In this prequel to <a href=">Hellsing Ultimate (2006), 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. "Hellsing: The Dawn" is a Japanese mini-series from 5 years ago that consists of 3 short films. The first runs for 9 minutes, the second runs for 7.5 minutes and the last runs for 10.5 minutes, so the whole thing has a runtime of roughly 27 minutes. It plays during the days of World War II and thus consists many references about Nazis (a bit of an irony given Japan's role), but also many supernatural references about zombies. I found neither the action too interesting nor the characters. The historic references seemed very random in my opinion. And this kind of Japanese animation has never been my favorite anyway. The jumps between super-serious action and goofy Japanese anime style were off-putting I have to say. Very odd. Nothing memorable about this trio of short films. The 3rd is not only the longest, it's probably also the weakest. Not recommended. WHAT I LIKED<br/><br/>1. The brief backstory of the past history of Millennium, Arthur Hellsing, Walter and Alucard.<br/><br/>WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE<br/><br/>1. Doesn't add much value to the Hellsing Ultimate series.<br/><br/>2. Could have been easily made as one 20 minute episode, instead of three. The DRIFTERS ad in the third episode should not have been there as it confuses the viewer as to whether it is part of the episode or an advertisement.<br/><br/>VERDICT<br/><br/>A needless prequel to the Hellsing Ultimate series.<br/><br/>2/10 - Terrible
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