

11 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestAs Walter's fight with Major's supernatural driver, the Captain, escalates unfavorably, Alucard finally shows up, although in the shape of a small girl, and assists Walter. Also, Arthur Hellsing's loose behavior angers Hugh Islands.
Hellsing agents Alucard and young Walter, the resourceful Hellsing family butler, are sent to Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944 to stop the Nazis' attempt to create a vampire army.
Acting
Nakata's Alucard drips centuries of bored cruelty in every syllable.
Direction
Pre-WWII Walter's transformation choreography is pure animated violence poetry.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Dawn bridges Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate, adapting chapters Hirano drew specifically to explain Walter's backstory after fan outcry.
The Major's design deliberately evokes Klaus Kinski's Nosferatu—Hirano wanted viewers to associate fascism with parasitic monstrosity from frame one.