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

[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. :)