Hellsing Ultimate (ヘルシング, Herushingu?) is a 10 episode anime OVA based the manga by Kouta Hirano. The OVA series served as a reboot to the Hellsing TV series produced by Gonzo. The first four episodes were animated by Satelight, the fifth, sixth and seventh episodes were animated by Madhouse and the eighth, ninth and tenth episodes were animated by Graphinica. It ran from February 10, 2006 to December 26, 2012, running for over ten episodes.
Like the TV series, the OVA series was licensed for English language release in North America by Geneon Entertainment. Following Geneon's closure, FUNimation Entertainment picked up the rights to the series.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters (Hellsing Organization) | |||
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Alucard | Jōji Nakata | Crispin Freeman |
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Seras Victoria | Fumiko Orikasa | K.T. Gray |
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Karen Strassman (young) | ||
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Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Victoria Harwood |
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Kaori Mizuhashi (young) |
Samantha Kerr Dickson | |
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Walter C. Dornez | Motomu Kiyokawa | Ralph Lister |
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Daisuke Namikawa (young adult) |
Liam O'Brien | |
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Romi Park (child) |
J.D. Stone | |
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Pip Bernadotte | Hiroaki Hirata | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Hiromi Igarashi (child) |
Karen Strassman | |
| Iscariot | |||
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Alexander Anderson | Norio Wakamoto | Steven Brand |
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Enrico Maxwell | Shō Hayami | J.B. Blanc |
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Risa Hayamizu (young) |
Yuri Lowenthal | |
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Heinkel Wolfe | Mitsuki Saiga | Karen Strassman |
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Yumie Takagi | Yūko Kaida | Siobhan Flynn |
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Father Renaldo | Osamu Saka (ep. 1) | William Frederick Knight |
| Takahiro Yoshino (ep. 3) | |||
| Millennium | |||
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Major Max / SS-Sturmbannführer | Nobuo Tobita | Gildart Jackson |
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The Doctor | Hiroshi Naka | Marcelo Tubert |
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Zorin Blitz | Yōko Sōmi | Helena Taylor (ep. 4) |
| Rachel Robinson (eps. 5-7) | |||
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Schrödinger | Ryōko Shiraishi | Laura Bailey |
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Luke Valentine | Takehito Koyasu | Patrick Seitz |
| The Convention of Twelve | |||
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Sir Hugh Islands | Katsunosuke Hori | Doug Stone |
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Shelby M. Penwood | Masashi Hirose | Stuart McLean |
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Rob Walsh | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Orion Acaba |
| Other Characters | |||
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Wild Geese Deputy | Kōtarō Nakamura (ep. 3) | Travis Willingham |
| Atsushi Imaruoka (eps. 6-7) | |||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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Arthur Hellsing | Chikao Ōtsuka | John E. Breen | 1 |
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Richard Hellsing | Yōsuke Akimoto | Steven Brand | |
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Leif | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Taliesin Jaffe | |
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Jessica | Chiaki Takahashi | Samantha Kerr Dickson | |
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Cheddar Priest | Kazuhiro Nakata | J.B. Blanc | |
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Abraham Van Hellsing | Chikao Ōtsuka | Curt Lowens | 2 |
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Jan Valentine | Wataru Takagi | Josh Phillips | |
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Tubalcain Alhambra | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Steve Wilcox | 3 |
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Spirit of Harkonnen | Unshō Ishizuka | Peter Beckman | |
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Pope | Atsushi Ono | Roberto Bonanni | |
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Rip Van Winkle | Maaya Sakamoto | Kari Wahlgren | 4 |
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Queen of England | Toshiko Fujita | Pamela Salem | |
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Spirit of Jackal | Tesshō Genda | Liam O'Brien | 5 |
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Grandfather Bernadotte | Katsuhisa Hōki | Doug Stone | 7 |
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Makube | Takashi Taniguchi | Jesse Merlin | 10 |
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Hugh Islands IV | Tomohisa Asō | David Collier | |
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Penwood III | Masaki Aizawa | Greg Bryan |
Additional Voices[]
- Dino Andrade
- Sterling Beaumon
- J.B. Blanc
- John E. Breen
- Greg Bryan
- Michael T. Coleman
- David Collier
- Doug Erholtz
- Zach Hanks
- Kyle Hebert
- Gildart Jackson
- Taliesin Jaffe
- Emmett James
- Ralph Lister
- Yuri Lowenthal
- Ossie Mair
- Michael McConnohie
- Stuart McLean
- Matthew Mercer
- Jesse Merlin
- Jason C. Miller
- Liam O'Brien
- Sam Regal
- Roy Samuelson
- Patrick Seitz
- Christopher Smith
- Michael Sorich
- J.D. Stone
- Julian Stone
- Todd Stone
- Stephen Weese
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2008 | Starz Edge | United States | 
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| 2014 | Cartoon Network (Toonami/Adult Swim) | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
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| Geneon Entertainment | 2006-2008 | 
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Episodes 1-4 | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 4 Volumes | ||||||
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2012-2014 | + 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC A DVB-T | ||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2019 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
External Links[]
- Hellsing Ultimate at the Internet Movie Database
- Hellsing Ultimate (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia