| Watch the 2001 one first imo |
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MajorBro said: I've been wanting to start watching hellsing and i was wondering if i should watch hellsing or hellsing ultimate first. just watch ultimate, this one doesn't follow the manga |
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| Watch Hellsing Ultimate. Hellsing(2001) is bad |
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| Watch Hellsing (2001) first, and then Hellsing Ultimate. If only because 2001s soundtrack slaps and deserves to be experienced. But for real I think watching 2001 is worth it. It didn't have all the material from the manga Ultimate had to work with because it aired as the manga was still running. This definitely had its drawbacks when it came to the ending bc they had to make one up and it didn't really fit with the themes and intention of the work, especially compared to the actual ending. But it gave it the advantage of having more time to explore the characters. I remember when I first tried reading the manga I was bored with Seras. She didn't have much personality and was overshadowed by the much cooler characters of Alucard and Integra. But the 2001 anime really focused on her struggle with coming to terms with her vampirism, her relationship with Alucard, and her fear of losing her humanity. It made her more than just a vessel to see Alucard and Hellsing through which is what she feels like for much of the first half of Ultimate and the manga. I think it adds a lot of depth and makes you enjoy the characters more when you watch the full version in Ultimate. Ultimate is an OVA and while that allowed it to really pack in a lot of what was in the manga, it limited the space it had to do it. This occasionally makes the pacing suffer and it feels like you don't have time to really connect with and enjoy the characters. Plus I think 2001's animation has an early aughts charm that makes it worth watching, and while it's not smooth and flashy like a lot of today's animation it was a work of art in its own right and time. of course this is just my opinion and you can do whatever you want. I'm just happy to have another person watch it for the first time! |
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ZumerFeygele said: Watch Hellsing (2001) first, and then Hellsing Ultimate. If only because 2001s soundtrack slaps and deserves to be experienced. But for real I think watching 2001 is worth it. It didn't have all the material from the manga Ultimate had to work with because it aired as the manga was still running. This definitely had its drawbacks when it came to the ending bc they had to make one up and it didn't really fit with the themes and intention of the work, especially compared to the actual ending. But it gave it the advantage of having more time to explore the characters. I remember when I first tried reading the manga I was bored with Seras. She didn't have much personality and was overshadowed by the much cooler characters of Alucard and Integra. But the 2001 anime really focused on her struggle with coming to terms with her vampirism, her relationship with Alucard, and her fear of losing her humanity. It made her more than just a vessel to see Alucard and Hellsing through which is what she feels like for much of the first half of Ultimate and the manga. I think it adds a lot of depth and makes you enjoy the characters more when you watch the full version in Ultimate. Ultimate is an OVA and while that allowed it to really pack in a lot of what was in the manga, it limited the space it had to do it. This occasionally makes the pacing suffer and it feels like you don't have time to really connect with and enjoy the characters. Plus I think 2001's animation has an early aughts charm that makes it worth watching, and while it's not smooth and flashy like a lot of today's animation it was a work of art in its own right and time. of course this is just my opinion and you can do whatever you want. I'm just happy to have another person watch it for the first time! I agree with Chad man here. Pre wide-screen anime constantly had to make up their own story half way thru so I never hold that against old adaptations. I liked the manga a lot but I don't mind seeing an alternative story line since I can just not rewatch the anime and instead reread the manga if I don't like what they did. We're spoiled for choice with streaming and the increase of anime production doesn't help wade thru the shit nowadays but personally I always try to finish shows once I start them. I feel as though people hear other people say something sucks and don't give it a chance, which is what those people also did in the first place. But anyway I also love the OST and how the focus is more on Seras becoming a vampire and excepting it instead of everything being about Alucard being OP which helps build both of them plot points nice and slow. Waiting until the end to only vaguely hint at who certain people are was much cooler than straight up dumping it all on you 1 episode in like the OVA does. The OVA feels edgy because of the blood and gore compared to the anime which I feel went for a dark and serious tone. Alucard feels generally creepy in the anime, he'll just phase into existence in the background of a shot or speak to someone without being in the room. I do agree that the ending sucks compared to source but at the time there wasn't anymore source to go off of. The OVA is still really good but I think I just have a soft spot for the stuff that was fresh when I was a kid (but hey, we all feel like that about everything anyway). In conclusion, I think I'm becoming a boomer but we should give the old shows a chance even if the ending is kinda mid compared to source material because a lot of these shows have that old school drip that fluid computer aided animation lacks, even the mid ones. |
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