Anime geekery

[mrph]

Sometimes starting at the end is no bad thing. Over the last week or so I've seen large chunks of Hellsing (thanks to mrbear, who bought thw DVD set... :) and I like it a lot - despite watching the last couple of episodes (where a lot of brutal and nasty things happen to regular characters) first. Actually, possibly that's one more reason why I like it - I knew from the start that they hadn't bungled the ending... :)

It's got style. It's got weirdness. It's got a vampire called 'Arucard' with a wide-brimmed hat, custom-made guns and a very strange attitude. And it's got the sort of bizarre factual errors you get when the Japanese write a series set in London and Birmingham...

What more can you ask?

Comments

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Tentacles!

[mrph.livejournal.com]

I think it may have one or two of them, too. Although probably not in the dubious ways you're thinking...

[markeris.livejournal.com]

Arucard? Is this like some sort of obvious Dracula name with stereotypical oriental phoneme confusion?

[mrbear.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough. Yes.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

As mrbear said, yes. Although the 'stereotypical oriental phoneme confusion' seems to have been a deliberate choice by the Japanese creators. Which is odd.

[lurkingcat]

The Dark Horse manga does actually spell it as Alucard, but they might be trying to make sure that the reader doesn't miss the point :)

[mrph.livejournal.com]

It seems to be a bit contentious and confused (see comment below). Ah well...

Aie!

[sciolist.livejournal.com]

Arucard! Scary avatar overlap from a guy on the NWN server I play on.

[deenial.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I might be of some assistance... the name isn't Arucard, it's Alucard. As word games go, working out what this one means is not the hardest task...

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Well, no. But I've seen conflicting reports about which of the two spellings it's supposed to be. The ADVision DVD sub says "Arucard", as does their website - I've seen a couple of website explain that Alucard is the better romanisation (especially given the source of the name), but that the original anime & manga is Arucard...

So generally, it seems to be a bit of a mess. :)

Re: Mr Morph...

[commieglamboy.livejournal.com]

Hi lad

Joel from A.D here - hope yr well. Fancy a bit of reciprocal Live Journal friendage? :)

Seeya at Whitby,
Joel H

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Hellsing is pretty cool, indeed. Only caught bits and pieces on German TV when I was home in summer, though.

Good to meet you last night, have friended you.
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Ozzy