Alucard

Alucard (アーカード,) is one of the three main protagonists of the Hellsing series created by Kohta Hirano, alongside Sir Integra and Seras Victoria. In both adaptations of Hellsing, he is voiced by Jouji Nakata in the Japanese sub and Crispin Freeman in the English dub.

He is the most powerful weapon of the Hellsing Organisation which works against vampires and other such supernatural forces. Alucard is no mere vampire; it has been implied that he is the most powerful vampire alive and may be the most powerful character in the series, rivaled only by The Captain and Alexander Anderson.

Appearance
Alucard has stated on more than one occasion that he can appear as whatever he wishes, and that the forms he takes on any particular occasion reflect no meaning or purpose. His hair length changes according to his release states from short to knee length. His teeth may also change from those of a typical human with slightly elongated canines, to large and triangular in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a great white shark. It appears that his clothing is part of his physical form due to the fact that when he regenerates, his clothing also repairs itself.

He appears as a tall, long-limbed, broad-shouldered adult man of indeterminate but reasonably young age, as is commonly seen among vampires. Alucard possesses blood red eyes, which may glow when he is experiencing strong emotions. Though as stated above, he can change his hair as it's a part of his shadow. He commonly has short, jet-black hair and his bangs fall slightly in his eyes, with strands on the sides of his bangs framing his face in this form. Alucard's physical body is very inconsistent; some shots depict him as very lanky, and some depict him as being slightly wide. The most notably inconsistent part of Alucard's body is his arms.
 * -|Normal Form=

His usual outfit is comprised mainly in a classic Victorian fashion. It includes a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and an intricately knotted red cravat, covered by a full-length, red frock long coat with shoulder ruffles (similar to the duster coats often associated with cowboys) and cape. He also wears a wide, floppy brimmed red fedora and a pair of circular, heavily tinted, wire-framed orange sunglasses with goggle sidings. Modern iterations of Alucard drawn by Hirano replaces his hat a kin to that of a cowboy hat instead, although the multiple pink straps as the hat's band stays.

On the back of each of Alucard's gloves is what appears to be an arcane symbol. It consists of a five-pointed pentagram inscribed inside a circle, with strange astrological or alchemical characters in the spaces between each of the points. There is a band of writing around the circle with the following inscription: "Hellsing ● Hells Gate Arrested ● Gott Mit Uns ● And Shine Heaven Now." Gott Mit Uns is intended to be "God with Us" or "God be with us" in German. Outside that band are more unusual characters, written in strange runic script. Using letter substitution, it becomes clear that the runic words are English, writing out "Hellsing," "Hells Gate Arrested," and "Shine Heaven Now." At the bottom of the circle, towards the wrist, is a square with rounded corners and four horizontal lines, making a ladder of sorts within the square.

Alucard's Level One form doesn't change that much in terms of physical looks. He was commonly seen in this form sporting long, black hair and a slender body. The form in which Alucard was in when he was found by Integra was in a black straightjacket that kept his arms behind his back. He broke free of the restraints in order to protect Integra Hellsing from death. Alucard's appearance changed since then, but every now and then he goes back to this form. He has used it in his fight with Luke Valentine, his fight with Tubalcain Alhambra , when he finally killed Anderson , and in his fight with Walter.
 * -|Level One Form=

One of Alucard's alternate forms resembles a little child, which is often nicknamed "Girlycard" by fans, however is referred to officially as "Young Girl Form" within the guidebook. In this form, he is petite and slender with straight dark hair that drapes just below his shoulders. He wears a black office shirt with a white vest on top of it, white pants, white shoes, a red tie, a white trench coat, and occasionally, a fuzzy white cap. Although he changed his looks, Alucard didn't change his voice.
 * -|Young Girl Form=

However, the colors are quite inconsistent in the OVA. In the ending credits of OVA I, Alucard's girly form was shown with a green coat, fuzzy white cap, and a brown office shirt. There was also a flashback where Alucard's girly form had his iconic crimson and black color.

Alucard is also capable of appearing as he did during his reign as Vlad Dracula. In this form, his general stature is unchanged, save for being perhaps slightly bulkier. His face appears to age from that of a young adult to that of the middle-aged man that he was when he died, and he grows a short, full beard and mustache. His hair also increases in length to his mid back and becomes wild and unkempt. His attire changes from his usual suit to a full set of gunmetal grey plate armor and a tattered black cape with red inlay and a high collar. He acquires a Broadsword, which hangs from one of three belts at his waist. He also appears more reserved and stoic.
 * -|Count Form=

Personality
As he is essentially immortal and invulnerable, Alucard is very egotistical. He freely taunts and belittles his opponents, often allowing them to inflict seemingly fatal wounds before healing himself and counterattacking. One of his favorite methods of fighting is to allow himself to be blown to shreds before simply flowing back together. Alucard has expressed extreme disgust with the vampires he has been hunting for the last 100 years, especially when they kill without purpose. He listed the two vampires' pointless killing in his catalog of how pathetic they are. Having being called a monster for countless of times, it's something he indulges the fact of, and takes pleasure from being so.

In war, he believes that everything done is a gamble, a 50/50. Even if they are humans, they were the ones who came to defeat, and kill; so then, the fact that they are a mortal being doesn't matter, they will be treated the same way as arrogant vampires do. Alucard has a hatred over those who pathetically kill themselves in the midst of battle, his emotional outburst when talking with Seras was caused by after he witnessed one of the GATE officers commit suicide after not wanting to end up how his comrades did. Alucard fights with ferocity, and often extreme cruelty, rarely shooting to kill until his target has been completely disabled and humiliated.

However, even with his incredible powers, it is possible to take Alucard by surprise, usually because of his arrogance. In his first meeting with Alexander Anderson, he assumed he had easily killed Anderson with a single bullet but was caught off guard when Anderson regenerated. Alucard also expressed deep disappointment that Luke was not a more worthy adversary. Alucard states that he wishes to find an opponent, a human opponent, with sufficient willpower to destroy him despite his strength; multiple times stating that the one who always defeats the monster, is always a man.

Underneath his arrogance, Alucard is deeply sad and appears to be envious of humans. Alucard also has great respect for humans who have the willpower to endure old age and death because he had none of these qualities when he faced death. All of these feelings are shown at various points throughout the series, such as when Alucard tells the Queen that she is that "same spirited young woman" from 50 years ago and that now she is truly beautiful. He became infuriated when Anderson stabbed himself in the heart with the Helena's Nail, as he viewed it as Anderson making the same mistake Alucard made. While facing off against Walter's younger, vampire form, Alucard stated that Walter's old, aged body was "a trillions, quadrillions of times" more beautiful than his new, vampiric one. However, he does have some humanity left in him, as he is still capable of shedding tears and showing affection for those who are dear to him as he shows a great deal of it to Seras and Integra on occasions. In conjunction, Alucard also holds a great affinity for humans who take pride in themselves, often expressing his desire to die by a mere mortal.

Despite his disgust for homicidal vampires, he is not entirely against becoming something above human. Rather, he believes it is something one must earn. Presumably, he views his own transformation as an escape from death and a cowardly action. He happily let Seras choose to become something inhuman (despite his self-reflection) due to her indomitable will and courage, for continuing to fight against the monsters in Cheddar and not giving up even when she was about to die. Several characters were surprised by Alucard's actions. Alucard states that resignation is what kills people, and once they've rejected resignation like Seras, humans gain the priveledge of making humanity their footpath.

Another important aspect of Alucard's personality is his relationship with God. As a human, he was raised by the Turks and was raped by the Sultan as a prisoner and as a child soldier. As a warrior, he believed that words alone were not enough to establish one's faith. Rather, he believed that the only way to attract God's attention was to accomplish deeds in his name, a belief shared by his rival, Alexander Anderson. In accordance with this belief, he never asked God for favors, but instead did many great and terrible things. He became famous and feared for punishing and impaling evildoers and those who opposed his methods in his own lands and abroad, for waging a war against the Muslims in hopes of bringing down "the New Jerusalem," and for sacrificing his troops and his people to achieve his own goals. He believed that if he and his men put forth great enough effort and sacrificed enough, God himself would intervene on their behalf.

His actions caused even his own people to fear him, and subsequently, only a small amount of his peasants and soldiers showed up to aid him in his last battle. When he lost his war and was taken prisoner by the Turks, he realized that he had failed and that his country, his kingdom, his people, his friends, and his family (his wife and his child) had all been killed because of his desire for revenge, greed, war, violence and power. Because of this, he felt abandoned by God, so he abandoned God in turn, and drank up the blood of his scorched and besieged homeland, thus becoming a vampire. Over the years, his hate against God deteriorated and he accepts the truth that it was his own hatred against those who wronged him in his youth that drove his actions, and that he used the name of God to mask his own hate and lust for power and battle. This is similar to how Count Dracula was portrayed in Francis Ford Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, which Hirano has cited as one of his greatest sources of inspiration.

Allies

 * Abraham Van Helsing: Abraham was once Dracula's sworn enemy. He was the reason his empire fell and the one who helped Jonathan Harker and his friends in an effort to save Mina. However, after the actions of Van Helsing in which he had saved Dracula's life, Dracula pledged loyalty for Prof. Helsing. Later in his life, now renamed "Alucard" by Van Helsing's son, Alucard respected Van Helsing and his friends the most for being the ones who totally defeated him as mortal beings. Van Helsing also sometimes appears in Alucard's nightmares.


 * Sir Arthur Hellsing: Arthur Hellsing was Alucard's previous master before Integra Hellsing. Nothing is known in specific details about their relationship, however Arthur was the one who gave Dracula the name "Alucard."


 * Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing: Alucard is extremely devoted to Integra Hellsing, his current master and the Hellsing Organisation's leader. In all versions of Hellsing, Alucard and Integra share a complex, but strict, "master and servant" relationship. Integra has been connected to him since her father's death. He describes her as his "beloved master," showing his undying loyalty to her. Over the years, Alucard and Walter help her grow and mature into the leader and master she becomes. In addition to being her servant, Alucard could accurately be described as Integra's weapon, and she as his wielder. He made it very clear that although he can massacre her enemies without even a bit of hesitation or an ounce of regret, but what will kill is her intent.

As such, Integra is the only person whom Alucard will obey. Integra is also one of few people whose life and honor Alucard will bother to openly protect. When Enrico Maxwell calls Integra a sow, Alucard appears and threatens to kill Maxwell for daring to believe he could leave England alive after insulting his master. In the midst after releaseing Level Zero, Alucard meets Integra and addresses Integra with his own title, calling her Count, meaning that he accepts her as his equal in power. After the 30 years he spent with killing the absorbed souls to regain control over Schrödinger's ability, he reveals his return to Integra first, as he manifests in Integra's room.


 * Seras Victoria: Seras Victoria is Alucard's first fledgling since Mina Harker. Alucard holds deep feelings of admiration towards his fledgling, Seras. He states to Walter and Integra that he turned her into a vampire on a whim based on Seras' own accord to live. He reveals to Walter that he finds her a fascinating creature and seems to admire her will to live despite the hellish events in Cheddar Village. As he watched her die, he apologized for shooting her and told her it was necessary, and while he watched her die with tears in her eyes, he actually went so far as to hold her hand. While he is frustrated with her refusal to drink blood at first, he was always confident that eventually she would drink and seemed quite proud of her when the time came.

Alucard takes on a role of a mentor and teacher to help Seras reach her full potential. During Alucard's last fight with Anderson, Seras comes to his rescue in a desperate attempt to save him. After stopping the strike by Anderson, Seras' alarmed calls bring Alucard back from torpor. The last visage in his dream was Seras' face, ending the flashback and chapter with the words: "I hear a voice. A voice calling me. Oh, huh. It's you." Before facing Anderson once again, he wakes up and says to her: "You're so annoying Police Girl. As always, I can hear your voice just fine. Like an ear-splitting song." By Volume 9, Alucard fully recognizes Seras' growth and tells her, "Go, Seras. A master needs a reutine. Go and put an end to that man's long dream." Later, he calls Integra and Seras his beloved master and beloved servant. In the end, Seras is the only one who has undying faith of his return.


 * Queen of England: Alucard had previously met the Queen 50 years before the events of Hellsing. Upon his return from Rio de Janeiro, they speak to each other as old friends. Alucard sees her as the same "saucy filly" from fifty years ago, and that to his eyes, time had made her even more beautiful. This is one of the few moments where Alucard and another character openly express affection for one another, as the Queen touches his face as she talks to him, and Alucard looks at her with a gentle and genuinely kind expression.

Enemies

 * Alexander Anderson: Anderson and Alucard have an intense and fiercely competitive rivalry that borders on kinship; their remarkable similarities and nature as polar opposites fuel both their intellectual and physical combat, making him a perfect and worthy rival for Alucard, something Alucard himself thinks. In their first meeting, Alucard thought nothing about Anderson. Constantly mocking him, and after winning the stand-off, calling him a "fool" for attacking vampires in the middle of the night head-on without so much of a surprise, though he praised him for being "brave." This was before Anderson was revealed to be a Regenerator, which caught Alucard off-guard.

The relationship between the two grows as the series goes on. The two almost seem to live so that they can fight each other. When Anderson turns into a "Monster of God" towards the end of the series and is defeated by Alucard, Alucard cries blood and shouts at Anderson, saying that they're both the same and he was just like that. The sense of respect between the two is most apparent when Anderson tells Alucard not to cry and points out that he (Alucard) became a monster so that he no longer had to cry, then tells him to instead, smile- that haughty and insolent smile like he (Alucard) always do. Anderson then asks Alucard how long he'll live while also calling him "pitiful," to which Alucard replies that he'll live until his expansive future shatters his expansive past. Smiling, Alucard says his goodbye and calls him an "old foe" as a sign of respect, to which in response, Anderson smiles. When Anderson says his final amen, Alucard repeats it too; while smiling as he utters the word "Amen."

Unlike many other enemies, Anderson is the only opponent that Alucard has ever shown respect for in battle, and even states he would have let Anderson kill him when he had the chance as a human.


 * The Major: Alucard, in some strange sense, seems to almost feel a sense of joy upon the return of the Major and the Millennium Organization, which is evidenced by him stating: "Fine, fine. I'll destroy you any number of times." upon hearing the Major's declaration of war, even complimenting the declaration; calling it "superb." Alucard seems to think of himself and The Major as "incorrigible warmongers" and the lust for battle never being enough for them.


 * Luke Valentine: During the first fight between him and Luke, he was at first very impressed by Luke's abilities and comments his reflexes are amazing. Due to the fact that Alucard rarely praises his opponents, this could be considered a form of respect, similar to how he praised Alexander Anderson. While the battle goes on, Alucard asks for Luke's name again; he states the battle was the most fun he had in ages, and remarks that his skills are above that of even the most powerful vampires.

Once he transforms, however, and impatiently waits for Luke to regenerate his legs, he realizes that Luke is nothing but a spineless coward who ran away in terror when faced with an opponent more powerful than him. After Luke is eaten by the Baskerville, Alucard says he was nothing but dog shit. When Luke was used by Walter against Alucard, he once again praises Luke for his skills and states that his talents were wasted being inside Baskerville, implying that Alucard regretted not making Luke into a familiar instead of letting him rot inside of Baskerville. After successfully fooling Walter into attacking his double which was Luke's body, Alucard stated that a half-eaten dog bait's are surprisingly good.


 * Walter C. Dornez: Alucard and Walter are old and close friends, almost like brothers. Furthermore, Alucard commented on because of how many people they've killed over the years on their missions when Walter and Alucard was the organisation's trump cards. Walter's first weapon was also Alucard's first ever weapon of choice, and had praised it throughout the years before the encounter with Anderson, in which, he asked Walter for a brand new gun and then, the Jackal was created and how it looked was already on Walter's mind, with "Jesus Christ is in Heaven" as the gun's inscription, as a mockery towards Alexander Anderson. However, when Walter betrayed Hellsing, Alucard began to see him as a mere plaything, even going so far as to call Walter's younger vampiric body ugly and state that his elderly human body was "a trillions, quadrillions of times more beautiful."

Control Art Restriction System
Being too powerful to be left on his own, his power is restricted by the "Control Art Restriction System (拘束制御術式,)" and has to be accessed by the "Cromwell Invocation." There are shown to be six levels of restriction and four corresponding states, with lower numbers meaning greater levels of power. Alucard can release his power up to Level One by himself, but he needs his master's approval to release his final state - Level Zero, the lowest Level, allowing him full access to his most devastating powers. His gloves, which are engraved with the Hellsing seal (a pentacle decorated with occult symbols and several mottoes, reading: "Hell's Gate Arrested / Gott Mit Uns / And Shine Heaven Now") are the mechanism and the source of Hellsing's control over him (Alucard's distinctive gloves are visible in the vast majority of his transformations, even when Alucard himself is not in a humanoid form).

"Releasing Control Art Restriction System to Level Three, Level Two, Level One. Situation A. The Cromwell Approval is now in effect: Hold release until target is silenced."

The only real difference between each form is the preferred method of fighting. In his form as a young girl, he uses a Tommy gun, while in normal form, he uses his dual pistols, when in his Level One form, he uses his hands and shadows to fight, and in his Count form, he primarily uses his Broadsword. To sum it up, the release states are not just the markers of Alucard's growing powers, they also have an effect on his appearance and fighting methods as well. Up to Level One, Alucard usually takes his usual form, even with his new personality, he still takes the form he once had as Count Dracula. In this state, he usually fights with his guns, using his bare hands only against human targets or to finish off his vampire victims, often by impaling them.

During the chaos ensuing in London, Sir Integra issues the command "Control Art Restriction System, Level Zero. Released. Fulfill your preparation. Declare it." However, Alucard's power is not unleashed until he incants the words written on his coffin, "The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame." This demonstrates what is called "the two-man rule," a protocol requiring the actions of two persons to advance, used in cryptography and nuclear weapons launches. Alucard remains at release-state zero for his final fights with Alexander Anderson and vampirized Walter. In release-state zero, Alucard appears, at different times, in all forms seen throughout the series to that point. In the final minutes of his fight against Walter, Alucard adopts his form as a young girl to mock Walter's age-regression.

Identity
Alucard's true identity - that of both the historical Vlad Ţepeş and the fictional Count Dracula - is only hinted at in the earlier volumes. Such early hints include his anagrammatic name (Alucard is Dracula, reversed), the title of the series and the name of Integra's family, and the impalement of the GATE officers in Volume 3. From there, the hints become much less vague, and his identity as the fictional Count Dracula is brought to light. In Volume 4, a dreaming Alucard recalls his defeat at the hands of Abraham Van Helsing, which marked the beginning of his servitude to the Hellsing family. In Volume 7, the narration alludes to the Count's arrival in London aboard the Demeter, from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

In Volume 8, his full identity is made plain when Integra places his control Level at Zero and greets him with, "Welcome back, Count." Reverting to the body he had at the time of his "death" at age 44-45 (as the historical Vlad III's death occurred in either December of 1476 or January of 1477 and his birth month is unknown), he summons massive hordes of souls he had devoured during the centuries. These include his own Wallachian army, his slaughtered peasantry, the Turkish Janissary, war horses, and countless others. Throughout his battle with Anderson, Alucard frequently compares his rival to the group of men who defeated him a hundred years ago.

Additionally, in Hundred Swords (3), the other protagonists of Dracula are spoken of by Alucard - Abraham Van Helsing, John Seward (mistakenly written as "Jack" Seward in the manga), Quincey Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (Jonathan Harker is strangely left out). The final chapter of Volume 8 consists of a flashback of Alucard's life and "death" as the Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad III Țepeș. Another indication that Alucard is Vlad is the fact that he frequently impales his victims; the priest and Leif with his bare hands, the GATE officers in Brazil on flagpoles , Rip Van Winkle with her own musket , and hundreds of victims in London during the Millennium/Vatican siege.

Historically, Vlad Ţepeş was responsible for the deaths of between 40,000 and 100,000 of his enemies and various villains in his own country during his reign as the monarch of Wallachia (a major portion of what is now present-day Romania). His most well-known way of execution was impalement. For torturing people by impalement, it is alleged that his executioners learned how to have the victims placed so that the pikes, spears, or other shafts on which they had them impaled would pass most or all of the victim's vital organs, entering their lower nether regions and exiting near the back of their neck. In this way, the victims could be kept alive for days on end before they finally bled to death. When simply executing a person, they were typically impaled straight through the center of their torso, with the shaft entering their groin and exiting through the mouth.

Vlad was also known for his deeds as the Voivode of Wallachia, particularly the fact that any criminal, thief, etc. would be punished severely. When the Ottoman army attempted to invade Wallachia in the mid-15th century, they encountered several thousand impaled and rotting corpses staked on the banks of the Danube River. Historical records state that the Ottoman emperor saw his forces return shortly after, many of them sobbing and ranting that whoever had slaughtered all those people had to be the Devil.

Perhaps the best-known incident regarding Vlad's means of execution was the way by which he prevented the Ottoman Army from invading Wallachia again (following the fall of Constantinople) in 1462. Reports show that he had 20,000 captured Turkish soldiers and convicted criminals impaled and staked out on the borders of his capital city, Târgoviște. Mehmed II, the leader of the Ottomans (who was well-known himself for his use of psychological warfare), was sickened by the sight of the corpses outside the Wallachian capital and ordered his forces back to Constantinople.

Concept and Creation
Alucard's name was generally thought to be inspired by Castlevania's Alucard, however; this turns out to be wrong. It actually originates from a choose-your-own-adventure novel by Irish author J. H. Brennan, in addition; it's the same fake name Alucard had used in Rio. Alucard was also previously the main character of the prototype of Hellsing; which he created after wanting to do a story about gunplay. Alucard was depicted as "a man wearing a trench coat up to his neck as some kind of neck-protector, and the rest of his body acts to block any damage including physical, and from bullets." Hirano added that he tried to create an invincible character. However, he thought that the character ended up looking bad; so he switched the trench coat with a long coat (later kept the shoulder ruffles, however), and made him so powerful that he no longer needs a bullet proof vest to cover him anymore.

Alucard's design was said to be inspired by Eat-Man's Bolt Crank, and Trigun's Vash the Stampede. Moreover, Alucard looks exactly like Vash during the first few chapters of the manga, to which, Hirano has admitted that he drew inspiration for Alucard's appearance from Vash the Stampede from the manga and anime series Trigun (with a similar jacket and glasses shared by the two characters). This is most notable in Volume 1, back when Alucard's art design was vastly different from the rest of the Manga.

Below the star on Alucard's glove, it has the German words, "Gott Mit Uns," which translates to "God With Us." Interestingly, those words were used by the German military until the end of World War II, and during the Nazi era by the Wehrmacht (the regular German army) whereas the Nazi Waffen-SS used "Meine Ehre heißt Treue," which means "Loyalty is my Honor" instead. It is stated in the official guidebook that the term "The Bird of Hermes is my name/Eating my wings to make me tame" etched on his coffin is his pledge of loyalty to serve the Hellsing family after his capture. So his coffin not only serves as his resting place, but it also serves as the promise and contract he made to the Hellsing family.

Alucard's guns, the Jackal and the Casull, are drawn however Hirano wanted it to be, as he does not care about accuracy. After Alucard receives the Jackal, he is seen using it alongside the Casull in a dual-wielding style. The Jackal has a left-facing case ejector, something most guns do not have, and this makes it appear as though the gun was meant to be used with the Casull. However, Alucard is almost always shown in the Manga and the OVA holding the Jackal in his right hand and the Casull with his left, causing the case ejectors to face each other (which would throw spent shell casings into his face). In addition, Hirano jokingly said that Alucard's Casull has an endless amount of bullets, saying: "They're all cosmoguns that can hold a million rounds."

Trivia

 * Interestingly, in the English commentary for the first Hellsing Ultimate OVA, Crispin Freeman notes that he was originally going to give Alucard a Romanian accent, but decided on an American accent instead. Most likely, the Romanian accent heard in the intro of the English OVA II, and the one in OVA VIII upon unleashing Level Zero is what Alucard was originally going to sound like. It's also likely that Alucard is meant to have a Romanian accent in the manga.
 * In some scenes of the manga, the pentagram on Alucard's gloves changes to a hexagram or sometimes disappears entirely.
 * Alucard has two Paganism references on him. The obvious one is the Pentacle symbol on his gloves. The second is his epithet, "The Bird of Hermes." Hermes was the Greek messenger god, noted for his winged sandals and ability to fly. Hermes was also noted for transporting souls to the Underworld, while Alucard, in contrast, devours them.
 * "The Bird of Hermes is my name/Eating my wings to make me tame" is also part of the Ripley Scroll, a medieval work about emblematic symbolism. George Ripley was an alchemist who lived around Vlad the Impaler's time and is also said to have known the formula to create the Philosopher's Stone.
 * In the manga, Alucard's gloves hold an Easter egg, as one of the words readable was "Excel Saga" which is the name of a manga series made by Rikdo Koshi.
 * Before becoming a vampire, Alucard's eyes were a bluish-purple in the OVA. However, in his famous portrait, Vlad Tepes has brown eyes. There are also historical records that describe him as having "threatening" green eyes.
 * The character Solomon from Genndy Tartakovsky's Sym-Bionic Titan cartoon is a visual reference to Alucard.
 * Alucard appeared in the videogame Call of Duty as a playable operator, with Crispin Freeman returning to reprise his role as Alucard.