History Trivia / Hellsing

* StudioHop: The Japanese home media rights are currently held by Creator/NBCUniversal due to their purchase of [[Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan Pioneer/Geneon]] in 2008.

** Chris Packman from the TV anime was voiced by Arthur Russell in episode 9 but was replaced by Gildart Jackson for episodes 11 and 12.

** 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.

* ScheduleSlip: Ten years to finish a 10 volume manga, Kohta Hirano is (in)famously known for being quite a lazy mangaka when editors are not keeping constant watch on him, near the end of the series it seemed Hirano would release a new chapter whenever he felt like it, he was often taking breaks from working in a ''monthly'' magazine and also some of the near end chapters are just 9 to 12 pages long!

* 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 adaptation of the comic was 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.

* RoleReprise: The entire cast of the original anime series returned to their respective roles for the OVA series.

* 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 Rachel Robinson filled in for her for [=OVA=]s 5-7.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Only the first 8 episodes of ''Hellsing Ultimate'' will air on Creator/{{Toonami}}, as they only have the broadcasting rights to those episodes. This is due to an unfortunate case of miscommunication on either the Creator/FUNimation staff or the Creator/AdultSwim staff, as the production crew behind Toonami were under the impression that they had the broadcasting rights to the last two episodes as well. Fortunately, Toonami aired the last two episodes as part of their December 2014 Month of Movies event.

** 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.
*** Speaking of Wakamoto, he was already cast in the TV series as Richard Hellsing and was replaced in that role in ''Ultimate'' by Yosuke Akimoto.

* ScheduleSlip: 10 years to finish a 10 volume manga, Kohta Hirano is (in)famously known for being quite a lazy mangaka when editors are not keeping constant watch on him, near the end of the series it seemed Hirano would release a new chapter whenever he felt like it, he was often taking breaks from working in a ''monthly'' magazine and also some of the near end chapters are just 9 to 12 pages long!
** The [[OriginalVideoAnimation [=OVAs=]]] also followed suit in what it seems to be a staple in the franchise. The first three episodes had just a few months between each other. From the 4th and on the delays would just get longer and longer as Satelight was having a hard to time to keep producing the episodes all by themselves, after a year and a half without releasing anything Satelight passed the baton to Madhouse and finally looked like they would keep up the pace, and they did... only up to the 7th episode, another year and few months (and many rumors that Madhouse just dropped the series) is what it took for the 8th episode to get a release date; the series finally finished with the release of the 10th episode in late December 2012, nearly seven years after the series began.
*** And the official US releases were worse, with the original license holder going bankrupt, the gap between releases was 4 years, with two Blu-Ray/DVD sets compiling the eight [=OVAs=] so far finally being released in October and November 2012 after the release of the DVD for Episode 4 in September 2008.

** Semi-averted with Seras (played by Washington-born but London-raised K.T. Gray).

* {{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]].

* TheOtherDarrin: 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 Rachel Robinson filled in for her for [=OVA=]s 5-7.

** 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: Zorin Blitz was the only 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 Rachel Robinson filled in for her for [=OVA=]s 5-7.

** 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 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.

** The [[OriginalVideoAnimation [=OVAs=]]] also followed suit in what it seems to be a staple in the franchise. The first three episodes had just a few months between each other. From the 4th and on the delays would just get longer and longer as Satelight was having a hard to time to keep producing the episodes all by themselves, after a year and half without releasing anything Satelight passed the baton to Madhouse and finally looked like they would keep up the pace, and they did... only up to the 7th episode, another year and few months (and many rumors that Madhouse just dropped the series) is what it took for the 8th episode to get a release date; the series finally finished with the release of the 10th episode in late December 2012, nearly seven years after the series began.

** ''Hellsing: The Dawn''. Hirano felt like stopping out of nowhere in 2007, and yet Young King Comics did not declare the series as finished nor cancelled.

* CastingGag: So. Takehito Koyasu and Patrick Seitz both voice Luke Valentine, a blonde, slightly flamboyant vampire? [[Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure Where have we heard this before]]?

* NoExportForYou: For some unknown reason, and despite the popularity of the first series, the ''Ultimate'' OVA series never reached Spain. Even when distributor company Selecta Visión announced in 2016 a surprise related to the saga, it was revealed to be just a HD edition of the Gonzo series, disappointing everybody.

* {{Jossed}}: Taliesin Jaffe, 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]].

** Walter was played by Englishman Ralph Lister (from then-British Hong Kong) in the TV series and the first eight episodes of ''Ultimate'', but in Episode 9 by American Creator/LiamOBrien (previously the voice of Pip Bernadotte).

* 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]].
** 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.

* FanNickname:

* FakeBrit:
** Averted with Integra (London-born Victoria Harwood), played straight with Seras (K.T. Gray, who is from Washington).
** Also averted with Walter (Ralpha Lister, who is from then-British Hong Kong), except in episode 9 of ''Ultimate'', when he was voiced by Creator/LiamOBrien.

** Another aversion is [[ViolentGlaswegian Anderson]], who is voiced by Scottish 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!

** Hans Günsche and Avondale Napyeer, fannames for Captain and Doc, respectively.

* 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]].

* {{Jossed}}: Taliesin Jaffe, 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.]]

** 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.
* ScheduleSlip: 10 years to finish a 10 volume manga, Hirano Kohta is (in)famously known for being quite a lazy mangaka when editors are not keeping constant watch on him, near the end of the series it seemed Hirano would release a new chapter whenever he felt like it, he was often taking breaks from working in a ''monthly'' magazine and also some of the near end chapters are just 9 to 12 pages long!
** The [[OriginalVideoAnimation [=OVAs=]]] also followed suit in what it seems to be a staple in the franchise, the first three episodes had just a few months between each other, from the 4th and on the delays would just get longer and longer as Satelight was having a hard to time to keep producing the episodes all by themselves, after a year and half without releasing anything Satelight passed the baton to Madhouse and finally looked like they would keep up the pace, and they did... only up to the 7th episode, another year and few months (and many rumors that Madhouse just dropped the series) is what it took for the 8th episode to get a release date; the series finally finished with the release of the 10th episode in late December 2012, nearly seven years after the series began.

** The Animax English dub of Hellsing Ultimate. Animax Asia aired the series with their own English dub which has no swearing and foul language like the original english dub. So far, only four episodes were dubbed and aired by Animax Asia and it's unclear if the rest of the series will be dubbed.

* AdaptationInducedPlothole: In his fight with Alucard, Luke is shown to have a strong HealingFactor, surviving a head shot. However he is unable to regenerate his legs. In the manga this inconsistency could be explained by the fact that Casull inflicted the head shot, while his legs were shot off by Jackal. In the OVA, Jackal was the cause of all three wounds. Basically, this means he used a MUCH better gun for the leg shots in the manga, and a more standard one for the headshot.
*** Luke simply ran out of regeneration fuel. Alucard has hundreds of thousand souls to get life force from, hence the HealingFactor. Luke is a young vampire and probably hasn't killed a lot of humans yet. On top of that, he's an artificial vampire, and they all [[IncrediblylamePun suck]].
*** There was no headshot in the manga; he shot him in the stomach with the Casull, just like in the [[{{Anime/Hellsing}} Anime]]. As for the wounds themselves, Seras' injury in the 7th OVA/Volume shows it's much easier to heal a bullet wound than a fully-severed limb, which may be the cause.
*** Rectified in the Blu-Ray rerelease, where Luke's initial injuries are now caused by the Casull.
** In the 8th Volume of the manga, Alucard, in trying to kill [[spoiler:Anderplant]], never thinks to shoot him in the heart; in the OVA, he does. The problem: [[spoiler:Anderplant and the nail regenerate the wound]]. This creates a PlotHole because the next Volume/OVA features [[spoiler:Alucard ripping his heart out by hand]], something which won't make sense in the OVA because it would appear to be a regenerable wound.
*** Not necessarily. The regeneration power may be enough to fix a hole in the organ, but not enough to replace an organ that has been completely ripped out. Especially if the nail remains attached to the heart, rather than Anderson himself.
*** If you look at the bullet in the OVA, it is evident that [[spoiler:it hit the nail, and is stopped by it, spinning in place and not hurting the heart itself.]]
*** Alucard directly states that the only way to kill Anderson (and himself as well) is to remove the heart. In both the original manga and the OVA, Alucard blasts away at Anderson but can do no more damage to him as his body continuously regenerates. In the manga's case, this is more along the lines of Alucard trying to slowly blow Anderson's defenses away so he had a spot to reach the heart. Alucard's attack with his final bullet ultimately proves futile when Anderson's vines stop the bullet from reaching his heart. Therefore, this in itself is not a plothole.
*** However what can be described as potential plot hole is the fact that whenever manga Anderson utilized his vines, any and everything they touched instantly went aflame and turned to dust. He destroys the rest of the Level Zero army this way and it most likely because of this that Alucard never directly attempts to fight Anderson, instead pushing his familiars in front until he has an opening to take Anderson out. This is the exact opposite in the OVA where Alucard directly interacts and rips through the vines.

* FollowTheLeader / HilariousInHindsight: 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]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[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 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. Pip himself is voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal, who voiced main protagonist Luke Fon Fabre [[spoiler: and Asch]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. And if you played ''JeanneDArc'' PSP game, [[Creator/KariWahlgren Rip]] and [[Creator/YuriLowenthal Pip]] will ''really'' sound familiar.
** In English, even if it's for one episode, Zorin is voiced by VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}
** And in the original Japanese, it sometimes gets hard to take [[Creator/JojiNakata him]] seriously when he's also a [[KeroroGunsou red frog trying to take over the world.]]
** Admit it, in Japanese, you'd half expect [[HiroakiHirata Pip]] to go [[Manga/OnePiece "Seras-chwaaaaaaaaan !" or "Mellorine !"]].
** In addition to [[Creator/CrispinFreeman Alucard]], Captain Ferguson is clearly voiced by [[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor Colonel Hargrove]].
** In English, [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Togusa]] is a literally bloodthirsty immortal monster, and in Japanese [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Hayate]] is an ambiguously-gay-Nazi-cat-boy-scout-paradox.
** Walter's not the first BattleButler role for Motomu Kiyokawa. He also played [[Anime/TheBigO Norman Burg]]. In addition, he's also voiced several older male characters like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Fuyutsuki]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Dr. Mikamura]], [[Anime/GunXSword Jose]], and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Laker Randolph]]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] [[{{Gungrave}} Dr. Tokioka]]. Kiyokawa would later go on to play [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Valkenhayn]], who is Walter as a werewolf.
*** And Young Walter is [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward]] [[Creator/RomiPark Elric]]. Or if you want, [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran Cehack]].
*** And Dark Walter is [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia North]] [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Italy]], as well as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Gaara]] [[Creator/LiamOBrien of the Sand]].
** The Major is [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]]. No joke. And his seiyuu also voices [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Milhouse]] in the Japanese dub of ''The Simpsons''.
** [[YoshikoSakakibara Integra]] has [[LadyOfWar commanded thousands of men before]] as [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ leader of Neo-Zeon]].
** Alucard will protect his mistress with his [[MemeticMutation STORM OF LOYALTY!]] [[CodeGeass Look at his picture in the character section! His eyes are even orange!]]
** Father Renaldo shares a voice actor with [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Chief Aramaki]]. The tone and cadence is identical.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: On the less well-known side of things, JB Blanc, 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.

*** This has since been completed in 2014 so Toonami can air the whole dub.