Hellsing: The Dawn

Ratings for all 3 episodes,

Ep1 ~ 6/10; Ep2 ~ 6/10; Ep3 ~ 5/10

Three shorts (average runtime about 8 minutes) that were intended to serve as a prequel to the Hellsing Ultimate OVA series. Unfortunately, no further episodes where made, so it ends rather abruptly without completing its tale. Unlike the main HU series (which has a fantastic English dub), this was subtitles only. Artwork is good, and consistent with that of the main series. Nice to see the backgrounds of various characters. Young Walter is a badass, whilst young Alucard is...interesting. Action's okay, although there are a few too many stillshots (maybe a budget thing?). Annoyingly, the final episode includes 'chibi' sequences (hated them in the main HU series; they just don't work for me).

Interesting to see, but too short to make any meaningful contribution to the Hellsing mythos. Overall rating, 5.5/10.