HELLSING: ULTIMATE

Hellsing: Ultimate is an Original Video Animation (OVA) series. The series was created after the Hellsing anime had finished, and was intended to be more true to the manga than the anime was. Over the course of the years, they have changed animation studios at multiple occasions. Hellsing Ultimate 1-4 were animated by the animation studio Satelight, before Madhouse took over as of 5-7. It has recently been announced that a new company would be animating the final three episodes of the series; Graphinica x Kelmadick. It is still being produced by Geneon.

Release Schedule
The first 50- minute installment was released to Region 2 DVD in Japan on February 10, 2006. The latest installment, Ultimate IX, was released in Japan on February 15, 2012.

The English release of the series is licensed in the United States by Geneon USA. In producing the English dub of the series, Geneon used much of the original cast from the English dub of the anime, which Geneon also licenses. The first episode, Hellsing: Ultimate I, was released to Region 1 DVD on December 5, 2006 after premiering at the 2006 Anime Expo. In 2008, distribution of the Hellsing: Ultimate series was assumed by Funimation entertainment, although Geneon remains its licensor. Funimation released the fourth episode on September 23, 2008, along with a re-release of the first three episodes.

At Anime Expo 2010, Funimation Entertainment announced that they have been licensed to produce the English dub of all three of the new episodes 5-8 and the original TV series and will be released in 2012.

Music
The ending of each episode uses various pieces of instrumental music composed by Hayato Matsuo and performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, up to the fifth installment. Episodes VI and VII feature vocal closing themes by Japanese rock group Suilen, titled "Magnolia" and "Shinto-Shite", respectively. EpisodeVIII has "When You Start the War, Fight With Arrows, Spears and Swords!" a song from the original TV series, and episode IX features Japanse singer Maon Kurosaki in the song "Scars."

Episodes

 * Hellsing: Ultimate I
 * Hellsing: Ultimate II
 * Hellsing: Ultimate III
 * Hellsing: Ultimate IV
 * Hellsing: Ultimate V
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VI
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VII
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VIII
 * Hellsing: Ultimate IX
 * Hellsing: Ultimate X