# Hellsing: The Dawn (2011)

> A short animated OVA in which vampire agent Alucard and young butler Walter fight a Nazi plan to build an undead army in 1944 Europe.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/95975

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 9 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, horror
- Cast: Romi Park, Daisuke Namikawa, Hiroshi Naka, Jouji Nakata, Junichi Suwabe, Nobuo Tobita, Masako Shirakawa, Misa Kobayashi
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2878716/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: brutal, theatrical, stylized, grim

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with fans of the Hellsing franchise appreciating its action and gothic style while finding the very short runtime limiting.

## Synopsis

Hellsing: The Dawn (2011) is a Japanese animated horror action prequel OVA produced by Geneon Entertainment and Geneon Universal Entertainment. Across three brief nine-minute episodes, Hellsing agents Alucard (Jouji Nakata) and the resourceful young family butler Walter C. Dornez (Romi Park) travel into Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944 to stop a scheme to create a vampire army. Arthur Hellsing (Daisuke Namikawa) and Hugh Irons (Junichi Suwabe) move through the wartime landscape alongside them, while the SS officer Major (Nobuo Tobita) pushes the Nazi project forward. The engine is brisk and simple: the heroes slip past enemy lines, hunt the undead, and fight through bloody confrontations whose gore and gunplay are the point. Set against the grim backdrop of World War II, the tone is brutal, theatrical and gleefully excessive, with horror imagery sitting alongside stylish monster combat. Its sharp, compact format makes it a quick, intense watch. Fans of Hellsing Ultimate, Castlevania: Nocturne and Blade will find similar gothic vampire hunting and wartime supernatural violence here.

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