History Trivia / Hellsing

* CreatorsPest: According to an interview, Hirano really doesn't like Zorin Blitz, since she was hard to draw and boring to write.

*** Creator/NorioWakamoto takes over as Father Anderson in the OVA, replacing Nachi Nozawa from the TV anime. This was due to Nozawa being diagnosed with lung cancer and thus was unable to reprise. Said cancer sadly claimed his life in 2010. Wakamoto was already cast in the TV series as Richard Hellsing and was replaced in that role in the OVA by Yosuke Akimoto.
*** Creator/ShowHayami replaced Hideyuki Tanaka as Enrico Maxwell from the TV to the OVA.

*** Tricia Dickson, previously mentioned above, replaced Ananda Banc from the TV series as Jessica in ''Ultimate''. In a similar vein, the British Michael Marr was replaced with American Doug Stone as the Round Table leader Hugh Irons.
*** In the original anime, during the next episode previews, the Spirit of Hallconnen was voiced by [=ADR=] director Taliesin Jaffe as an in-joke based on his encounters with Kouta Hirano. When Jaffe tried to do it again for Hallconnen's appearance in ''Ultimate'', [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups]] deemed it "too offensive" and demanded to cast a "proper" actor. Peter Beckman was cast in the role soon after.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the English dub, Zorin Blitz was the only major character to receive a change in voice actors. Helena Taylor voiced her in OVA 4, but Taylor had to go back to England during the hiatus of the dubbing, so Creator/RachelRobinson filled in for her for [=OVA=]s 5-7.
** Young Integra was voiced by Tricia Dickson in the TV series and [=OVA=] 1 but was replaced by Creator/LauraBailey for her appearance in [=OVA=] 5. Jaffe justified it as the character being a little older in the later flashback.
** Chris Packman from the TV anime was voiced by Arthur Russell in episode 9 but was replaced by Creator/GildartJackson for episodes 11 and 12.
** Tricia Dickson, previously mentioned above, replaced Ananda Banc from the TV series as Jessica in ''Ultimate''. In a similar vein, the British Michael Marr was replaced with American Doug Stone as the Round Table leader Hugh Irons.
** In the original anime, during the next episode previews, the Spirit of Hallconnen was voiced by [=ADR=] director Taliesin Jaffe as an in-joke based on his encounters with Kouta Hirano. When Jaffe tried to do it again for Hallconnen's appearance in ''Ultimate'', [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups]] deemed it "too offensive" and demanded to cast a "proper" actor. Peter Beckman was cast in the role soon after.
** In Japanese, the biggest recast was Creator/NorioWakamoto as Father Anderson, replacing Nachi Nozawa from the TV anime. This was due to Nozawa being diagnosed with lung cancer and thus was unable to reprise. Said cancer sadly claimed his life in 2010. Wakamoto was already cast in the TV series as Richard Hellsing and was replaced in that role in ''Ultimate'' by Yosuke Akimoto.
** Creator/ShowHayami replaced Hideyuki Tanaka as Maxwell and Creator/WataruTakagi replaced Creator/KazuyaNakai as Jan Valentine.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Hellsing_Wiki The Hellsing Wiki]].

* OvertookTheManga: The reason why the [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime series]] looks so different from the OVA past some point? They caught up with manga ''extremely early on'' (as in, before the BigBad was introduced). This was made worse by the fact that (1) Hellsing was a monthly series, and (2) Hirano is [[ScheduleSlip famously lazy]], regularly turning in chapters only 10 pages long in a magazine where the average is 25-30. Hirano was [[DisownedAdaptation extremely unhappy with the anime]] (though he still liked some things from it), and further adaptations of the manga were postponed for years until the OVA moved forward. Still, the ''Major'' (the manga/OVA's BigBad) must have been outlined by Hirano, considering the fact that he appeared in an [[https://youtu.be/8Hbhtq9ugPg early trailer]] for the anime. His arc was replaced by Incognito's in the anime.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Creator/CrispinFreeman (Alucard) and Creator/KariWahlgren (Rip Van Winkle) contributed their voices to ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' as Regal Bryant and Raine Sage. Despite being voiced by different people in [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld the sequel]], this makes it HilariousInHindsight that Raine and Regal are [[spoiler: falsely]] implied to be in a romantic relationship. Speaking of the said sequel, Schrödinger and female lead Marta Lualdi [[Creator/LauraBailey share a voice actor]], as does Marta's father, Brute, with Enrico Maxwell via Creator/JBBlanc.
** On the less well-known side of things, Creator/JBBlanc, Victoria Harwood and Steven Brand -- the dub voice actors for Maxwell, Integra, and Anderson respectively -- have known each other since the 80s. According to the DVDCommentary for OVA 3, during the casting for the original anime series, Steven Brand brought Victoria in, and Victoria brought JB.

* NamesTheSame: There are major differences between him and the Alucard from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
** Where else has the name [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Montana Max]] been heard?

* ImageSource:
** OurVampiresAreDifferent (bottom left)

* FanNickname:
** Girlycard, Alucard's young girl form. Also known as Lolicard in the Japanese fandom.
** [[spoiler:Alucard's form as Vlad Dracula III goes by either "Vladcard" or "Beardycard".]]
** [[spoiler:Anderplant]] for [[spoiler:Anderson's monstrous form after he stabs himself with Helena's Nail]].
** Since the Major is never actually named, several names for him have popped up, Montana Max being the most popular.
*** Taliesin Jaffe, the director for Hellsing and Ultimate's dubs, calls the Major this since he's a fan of the manga.
** Hans Günsche and Avondale Napyeer, fan-names for Captain and Doc, respectively.
*** Montana Max and Hans Günsche come from the prototypes of the characters in older works. On the back of Volume 5, you can see a small drawing of some papers with Major's face on it with some reading "Montana Max".
** Incognito has been called "Vagina Head" because of the piercing and red zero on his forehead.
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* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/HellsingAlucard Alucard]]

* FollowTheLeader: Several incidents in the [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime]] are referenced in later chapters of the manga, including [[spoiler:the Jackal's destruction, Alucard "dying", Alucard releasing to his highest for at Integra's behest, England reduced to burning rubble,]] impaling, [[spoiler: Walter]]'s "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]]", and [[spoiler:the revelation that Alucard is Vlad (III) Dracula]]. [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Even if some were obvious]]. Also, apparently Hirano thought Alucard [[NowThatsUsingYourTeeth cocking his gun with his teeth]] was so cool that he decided to draw it in one of the later chapters, and also took inspiration from Incognito to create the character of Zorin Blitz.

* FakeBrit: Largely averted! But not entirely…
** Integra is played by London-born Victoria Harwood.

** Semi-averted with Seras (played by Washington-born but London-raised K.T. Gray, who normally speaks with an American accent as an adult).

** Another aversion is [[ViolentGlaswegian Anderson]], who is voiced by Scottish (Dundee) actor Steven Brand. WordOfGod says that Anderson isn't supposed to be any nationality, but at least his accent's authentic. And ''[[RuleOfCool awesome]]''.
--->'''Taliesin:''' "People keep telling me that Anderson has a terrible Irish accent. Well of course it is, he doesn't have an Irish accent!"
** Fake Italian in the case of Enrico Maxwell, who is played by Englishman Creator/JBBlanc (who coincidentally, used to live with Steven Brand).

* {{Jossed}}: Creator/TaliesinJaffe, the director of the dubs of the TV series and Ultimate, held onto the theory that the Major is actually Mars, the god of war (which would explain his motive). Said jossing was when Hirano showed him to actually be a [[spoiler: cyborg]].