Hellsing

More anime!  So I just recently finished watching a short running anime called Hellsing.  This show is another rare anime that doesn't fall into the childish humor and meaningless filler crap, +1 awesomeness!  The art work does a great job adding to the atmosphere.  The show follows the efforts of the Hellsing organization, led by Sir Integra Hellsing, to purge the world of undead, namely vampires.  However, the Hellsing organization's secret weapon is an uber powerful vampire named Alucard.  The reason Alucard works for Hellsing is not clear.  Alucard is a fun character.  Basically, he is a total badass.  There is also a new vampire that joined Hellsing, however her story doesn't get filled in as much as I would like because you follow their vampire hunt for 13 episodes.....

Yeah, 13 episodes.  This is a problem.  Where I praised Gun Sword for having a story to tell, telling it, and being done, Hellsing is simply not long enough.  I don't know if the show was cancelled (would have a hard time believing it) or if it was planned to be so short, but the story doesn't get filled in enough.  Yes, the story arc is completed at the end, but you don't get to see nearly as much about the characters as I would like.  It sucks that we don't really get to learn a whole lot about Seras Victoria, the newly turned vampire in Hellsing.  You never learn exactly why Alucard works willingly for humans.  There is a TON more story that was asking to be told, but is never seen.

Hellsing was was a fun, quick watch.  However, I was sorely disappointed by the total lack of episode count.  This should have been a two or three season show, not half.  Regardless, overall I did enjoy watching it.

Note: This applies to just the series Hellsing.  They have started making a set of OVA's called Hellsing Ultimate that I have not seen.