Hellsing Vol. 4: Eternal Damnation
Synopsis
The Hellsing Organization makes its last stand against the unknown traitor, and Incognito, one of the original undead, at the Tower of London - with the Queen and Integra’s life at stake! Seras must finally make her choice about what she has become and the mysterious bond between Arucard and Integra is revealed…
Review
Questions are answered in volume four. I am really against Pioneer Animation’s translator for translating Alucard’s name to Arucard. It does not make any sense. Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards, what is Arucard spelled backwards Dracura? It is even shown in the last episode (Episode 13 - Hellfire) that Alucard really is…
Anyways, we are shown how Integra and Alucard first met. After Integra’s father past away, her uncle who wanted to become the leader of the Hellsing Organization decided to kill her so that she cannot become the leader. After running from her uncle she remembers something her father said and heads to the basement of the mansion. When she saw the door that leads to Alucard, her uncle catches up to her and she opens the door after some dialogue. Because of Integra’s blood, Alucard awakes and goes on a killing spree (quite cool if you ask me).
This volume is action packed! All four of these last episodes had fast paced action. Now I am no action freak and I do not like to watch everything that is action like my friends do, but this action had story as a back up so it was good overall. The battle between Incognito and Alucard is the best battle of the whole show. It displays Alucard’s power to the fullest. The ending certainly did not disappoint me, it could perhaps be considered as one of the better endings I have seen compared to the other titles.
The Breakdown
Pioneer Animation has done a good job in bringing Hellsing to the states. This title is something that fans of the vampire genre cannot get enough. With animation done by GONZO and an entertaining story. Hellsing is a definite good buy.