdays at 02:25 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Gonzo
Producers: Fuji TV, Pioneer LDC
Licensors: Funimation
Genres: Action, Horror, Supernatural
Themes: Adult Cast, Gore, Vampire
Demographics: Seinen

Hellsing, an organization specializing in dealing with supernatural threats, is called in to eliminate a vampire that is turning the villagers of Cheddar into ghouls. To put an end to this, the leader of the organization, Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, dispatches her most formidable asset: a powerful vampire known as Alucard.

Armed with only a single handgun, Alucard wreaks havoc on the monsters plaguing Cheddar. However, a young police officer, Seras Victoria, gets caught up in the chaos and becomes mortally wounded as a result. Taking pity on the girl, Alucard gives her a choice: die as a human or live on as a vampire. Seras accepts his offer and begins a new life as a member of Hellsing.

Though it was her decision, Seras struggles with the fact that she is no longer human. Nevertheless, she must embrace being a creature of the night soon if she wants to survive on the front lines in the fight between humans and the supernatural.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hellsing was based on Kouta Hirano’s manga of the same name. The anime utilizes the same characters but the story strongly deviates from the manga, which was still ongoing at the time of the anime’s creation.