Highlights
- Sir Integra Hellsing leads the Hellsing organization in their fight against the Nazi organization Millennium, using her fencing skills and Walther PPK pistol.
- The mercenary Pip Bernadotte sacrifices himself to save Seras Victoria, forming a romantic relationship and becoming her familiar after she drinks his blood.
- Alucard, the most powerful vampire alive, fights with pistols and a sword, possesses regeneration powers, and helps Hellsing achieve victory over the forces of darkness.
The 13-episode anime, Hellsing, follows the story of Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing and the Hellsing organization's fight against the dark forces. The original anime, Hellsing, was broadcast from 2001-2002, but later received a reboot called Hellsing Ultimate. Up to today, the show remains a classic entry in anime about vampires and the undead.
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Integra, along with the family butler, the deadly vampire she keeps in the basement, and a few other allies, find themselves fighting against an organization called Millennium - a Nazi group that is attempting to revive Nazi Germany to its former glory using an army of vampires. While some members of Millennium are formidable foes, there are equally strong fighters within the ranks of Hellsing, each with their own unique abilities, weapons, and fighting styles.
6 Arthur Hellsing
Sir Arthur Hellsing might not play a big role in fighting Millennium, but he is a key figure in the Hellsing organization. An important choice that Arthur Hellsing makes is to appoint his daughter, Integra, to take over the Hellsing organization, and not his brother, Richard, who it turns out is not worthy of the position after all.
Most importantly, Arthur Hellsing has extensive knowledge of vampires, and the Hellsing organization's most important asset - the vampire Alucard. The anime shows flashbacks of how he taught Integra, the fearless leader of Hellsing, how to be a great leader and what her philosophy regarding vampires should be.
5 Pip Bernadotte
The mercenary, Pip Bernadotte, and his group called the Wild Geese, ally with the Hellsing organization after being hired to fill the security gap following a brutal assault on the Hellsing Headquarters. As the leader of the Wild Geese, Pip Bernadotte is a skillful fighter, using guns as his weapons of choice - an AK47 and an army revolver.
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He and another skilled Hellsing fighter, Seras Victoria, develop a romantic relationship, and he ultimately sacrifices himself to save her life in a battle with Zorin Blitz, an officer for Millennium. Pip's spirit lives on though, as he becomes Seras's familiar after she drinks his blood, absorbing his soul and having it as a part of her for as long as she lives.
4 Walter Dornez
The Hellsing family butler, Walter Dornez, possesses more than meets the eye. Although he appears as a timid old man at the beginning of the anime, when called to battle, he shows off his true skills as a masterful fighter in the ranks of the Hellsing family.
Walter Dornez's weapons of choice are lethal monofilament wires, with which he effortlessly slices his enemies, among other things, into pieces. The wires seem to possess some supernatural qualities, as only he is able to control them with the flick of a wrist. These wires even have the power to slice through buildings, and so, owing to his loyalty and fighting skills, the butler is one of Hellsings' greatest weapons.
3 Seras Victoria
Seras Victoria is a former police officer, who is turned into a vampire by Alucard after she sustains a fatal gunshot to the chest. After turning, she allies with the Hellsing organization, fighting within its ranks as the appearances of vampires increase. Owing to her new status as a vampire, she gains super-human strength and speed, as well as the ability to regenerate and have dominion over others' souls after drinking their blood.
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Perhaps one of the most useful abilities she gains as a vampire is a "third eye," which gives her immense accuracy when using her long-range firearms in battle. Owing to her skillful use of these huge weapons, Hellsing secures various victories over Millenium with her on its side.
2 Integra Hellsing
The 22-year-old leader of the Hellsing organization and the last remaining descendant of Abraham van Hellsing - after the death of Arthur Hellsing and his brother - is Sir Integra Hellsing. Integra is a fearless and intelligent leader who is not threatened by the immense power of the vampire Alucard or any of the fighters in the Millennium organization.
Apart from her strong sense of loyalty to the cause of the Church of England and the Hellsing organization, Integra is a formidable fighter. Her fencing skills are beyond reproach, and she never misses a shot with her Walther PPK pistol. Both mentally and physically, Integra is a force to be reckoned with.
1 Alucard
The most powerful weapon in Hellsing's arsenal is by far the vampire, Alucard. In fact, Alucard is believed to be the most powerful vampire alive, and he is able to slay various enemies throughout the anime without even needing to tap into his true power. Alucard fights mainly with pistols and a sword, but his abilities afforded to him by his status as perhaps the oldest vampire alive, far outweigh the powers of his weapons.
Alucard can take on various forms - any form he chooses, in fact - and has regeneration powers that make him virtually immortal. It is suggested that Alucard is the historical Vlad Tepes, or Count Dracula, as is suggested by his name being Dracula spelled backward. Ultimately, with the help of Alucard, Hellsing can secure victory over the forces of darkness.