Alexander Anderson (anime)

"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 to Alucard

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. He's a warrior priest or paladin who works for the Vatican's Section XIII, Iscariot. Anderson is Iscariot's ultimate weapon in the fight against the undead. With regenerative capabilities and a variety of holy weapons (including his signature blessed bayonets), his mission is nothing less than the complete destruction of all the demons of Hell.

As this includes many of Hellsing's subordinates, Anderson is one of Alucard's greatest foes.

Physical
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.

Clothing
He wears a circular wire-rimmed glasses (which later got destroyed in Episode 7, but later came back in Episode 13), a large white cassock which has purple trim, white pants, grey 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:


 * For the right hand, Jesus Christ is in Heaven
 * For the left hand, Speak with Dead (later changed to Speak with the Dead)

Personality
Alexander Anderson normally appears as a calm and collected priest. During battles, however, he reveals a darker side. He has an obsession for his "crusade" and compulsively quotes passages of the Holy Bible as he speaks, and also kills anyone who dares to get in his way, including humans such as; Gareth Henderson and multiple of Mason Fox's soldiers in Episode 7. Alucard, in this version, refers to Anderson as a "dog of the Church" and is neither human nor monster. However, Alexander manages to impress Alucard because he never gave up even when both of his arms was blown off and still tries to kill him, which was probably the reason he spared him; He wants him to grow stronger and slightly sees him as a worthy opponent. He also has a habit of hissing during fights, and often loses control of himself much like Alucard. Despite this, he can stop himself and focus on his mission.

Beliefs
Alexander Anderson is an ardent Catholic. He is extremely determined to achieve his end, usually by whatever means necessary. His words and his constant quoting of scripture indicate a clear, almost fanatical obedience towards "the word of God". and, like Maxwell, displayed an immense hatred for Protestants. In the third episode of Hellsing, some of Anderson's statements heavily imply a fanatical hatred for all non-Believers. Anderson resents England's control over Northern Ireland, which he believes is Catholic territory, and states it is his mission to kill unbelievers.

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.

Order 03: Sword Dancer
Alexander first appears arriving to London from a train. Alexander then was greeted by a woman, the woman then leaves. Alexander then arrives at the place where Seras Victoria, Alucard and Captain Garreth is in. Alexander sneaks in without Seras or Gareth knowing his presence, and throws one of his bayonets at Gareth, killing him. This shocked and terrifies Seras, but before she could do anything, Anderson throws another one of his bayonets at her neck, disabling her. She falls to her knees as Alexander Anderson strides forward, condemning her for her vampiric existence. As he was ready to kill Enrico, he delivers a line from the bible, until Alucard suddenly appears behind Enrico. Plunging his hand to his heart, killing him. This caught both Alexander and Seras by surprise and Alucard comments how Alexander shouldn't be here and Alexander states that Iscariot was ridding the world of sacrilegious monsters such as Alucard himself, centuries before the Hellsing Family existed, and after that Alexander uses small bayonets to affix pages of scripture onto the walls of a building in order to "purify" the house and prevent any usage of black magic. Alexander insults Alucard and announces his mission; It is to punish any heretics who would deny the worth of God, and he will crush Alucard's unholy body and salt the earth with his dust. Alucard pulls out his Casull pointing at Alexander, while Alexander prepares his Bayonets. Alexander ran straight towards Alucard and tries slashing him with his Bayonets, but ends up missing 5 times with his bayonets and was finally able to hit his Torso. However, Alucard manages to get his Casull at point blank range on his head and Alexander "corpse" still smiles after getting shot at point blank range. Alucard thought that Alexander was only a human and was sure he was dead, so he walks back to Seras to rescue her until Alexander heals his wound and impales Alucard with multiple bayonets. Alucard was surprised and eventually, gets incredibly angry when he realizes Alexander was a Regenerator after he saw Alexander's forehead heals in front of him and then, both, Alucard and Alexander trash talks each others and was ready to fight again until Integra comes and stop them before any major damage can be done by the two trump cards. Anderson tells her that no one can stand in the way of God's will, and when Integra says that his mission has been accomplished with the destruction of the Italian vampire's body, he replies that killing vampires is always his mission. She throws him an order from an archbishop, saying that it should tell him to return to the Vatican. After reading it, Anderson smiles and walks past her; as he leaves, he says, "We will meet again, Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing." Although she doesn't turn around, Integra's expression is annoyed and disgusted. The last time he was seen is when he was getting in a car with Iscariot agents as Integra watches.

Order 07: Duel
The next time, Andersen arrives in London with Father Renaldo and Bishop Enrico Maxwell. But he doesn't go to the museum with the Bishop, he goes to the subway where the Hellsing Organization is purging vampires. While moving through the wagons of Victoria and other employees, they stumble upon an already cleared wagon, it was laid with the consecrated psalms already familiar to Seras, to weaken the vampires. He comes across with them and Seras Victoria, and he kills Mason Fox's soldiers immediately, and tries to kill Seras by throwing another one of his bayonets, but Alucard comes in clutch, shooting the bayonet that was thrown by Alexander. Alucard then asks Anderson a duel to the death immediately, which, pleases Anderson who was eager to fight him again after dealing with so many FREAKs. Alexander then proceeds to throw multiple bayonets at Alucard, to which, Alucard uses a pole on the train to block it. Alucard then grins and states that he won't be killed by anyone's Lap dog and awakes his third eye to fire at Alexanders heart, which Alexanders block with his bayonet, but in the process, shattering his bayonet. Alucard shoots Alexander 2 more times to kill him, but it was unsuccessful. With Alucard not giving him time to move, Alexander resorts to trickery and runs away, knowing that Alucard will fall into his trap. Alucard follows him and Alexander disappears; As Alucard tries to find him, Alexander throws a bible at Alucard, that Alucard eventually shoots but the Bible instead spawns multiple of pages that holds Alucard in place and eventually, Alexander comes out and ran straight towards with his 2 bayonets that slices the train in half, he went for Alucard's head. Alexander thought Alucard was dead and begins to laugh maniacally. Seras then tries finds Alucard, but comes across Alexander and her master's head instead. Alexander mocks the Hellsing Organization, then throws Alucard's head to Seras. A terrified Seras is shocked and terrified, but she still shoots him with a pistol. Alexander tries to kill Seras, but she dodges by jumping off a window. Seras runs away while Alexander chases her, screaming "Dust to Dust Amen!" Alucard's body begins to regenerate and a couple of bats swarms Alexander, distracting him and gives Alucard enough time to regenerate. Alucard regenerates fully and a terrified Alexander calls him a monster, but Alucard mocks him and shoots both of his arms with the Jackal. Alexander dodges Jackal's killing shot but it broke his glasses and as Alexander falls, Alexander was motivated to keep on going cause of what happened in the past. A raging Alexander ran straight towards Alucard with a bayonet in his mouth. Alucard shoots his Bayonet that was on his mouth, however Alexander does not give up and still runs towards Alucard. He stopped and stares at Alucard face to face, he calls him a bastard, Alucard mocks him in the process by asking him if he's gonna chew him to death. Alexander knows that he can't defeat him, then backs away, ready to teleport, while teleporting he states that he will defeat him next time.

Order 13: Hellfire
Alexander was seen watching Alucard and Incognito fight, it is unknown why he was standing in the crowd. It can be assumed that he was simply just not ready. His arms also seems to have been restored.

Enrico Maxwell
Though never interacted, at least on-screen, it can be assumed that Alexander is at least loyal to him, unlike in the OVA where he ends up killing Maxwell.

Alucard
Alucard thought Alexander was a normal human before they both fight, However, when Alucard shoots Alexander in the head, then Alexander stabs Alucard while healing his wound, He was enraged, and calls him a pitiful defect. They were both stopped by Integra before both of them could do any damage.

In Order 07, after Alucard shoots both of Alexanders arms while questioning him if hes a dog, a human or a monster and Alexander leaves while saying that he will defeat Alucard, Alucard says that Alexander will never defeat him, cause he's not a man or a monster, and is, therefore, incapable of killing him, only a human can do that. However, He says that he's fun to fight with.

The Hellsing Organization and Seras Victoria
Alexander despises them, especially Seras Victoria, who he condemns after throwing one of his Bayonet at her neck. Alexander doesn't care if they're human, this is shown when he carelessly kills Hellsing's Commander even if he's a human and multiple of Mason Fox's soldiers. Alexander also thinks that the Hellsing Organization is ants compared to the Vatican and this hatred for the Hellsing Organization also includes its current head; Sir Integra, who he threatens in Episode 3.

Overview
As Iscariot's "trump card", he is the single greatest warrior the Vatican can bring to bear. 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.

Strength

 * Dongle.gifSuperhuman Strength: With his immense strength, he can slice a train in half using his 2 bayonets only with ease.
 * 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.
 * Andersonbullets.pngSuperhuman Durability and Endurance: 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 and he was hit 2 times with the Casull in the torso. He could take several blows from Alucard who can easily tear apart human soldiers and vampires with single strikes and 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.

Abilites

 * Alexanderregenerator.pngRegeneration: Father Anderson is a "Regenerator," meaning that he is able to restore body parts that are lost and heal himself. This is clearly demonstrated in Episode 3 ; Alucard's bullet enters Anderson's head, but he recovers quickly and appears unscathed. This has raised some confusion over why Anderson retains the scar on his left cheek. The most likely explanation is that he received the scar before he received his regeneration ability (he was also shown in a flashback in the Order 07 with the scar, further proof of this). Thanks to his healing, Anderson is very durable. He is able to shrug off automatic-gunfire and even Alucard's explosive silver bullets with ease. Anderson claims that his ability is "the divine gift of God," but later states that it is due to "man's technology.", Alucard states that Anderson is less than human and a "failed science experiment." Though much stronger than the regeneration of average vampires, Anderson's healing is not without its limits. Using the Jackal, which was specifically designed for use against strong regenerators like Anderson. during a battle in a subway. Alucard shoots off both of Anderson's arms with the Jackal and they don't regenerate (or regenerates much slower than usual). Anderson is forced to flee, and he is not seen again until the final episode where he is in a crowd watching Alucard fight Incognito. At this point, his arms have been restored.
 * AlexanderbayonetsAnime.pngBayonet 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. In Order 07, it is shown that The Jackal is capable of shattering the Blessed Bayonets. In the same Episode, 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 flee his fight with Alucard in the subway fight after having his arms shot off.
 * Ensnaring: 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.

Blessed 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.

Before Hellsing
Most of Alexander's history, before meeting Alucard, is unknown. However, we did get some of it and it was before he became a Regenerator; In Episode 7, Duel: After he was disabled, he eventually gets up and tries to kill Alucard again after that time when he used to be in a military, giving up and tries to kill himself to not become a Ghoul and was absolutely terrified against a Vampire who looks like Alucard.

Quotes
"May God bless you."

- Alexander Anderson

"Even if you serve humans, you are still a corrupted non-human."

- Alexander Anderson

"Poor Enrico Stivaletti's soul is gone... but his corpse will regain peace through this holy sword."

- Alexander Anderson

"I'm a mediator of God! I am the instrument that delivers the punishment of Heaven!"

- Alexander Anderson

"Our mission is to exterminate fools who go againts our God. We will crush everything, down to their last peices of flesh! Amen!"

- Alexander Anderson

"And now, O'Kings, be ye wise... be admonished, ye judges of the Earth."

- Alexander Anderson

"Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son... lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way."

- Alexander Anderson

"Dust to dust... Amen!"

- Alexander Anderson

Voice Actors

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

Alexander Anderson Manga-to-Anime differences

 * Alexander is not Alucard's rival.
 * Alexander is shown to be a little weaker in this version.
 * This Anderson has a backstory, although, It is unknown if the flashback in Order 07 is canon or not.
 * Alexander's appearance is much darker in the OVA and Manga.
 * Alucard considers Alexander a worthy opponent in the Manga, in the Anime, Alucard says that he's neither a Monster nor Human, therefore he cannot defeat him.