Seras is the protagonist. I don't know how people wouldn't think that. Seras is also the PoV character for thr audience, getting us into the Hellsing world. She also starts off as a noob vamp but ends up awesome, Aulcard was god mode for centuries. She and Intergra are some of my favorite anime female characters ever.

The music from the 2001 adaptation is majestic

Hellsing 2001 came out when I was 18-ish and I used to watch and enjoy it a lot. I liked how the characters were fleshed out and their relationships with each other (Integra's and Alucard's respect and friendship towards each other was beautiful IMHO). One of the characters I liked most in 2001 was Walter which kind of killed Ultimate for me, because I never liked nor understood his betrayal.

Honestly, I do think Millennium was being held back for season 2 of the original series. It's just as we now know, the show was cancelled after the first season.

Honestly, i love both. But Ultimate is still my cup of tea for the over zealous violence compared to 2001. I would love a reboot of Alucards adventures after becoming shrodinger.

Honestly, I've never had an issue with Walter's betrayal. Although I've only seen Hellsing Ultimate once and it's been a long time, so I'll admit I'm not too confident that I didn't misunderstand or misremember what happened and thus am interpreting his betrayal and motivations incorrectly years later. To me, it's always felt like he was very much a wolf in sheep's clothing. His demeanor and personality were deliberately presented as very posh and polite, but deep down his greatest passion was fighting and killing monsters. So knowing that killing Alucard was his greatest ambition and that he had aged past the point where he can physically accomplish such a feat, he made a deal with Millennium to put him back in his prime and set the battlefield for their duel. So with all that in mind, it makes sense that he wouldn't care about Millennium destorying Britain and killing god knows how many people. Because much like the Major, his only goal was attaining victory over the greatest monster that ever lived, no matter what he had to do to make that happen. Given his ultimate motivation, he is depicted as someone who only became part of a government agency that protects people because it gave him the ability to fight monsters, not because he cared about protecting people from those monsters.

The problem with Seras in the 2001 show, is that when she finally drinks blood (out of a soup bowl) nothing really changes about her.

i enjoyed both of them, but Abridged holds a special place in my heart xD

I honestly love both the 2001 and Ultimate. Both have there own flaws and that's why on my collection of episodes, I remove the last non-Canon of 2001 and the first fast phase of Ultimate 😅

I wouldn't say Walter's betrayal doesn't make sense. The original character wasn't bad, but OVA makes him more deep.

Well, obviously Ultimate wouldn't be able to flesh out characters as well as 2001. The first has 13 episodes with about 330 minutes in total to tell and pad a relatively short story. The second has 10 episodes with about 530 minutes in total to tell a much longer story. As for Seras, I think her story in Ultimate was much more compelling. Oh, and Hellsing feeling like an actual organization in 2001... maybe but because sped things up in Ultimate by the end of episode 2 counting Walter and Integra all but 10 members were killed (Seras and Alucard aren't counted because they are already dead). Not much time to make it feel like an actual organization.

Alucard has such a badass design

The anime from 2001 isn't good nor bad, it's just ok and the villain was quite interesting and original. But nothing tops what they did with Ultimate, very true to the source material while giving the opportunity for great perfomances in terms of voice acting, in the japanese version at least (haven't watched any other version). The animation is also great.

And no reference that the 2001 series had the much better sound track....

Hellsing 2001's "Psalms of Darkness" featured the Major so it's possible that he was intended to appear in that series at some point

You mention Sera's turning to meet Alexander in Ultimate in a single episode but in the '01 series, three yet you failed to include the episodes' runtimes are also different. In Ultimate, there is 10 50-minute episodes (an episode per volume) while the '01 series has 13 20-minute episodes following it's own unique story.

So I know I am going to sound like playing a little devil's advocate here. I think the big reason they changed the whole thing with Seras is that they knew people were already familiar with her origin story from the original 2001 anime. So much like Marvel/Sony did with Spiderman: Homecoming, you knew the backstory and the origin no need to rehash it too much. That said while the side characters were neat and all in 2001, I think Ultimate did a pretty good job over making them feel real. By also condensing the cast it allowed for more focus on the characters we did see. Also I think I got the message of why Alucard does things the way he does them better in Ultimate than in 2001. To Alucard monsters kill monsters its what they do. However when humans kill monsters it means something because in Alucard's mind only humans have the right to kill monsters. Which is why his despair over Anderson using the nail at the end of the series is so impactful as out of all the being in the world, he believed Anderson to be the one most worthy of killing him. Overall though I think I preferred Hellsing Ultimate over Hellsing 2001. Also one last side note, you kept saying Jan's name wrong. It's supposed to be Eastern European. So what we might think of Jan with a 'J' in Eastern European it's actually pronounced with a 'Y' sound. So it comes out more as Yan.

Even though I liked them both, 2001 had the best soundtrack which enhanced the action, Ultimate had the best overall story and action.

Millenium WAS in hellsing's original run, at the very end the major and one of his subordinates were in the art museam, they just weren't named

Honestly, I always thought that at the end of 2001 Alucard was not revealed as og Dracula, but Christ himself as first vampire

Hellsing ultimate is my favorite anime of all rime because it got me back into anime and I loved to mixture of 2d and 3d animations together

Personaly i like to see the 2001 Version as "partially" canon. In the sense how some anime movies are "partially" canon to their respective series without actively beeing in the series. For me the 2001 series Was always a really nice view into the actual work of hellsing and the society. And it could fit. It runs parallel to the first two OVAs until the Valentine brothers raid the hellsing Villa. Luke gives his final hint. After that Burials build up and mercenary recruitment happens. Plus the time that Passes for Training (seras and wild geese even have an joint Camp). The whole icognito shenanigans could also fit into that time period. After that ova 3 would Start. Thats about how i usualy watch hellsing.

Ultimate is better. I love both of them, and to some extent I would consider some of the finer details added by Gonzo to be at least dubiously canon. But overall, Ultimate is just a better viewing experience.

2001, will always hold a special place in my heart, because I was feigning for more anime always when I was young kid. I only had so much access to different anime, because blockbuster only had a limited selection of anime to rent. Or back then you had to actually buy most of your anime on VHS to find new options. As a broke pre teen, that wasn’t an option for me. 2001, came out on one of the Starz channels back then. Such a great find as a kid!

Watched the 2001 anime not long after it came out and loved it. So much so I was rather let down by Hellsing Ultimate. Sure the 3rd act in 2001 was...odd to say the least but Walter's betrayal kinda killed Ultimate for me.

Have the 2001 on VHS box set!!!

I remember that my feelings on Ultimate, back in '06-'07 (maybe '08?), was that it felt like they spent entirely too much time gushing about how much larger of a budget they had E.G. all time spent on having the camera zoom in and run over the weapons etc. But then, I really loved Hellsing, and I wasn't a fan of (what felt like) 1-2 episodes a year (it took them 6 years to release the entire Ultimate series, I believe). It got really good towards the middle/end. But the start (IMO) felt weak. Edit: On another note, Hellsing is one of the few times the English dub was excellent and might, arguably, have been better than the Japanese version (I can't say anything about Ultimate as I haven't heard the English dub for it)!

So glad people are recognizing these both epic series. Plus, in a way it would cool to see a third new version of the Hellsing manga adapted into anime form with more focus on the organization and the tell of The Dawn within one series while having a new set of better looking art work then both 2001 tv series and Ultimate combined like a weird but kinda cool mixture of digital and traditional if people would like that.

Ultimate is the goat

I like both the same way I like FMA and Brotherhood. And apparently it's great that the original cast from 2001 reprised their rolls in Ultimate. I do wish that Alucard's theme was in Ultimate.

I'm a fan of both, but I saw 2001 first and the mood and music--and Ferguson--tip the scales for me. Ultimate is more faithful to the manga--but I've never read the manga, and so the emphasis on blood and horror is less appealing (though the abridged version is /amazing/). 2001 is the one I rewatch most often--though I agree, in regards to "Alexander MF Anderson," it doesn't hold a candle to the remake!

Quick correction: Millennium is most definitely nane dropped and the Major is even shown a bit in 2001, the show just got cancelled before it could have its second season and, by extension, our fun "I love war!" speech.

The 2001 anime feels like a horror movie

I have the 2001 anime series on DVD, and have seen Ultimate. The former made me want to write a crossover with Blood Blockade Battlefront as well, but I would want a writing partner for that.

I have watched hellsing ultimate and the abridged series multiple times. This 2001 series feels like a different universe. And I kinda want to watch LOL.

I read the entirety of the hellsing manga first and tried watching the 2001 adap but i could not finish it, the person who let me borrow their mange then introduced me to a shady anime site and Hellsing ultimate and i was in love

thank you distinguishing the original series as a "detective" story. There is nothing to investigate when every bombastic foe is willingly throwing themselves at you

I actually liked both, as both had their charm

both version are very great

I like Hellsing ultimate because it has alucard and seras and it tells a good story i also like alucard back story how he became a vampire if had to choose between alucard or seas I chose alucard over wanter any time of the day I think you should read the Hellsing books in order and please tell me what is your favorite character from Hellsing ultimate 21:43

I watched both. I think they complimented each other. If you only watch one you are mssing certain aspect of it.

This video is making me realize I’ve mainly watched Hellsing Abridged and never properly finished Ultimate!

That may all be true. But I'm still more into the ultimate version. Ultimate is just to good for me^^

Seras „plot“ became bigger

There is a Prequel Manga Where 50 years prior young Walter teams up with Alucard to take down the Major at the first major Vampire testing site. It's this event that literally triggers the events of Hellsing in the main manga.

its like Fullmetal Alchemist and Brotherhood. one went their owm way, and the other was closer to the manwha.

personally the only complaint i have about ultimate(i watched 2001 first then ultimate later) is the fast pace that didnt leave time for a lot of character exposure

Both are amazing but i still love tfs version the most 😂

Since the 2001 show did aired at the time, I assume that it had restrictions on showing the blood and gore violence so instead it was pretty genius of the show to just make it seem like the ghouls and some vampires bled ashes when they get shot or killed.

loving the Hellsing videos

Have always seen Walter as a triple agent, The Major wanted Walter since WW2, now an old man, a former master hunter unable to take down a single vampire, a prefect candidate to be turned with the promise of eternal life… But once he had fallen, how trustworthy is he? Only one way, see how Sir Intega reacts to Walter “betrayal” The Captain would be able to tell Walter was fully turned when Integra heart’s near stops. Walter now “trusted” can get back into the lab and destroy the source of the artificial vampires at the cost of his life. Of which he accepts. If he had truly betrayed Intega he would have helped the doctor and the remains escape.

First I love them both. Second, they exist the millennium in Hellsing 2001, but doing the way the anime goes live a detective thriller anime, it's just leaving that who they are airing around. And you can see the swastika in the vampire chips.

I’m not sure why the 2001 show is presented as so much better here. I just finished watching Hellsing 2001 and I watch Hellsing Ultimate once a few years ago, I’ve never read the manga. Incognito is so forgettable I almost called him enigma, Anderson and Maxwell aren’t important and while the Hellsing organization characters are cool in the 2001 version, they aren’t as interesting or memorable as pip is. With shorter episodes the expanded cast isn’t fleshed out and really that much in comparison to Ultimate’s. The biggest difference is the ending. Ultimate actually raps up the characters in good ways (I honestly don’t mind the betrayal) while in the 2001 version, the show kinda just ends. Who’s behind the chips or Incognito, doesn’t matter, want to see Seras embrace being a vampire, nope, there isn’t a conclusion or that much of a cliffhanger and all of our main characters are completely fine apart from an injured Walter making the huge show-down seem not nearly as tense as Ultimate’s version.

The best Hellsing is Ova series. Because it does show, what is vampires look like. For the me the best episodes are Ova 7 and 8. Seeing Seras becoming true vampire and Alucard restraint Level 0. 2001 show, it wasn’t showing properly how Alucard is powerful and Seras becoming true vampire was lame in 2001. In Ova 7 becoming true vampire for Seras was more depth for the character and emotional.

The OVAs are still the best tho.

I’m in the camp of Hellsing Ultimate because TFS abridged it😂

I just started rewatching both of these perfect timing! 😍

We need More of this Great Anime, Soon!!!

The God damn soundtrack was one of the biggest differences for me. That and Anderson and Walter. I freaking love that music.

Helling Ultimate the only anime where the german voice acting is surperior to every other ( what is absolute not common) it fits the story even better for obvious reasons. "The Major Speech" Rip van Winkle´s singing, The voices in general what a perfect job they did

In Hellsing 2001 vs Hellsing Ultimate, the real winner is none of them, but Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.

Kouta's main goal with Helsing was cool gunfights and badass vampires

Both are great but I think we all know the best version of Hellsing is Ultimate Abridged. For an actual reason other than haha funny swearing, I find the voice acting to be really well done

You keep talking about how in 2001 show everything was fleshed out. Well, I remember it differently: it was cliche and boring. I cannot explain my relief than in Hellsing Ultimate Seras didn't have moral struggle about being a vampire. The world doesn't need yet a other "fish out of water" cliche. "Vampire nazis are overused" well, yes, but at least they are fun. I can't say the same about "secret organisation distributes a Thing that will make it's user feel on top of the world, but there is a price to pay", which, btw, is also overdone to death. Also, the ending of Hellsing 2001 was awful. Say what you want about Walter's betrayal, it is not NEARLY as WTF indusing as Incognito stuff. A classic gainax ending.

I honestly refer the 2001 Hellsing anime because I like the way the characters back story was fleshed out plus I like the horror detective genre.

Personally I liked Hellsing ultimate a lot better cuz it was really really close to the manga

Awesome video. Your voice sounds awfully familiar. Do you also run another channel for comics?

2001 ost is sooooo good man.

Hellsing 2001 is the onl, once. I never forget when i saw the first episode 🎉 Gonzo made such a good job on this ❤

When I was a kid I tried downloading Helsing Ultimate which was still unfinished at the time and I accidentally downloaded the 2001 version. I watched the whole thing waiting to see the carnage from Helsing Ultimate. I was expecting nazis but they never came. I hated incognito as well. This was my first real experience with anime and I was dumb.

I started hellsing from 2001 version later i watched ultimate so i was shocked how much different they are

The original Hellsing was like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Less gore but something about it just go’s hard

Only oof on this video is pronunciation on Jan Valentine. The J has the Y sound making it Yan Valentine. But more importantly, I liked both series. Hellsing 01 is a nice mystery, I'm more into Hellsing Ultimate because it drops the mystery and go completely against the norm of vampire shows and stories which is the opposite of why i like Shiki that stays true to most Western vampire stories. I will say when it comes to separate anime versions, the best 2 in my opinion is Full Metal Alchemist.

i dont like to compare anime's like to each other when clearly one is stated to be different for being "based on the manga" but i think that might be a result of being my generation as we learned due to the internet alot of are "shows" stories were diff due story or just dubing, guess i just look at lt like the dub vs sub. both can tell wild diff stories' with out changing the "show"

all i can say is i love both shows

I think Hellsing (2001) is set in it's own continuity.

Ultimate. It's all in the title baybe

I like 2001 version more, fights had more build-up and i like that a lot. I just feel like things make more sense in 2001 version as well.

18:20 It is a testament to the flaws of 2001' that until you spelled it out right now, I had NO idea that this is what happened and how exactly Alucard defeated Incognito. It was always, basically "Fuck you, that's how", to me. OVA was definitely better with its exposition.

Both are definitely worth your time

I always thought the 2001 adaption was better (though unfinished). I do think Millenium would have showed up in 2001 if the show had continued. I'm not even convinced that Walter wouldn't have still turned out to be the traitor. The Valentine brothers make it clear they had someone way on the inside. Hellsing 2001 felt like a slow burn that got cancelled before the good part. Also, possibly just me, but I found Alucard far too chatty in Ultimate. Too me he's much more epic as a mostly silent, grinning figure who occasionally has outbursts of rage/excitement.

Heresy alert I guess. Which camp do I fall in? I have watched both 2001 and Ultimate several times because I love Alucard. Regardless the camp I fall into is TFS's Hellsing Ultimate Abridged. TFS managed to draw out an underlying essense of every character that, once played out in the abridged, I found myself saying "Yes! That's what was always floating just beneath the characters in the og animes" And especially in the case of Alucard. TFS made Alucard just the fuckin best. Gave him personality qualities you didn't know were missing and didn't know you wanted till they played out in front of you in the glorious abridged. The abridged drove me out to get two beautiful tattoos of Alucard, one on each arm. Of course 2001, Ultimate, and the manga were how Alucard is, is supposed to be. But like I said: heresy. TFS abridged captured something that stirred my heart.

as both Hellsing are my favorite animes, i REALLY want to give my opnion here. But after reading a few comments and replies, i dont want to do that anymore. London will be destroyed again if i do.

If i remember right, the Major appeared for a short moment in the 2001 version at the very end, like an marvel aftercredit scene. Maybe it was to tease for a second season that never came. In always tried to think of 2001 Hellsing as a prequel to Ultimate and of Incognito as the first threat Millennium throws at Alucard.

Hey the major was in the original tv show. But his screen of him was cut. It was in DVD features on one of the DVDs. It's called Hellsing Psalm of the darkness. The little 3 min video is set to music. It shows all the deleted scenes & different versions of scenes that was changed. Remembered the op.. will some of that was a post to be in the show. But was removed & the part with the cop girl about to licking the blade with blood on it .. well her master was talking to her & it's longer then what the final version showed in the op. The major was crapping (laughing too) aside his the doc & werewolf in a white room. The priest fight with alucarde had a different dynamic screen with he got stabbed up. And when the priest was laughing; the window behind him showed alucarde body impressed on top of the moon died. And a screen with alucarde head getting blown up too. There's other stuff too. But it's on 3 mins. You can Google it too watch it. Studio Gonzo made it. The DVD features unique animation that was not recycled in the television series.

Was there supposed to be more of 2001 at some point? Maybe Millennium would have been the second season antagonist?

This is the only analysis I've seen defending Hellsing 2001

Personally ultimate i think is better here are my reasons: 1. It was literally the most tense and epic anime inhave watched 2. You can easily get attached to the main cast and wome supporting characters 3 pip bernadott 4 there is more to the series than the 2001 in content 5 and seras gets cool vampire powers

What he said regarding JoJo (1993) isn’t true at all The OVA was released in two parts: the second half of Stardust Crusaders was released first (for some reason) in 93 then they did the first half in 96 I believe? And the controversy regarding the Qurans depiction didn’t occur until the 2000s (around the time the Phantom Blood movie released).

Ultimate is better than the original cuz it cuts out so much of the useless jargon that makes the original storyline such a bore. Despite what this talking head keeps saying Ultimate is just a better intro to the whole series for someone who has never read the books. A with Ultimate if you liked it enough then go for the deep dive of the original but Ultimate is well done cuz it’s short sweet and filled with imagery. The difference is simply this, the original bores you by telling you everything in great depth and detail. While the Ultimate’s performance decides that you are smart enough to draw your own conclusions an does more showing then telling you what is going on. It is as always up to the individual but I personally prefer to be treated as a adult and allowed to be shown not told what is going on.

Fair to say: The OVA is literally the manga animated! I don't like detective stuff ^^

I've seen both. I love both versions of Hellsing

11:07 the symbol used by nazis and the Swastik are not the same

Hellsing organization - Integra, Alucard, Butler, and Ceras... and a lot of disposable meat bags.

Both are good but we all know that the abridged series is the pinnacle of Hellsing shows.

Watched 2001 thinking ultimate was just season 2 so was very confused why every ep seemed to just be a weird half recap

I really like both 2001 and ultimate, because both of them don't stray too far from the source material.

The real question: Hellsing Ultimate or Hellsing Abridged?

i dunno why people call this "hellsing 2001" the one with incognito was out when i was in highschool....almost 20 years ago. or was that simply the name? cause if that's the name then i simply know it as "hellsing" and nothing more beyond that.

Hellsing 2001 had better world building but Hellsing Ultimate was overall a better anime