History Manga / HellSing

* JustFollowingOrders: Inverted. On multiple occasions, Alucard makes it very clear to Integra that while he's a monster, he's her monster, and that being the one who just ''gives'' the orders does not separate her from the atrocities he commits at her command.

''Hellsing'' exists as the original manga by Creator/KoutaHirano, which ran from 1997 to 2008 in Young King Ours magazine (released by Creator/DarkHorseComics in North America), an OVA series that follows the plot of the manga (''Hellsing Ultimate''), and a television series (simply ''Hellsing''). The television series and the first four [=OVAs=] were originally released by Geneon before the rights went to Creator/{{Funimation}}. A prequel begun in 2001, ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', focuses on Alucard and a young Walter during UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. (Did we mention Alucard is a girl in that prequel?)

* InverseDialogueDeathRule: Followed repeatedly.

* RatedMForManly: Tons of action and vampires and explosions and everything else that a manly show could want, along with several characters who would put the action stars of the 70s and 80s to shame. Alucard, Anderson, and the Captain are just the most obvious male examples, but the show also features [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] galore.

** The inner sides of the manga's front and back covers have occasionally featured characters or references to other series, such as ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' or making characters dance ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Hare Hare Yukai]].''

* VocalDissonance: "Girlycard" maintains Alucard's [[BadassBaritone deep and menacing voice]] in both the original and English dubs, despite looking like a schoolgirl.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** When one of Anderson's school pupils interrupts him while he's watching news broadcasts of the South American massacre, it's played for comedy as if he was interrupted [[ADateWithRosiePalms doing something else]].
** Alucard's CurbStompBattle with Rip is ''incredibly'' evocative of rape, although the prime example is the Japanese dub of the OVA.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Integra shows this, even though she isn't the ruler of a country.

* ClusterFBomb: Anytime the Wild Geese are present, expect profane language to be commonplace. Justified due to them being mercenaries.

* CasualDangerDialog: Used often, but Integra gives us this gem just before she and and the Council of Twelve shoot Jan full of holes:

* HandCannon: Alucard wields a pair of oversized pistols that are far too heavy for a normal human to wield. The Jackal in particular weighs 16 kilograms and is 39 centimetres long.

''Hellsing'' exists as the original manga by Kouta Hirano, which ran from 1997 to 2008 in Young King Ours magazine (released by Creator/DarkHorseComics in North America), an OVA series that follows the plot of the manga (''Hellsing Ultimate''), and a television series (simply ''Hellsing''). The television series and the first four [=OVAs=] were originally released by Geneon before the rights went to Creator/{{Funimation}}. A prequel begun in 2001, ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', focuses on Alucard and a young Walter during UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. (Did we mention Alucard is a girl in that prequel?)

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Millennium is defeated, London rebuilds, Pip and Seras ''do'' finally end up together (in a way), Alucard returns, Walter redeems himself in death, Anderson dies happily knowing he is going to a much better place, [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Sir Penwood]] [[HeroicSacrifice dies a hero]], the Major dies a happy man and gets his war, all his men have their greatest wish ([[RunningGag to]] [[DeathSeeker die]]) fulfilled, and the final scene of the series sees Integra and Seras happily reunited with Alucard. Given all that's happened, it still really can't be considered a ''happy'' ending, but it's not all bad.]]

'''This page deals with the manga and its OVA adaption. [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} There is a separate page for the TV series]].'''

* TranslationConvention: Apparently all Germans, Italians, and French speak English 95% of the time. Or, you know, Japanese.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the ninth episode of the ''Hellsing Ultimate'' OVA, a glimpse is shown into Alucard (UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler)'s past where he's shown being sexually abused by the Ottoman Sultan as a child. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that either he or his brother were mistreated to such a great extent while a hostage of the empire. In fact, Vlad's brother, Radu cel Frumos, actually became a fast friend of the heir-apparent of then-Ottoman Sultan Murad II, Mehmet the Conqueror, and became a high ranking Jannissary officer after converting to Islam. In fact, during the time Vlad was a hostage, Murad II was already fighting wars with the Holy Roman Empire and against Jonas Hunyadi, among other things. It's fairly unlikely he spent much time around the sons of Vlad II, who were in his custody.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Maxwell dubs his campaign to [[spoiler:conquer England for the Vatican]] as the Ninth Crusade. He should have double-checked his counting - the Ninth (and last of the classic) Crusade was fought in 1271-2.
** Seras Victoria and her fellow police officers are shown to carry guns. As the series is primarily set in England this is odd as standard British police officers do not routinely carry firearms.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Integra and Anderson.

* KillEmAll: By the time the series is over [[spoiler:thirty years in the future, only Integra, Seras, Pip, Heinkel, and Sir Rob Walsh]] are still around without counting the descendants of Islands, Penwood and new Iscariot characters. Of course, [[spoiler:Alucard finally came back, but it's still only him and none of his familiars]].

* PyrrhicVillainy: [[spoiler: The Major succeeds in defeating Alucard, even though Integra kills him in the end. Also, London ultimately rebuilds and life continues on like normal. Both Hellsing and Iscariot are rebuilding themselves while also maintaining a firm (if temporary) truce, which could very well last decades or even centuries. And just like the last time he was soundly beaten, Alucard is never truly out of the game; he comes back eventually.]]

* NiceHat: Who ''wouldn't'' want Alucard's hat? Or the Captian's.

** When Hellsing first learns of "Millennium", she has Walter investigate everything from the definition to a bar named after the ship from ''StarWars''.