Hellsing moves forward with its big arc of vampire Nazis invading London in blimps and airships while the Catholic church sends in its army to take advantage of both the Nazis and the Protestants being weak… Yep, that’s a plot! That being said, these two OVAs are pretty much all set up for things to come, and so as a stand-alone thing to review it makes it a bit awkward. Still, let’s take a closer look!
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Continuing on with a look at Hellsing Ultimate, the next two volumes begin adapting where the original anime series stopped and we get the full push towards the frankly bizarre Nazi revenge plot that takes up the rest of the series. That’s right, in the end Hellsing comes down to Protestants vs. Catholics vs. Nazis, all three using supernatural beings like vampires and zombies to do their battling with. Like I said last time, it’s good shut your brain off entertainment, not Shakespeare! Let’s take a look at Parts III and IV, shall we?
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In a rare non-Anime UK News review series, I take a look at Hellsing Ultimate, now that the last two OVAs are now available in the UK thanks to Crunchyroll. This series is the definition of guilty pleasure for me, I’m not really into over the top gore and violence, but I don’t if it’s the character designs (LOVE Alucard’s design, always have) or what, but I do like the occasional journey into Hellsing madness. Now it’s finally time to run through the whole story, starting with: the start! Thanks to the first two OVAs being based on the same material as the first half of the original TV series, it always feels like I’ve seen this loads of times and I want to “get it out of the way” so I can get to the newer (to me) stuff, but let’s be fair and have a closer look at them!
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My latest Anime UK News review is of the 70th Volume of the Bleach Manga, and it can be found HERE .
My review of the first UK Blu-Ray release of ERASED (containing episodes 1 – 6) is now up on Anime UK News and can be viewed by clicking HERE . It lived up to the hype it received last year, so far anyway!
It’s either a famine or a feast with Anime UK News at the moment! My third review in roughly a week, but with nothing else in the pipeline, I review the 29th “box set” (or two-disc standard release) of Naruto Shippuden (my 9th Naruto Shippuden TV series review in total…) HERE .
My latest review of the on-going Dragon Ball Super is up on Anime UK News, and can be found by clicking HERE .
My review of God Eater – Part 1 on DVD (Blu-Ray also avaliable!) is now up on Anime UK News and can be viewed by clicking HERE .
My review of the Samurai Warriors anime series (plus OVA!) is now available to read on Anime UK News right HERE .
Although I normally don’t do “overall reviews” for series without a clear narrative throughout the series, Gundam falls awkwardly in between the two extremes. A lot of the episodes or smaller story arcs are stand alone, but the development of Amuro and Char, as well as the latter’s revenge against the Zabis, and their budding rivalry does go across the whole series. Plus the One Year War itself, although already underway when the series starts, is also sort of a running narrative. So let’s take an overall look at the original Mobile Suit Gundam series…
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