HELLSING: THE DAWN

Hellsing: The Dawn (written in all caps as; THE DAWN) is the prequel manga to Hellsing. It takes place fifty-five years before the main Hellsing storyline, during World War II, and features a teenage Walter and Alucard (in a female form) on a mission from the Hellsing Organization to destroy Millennium's base in Warsaw, Poland.

Information
Many of Hellsing's cast reappear in Hellsing: The Dawn as the main antagonists, such as the Major, Doc, and The Captain. Since 2001, six chapters have been released and published in special editions of Young King OURs magazine. It has also been revealed that the The Dawn will be released in tankoban form for the February 2012 release of Young King OURs issue as a mini-volume.

Hirano has never made any chapters afterwards, making Chapter 6, the last chapter of The Dawn. However, the Dawn was never confirmed to be cancelled, therefore, it is unknown if the manga will continue or not, considering Hirano's known "laziness", and the fact that he's currently writing and drawing another manga.

Possible Continuation
In the Hellsing Official Guide Book, Hirano said that he would like to continue the manga - however, could not because he doesn't have any place to draw (the Drifters manga is his top priority). He also hinted that the Dawn was supposed to have 80 more chapters, which, combining it with the 6 chapters that the Dawn currently has; it makes a total of 86 chapters. He also thought about letting the Dawn's story unfold along with Warsaw Uprising.

In an interview with Pafu magazine on 2005, Hirano shows that he doesn't show much interest working on the Dawn; describing the Dawn as kind of a "snack", and he wasn't even sure on continuing the Dawn after Hellsing had ended. He later goes on stating that he created the Dawn for fun, which means that he wasn't taking the Dawn seriously - which could explain the comedic scenes appearing more frequently than Hellsings.

Returning

 * Alucard
 * Walter C. Dornez
 * Arthur Hellsing
 * The Major
 * The Doctor
 * The Captain
 * Rip Van Winkle
 * Sir Hugh Irons
 * "She"

Hellsing: Ultimate Special
Taliesin Jaffe, the director of the Hellsing: Ultimate OVA Series has﻿ stated in a panel at Otakon 2008 that The Dawn is going to be animated as part of Ultimate. It was recently revealed in the official features page for Hellsing VIII on the official Japanese Hellsing website that the special Short Gaiden in the extra disc that comes with the limited edition of Hellsing Ultimate OVA 8 will, in fact, be The Dawn. The post also stated that the team will be working on a manuscript from Kouta Hirano himself and that the 4 pages of this manuscript will be included with the volume's liner notes booklet.