Alexander Anderson (anime)

''This is the Anime version of Alexander Anderson. For the OVA version, click here.''"Our mission is t' punish any heretic who would deny the word of God! We will crush yer unholy body and salt th' earth w' yer dust! Amen!"

- Alexander Anderson

Alexander Anderson (アレクサンド・アンデルセン) is a Vatican priest and agent of Iscariot. He is a monster hunter and the arch-rival of Alucard. In the English dub of the anime and OVA, he is portrayed as having a Scottish accent, though

canonically his nationality is unknown. He lives in Italy, operating an orphanage outside Vatican City. He serves as the foil to Alucard as both an antagonist and type of anti-villain in the series, both in the TV anime and the OVA series.

Appearance
Father Alexander Anderson has short, spiky gold hair, green eyes, brown/tanned skin, a defined squared jaw, and light facial hair. He also has a large, wedge-shaped scar on his left cheek. he was depicted with prominent, sharp canines, possibly to heighten his resemblance to a vampire and make him a symbolic counterpart to Alucard, the "tame monster" of the Hellsing Organization. He is shown to be an imposing middle-aged man along as lean with broad shoulders and very tall, being slightly taller than or as tall as Alucard.

He wears round glasses, a large white cassock which has purple trim, white pants, black boots, a white shirt, white gloves, and a silver cross around his neck. On his gloves, there are inscriptions written across the crosses drawn on the back. The right-hand says "Jesus Christ is in Heaven". The left-hand says "Speak with Dead".

Personality
In Order 3: Sword Dancer of Hellsing (anime), Paladin Alexander Anderson's actions are vaguely relativist. He ignores his true mission, and instead focuses on the basic requirements of his crusade; thus, attacking Seras Victoria, Alucard and killing Captain Gareth of the Hellsing Organization, though Gareth was a human being and attempting to exterminate the same target as Alexander Anderson. While his orders from Iscariot specified the extermination of a single rogue vampire, he engages in combat with Alucard as well.

Alucard refers to Anderson as a "dog of the Church" and is neither human nor monster (and is, therefore, incapable of killing him, only a human can do that).

Order 03:
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Order 07:
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Order 13:
Alexander was seen watching Alucard and Incognito fight.

Abilities
As Iscariot's "trump card", he is the single greatest warrior the Vatican can bring to bear, and the only known being who can match Alucard's power (albeit when augmented by Helena's Nail). Alucard noted that he was the only one who he'd let defeat him (in accordance to Alucard's own belief that only a man can slay a monster). Anderson possesses extraordinary strength, speed, senses, balance, coordination, and stamina, far above what is considered normal for a human. It is unknown if these abilities are a result of artificial, biotechnological enhancement or a combination of his natural skill and fighting experience.


 * Superhuman Strength: He has fought Alucard, who is unfazed from taking high-caliber bullets to the chest, to a standstill with his bare hands, staggering him and bleeding his nose with a single punch. With his immense strength an example of this was in Order where Anderson slices a subway car in two using only his bayonets.
 * Superhuman Speed and Reactions: His reflexes are sufficient to allow him to react to bullets, although he prefers to take them head-on thanks to his regeneration.
 * Superhuman Durability: Enhanced by his regeneration, Anderson is very durable. He effortlessly shrugged off shots from a dozen automatic rifles (none of which pierced through his flesh), while Alucard has often been ripped apart by such weaponry, as well as from Alucard’s Casull - even a point-blank bullet was lodged in his skull. He could take several blows from Alucard who can easily tear apart human soldiers and vampires with single hits.
 * Superhuman Endurance: Anderson’s incredible endurance allowed him to keep run straight to Alucard even while having two of his arms shot off by The Jackal from Alucard.
 * Regeneration: Anderson has a strong regenerative factor which he typically relies on in battle, and it easily heals damage from automatic gunfire and high-caliber rounds. Most notably, he was shot at point-blank in the head by Alucard’s Casull (which fires massive explosive bullets), and regenerated  a few moments later. This ability also slowed down his aging process, so he is much older than he looks. Anderson claims that his ability is "the divine gift of God," but later states that it is due to "man's technology.", However, Anderson's healing factor still has its limits. Using the Jackal, which was specifically designed for use against strong regenerators like Anderson, Alucard is able to shoot off both of Alexander's arm that doesn't regenerate.
 * Bayonet Mastery: Alexander Anderson uses scores of blessed bayonets presumably made of silver. The blessed nature of the bayonets can sting vampires and negate their regeneration. He skillfully wields the bayonets with great dexterity in close-combat like swords and can also throw them with extreme accuracy (especially considering that he often throws the bayonets in large numbers, usually holding them between his fingers). The type of he uses most appear to be Austrian sword bayonets, with custom hand grips for an easier hold. The bayonets could originally be destroyed by simple handguns, but later could withstand shots from the Casull, However in Order 07 The Jackal destroyed the Bayonets. In the same Order Alexander uses his Bayonets to slice a train in half.


 * Scripture Manipulation: Anderson can summon a horde of scripture pages and use them for a variety of purposes:
 * Holy Barriers: Anderson can affix scriptures pages onto the walls of a building to erect a barrier to ward off vampires. Specifically, Seras was blocked from escaping as if there was a physical wall. In Order 03, Anderson can use the scriptures to purify the house and prevent the use of black magic.
 * Transportation: Anderson can use Bible pages to seemingly teleport. He used this to leave his subway fight with Alucard after having his arms shot off.


 * Ensnaring: In the first anime series, Anderson was shown to use Bible pages in order to trap Alucard. Specifically, he used them to entangle Alucard's arms before slicing his head off.

Bayonets
his Bayonets are specialized, each of them being blessed and probably made of silver, making them highly dangerous to vampires. He wields them in close-combat like swords and often holds them between his fingers. He also throws the bayonets at his target, with stunning accuracy for a human. Some of the bayonets are shown to have hand guards in the manga and TV series. The type of bayonets he uses the most are similar to Austrian sword bayonets, with custom hand grips for easier slashing and stabbing.

they are shown deflecting Alucard's Casull gunshots, with only the Jackal shattering the bayonets.

Voice Actors

 * Japanese Dub: Nachi Nozawa
 * English Dub: Steven Brand
 * Italian Dub: Mario Zucca
 * Brazilian Portuguese Dub: Marcelo Pissardini