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:


 * For the right hand, Jesus Christ is in Heaven
 * For the left hand, Speak with Dead (later changed to Speak with the 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:
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 throws his Bayonet at Garreth, killing him. He then throws it as Seras's neck. He insults the Hellsing organization and Seras. He proceeds to walk at Enrico. As he was ready to kill Enrico, Alucard appears behind Enrico. Plunging his hand to his heart, killing him. This caught Alexander by surprise. Both of them talks for a brief moment, 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. The Two prepares for the fight, Alucard pulls out his Casull pointing at Alexander. Alexander proceeds to rush at Alucard, missing 5 times with his bayonets. Alexander then hits Alucard's torso with his blessed Bayonets. However, Alucard manages to get his Casull at point blank range on his head. Alucard pulls the trigger.

Alexander then caughts Alucard by surprise, stabbing Alucard with his Bayonets. Alexander then regenerates his wound, surprising Alucard. Alucard then insults him for being a regenerator, the two prepares for round 2. As Alexander begins to approach, Integra comes before any major damage can be done by the two Trump cards. Integra says that it's enough, saying that after Enrico is dead his mission in England is now done. Alexander replies back, says that he thought his business was killing vampires. Integra says that he exceeded his Authority, and that he will suffer the consequences. Integra proceeds to throw a paper to Alexander, saying that it's a new order from the bishop. Integra says that they want Alexander to return to the Vatican immediately. Alexander then proceeds to leave. The last time he was seen is when he was riding a car.

Order 07:
Alexander appears Killing ghouls in a train. He then comes across with Hellsing soldiers and Seras Victoria, he kills the soldiers immediately, he throws his bayonet at Seras. Alucard comes in clutch, shooting the bayonet that was thrown by Alexander. Alucard then asks Anderson a duel to the death. Alexander then laughs and says that it's about time. Alexander then throws multiple bayonets at Alucard, which Alucard uses a pole on the train to block it, Alucard then states that he won't be killed by anyone's Lap dog, while unlocking a third eye. he then fires at Alexanders heart, which Alexanders block with Bayonet which broke it it. Alucard then shoots at Alexander, Alexander tries to dodge it. But it was unsuccessful. Alexander then began's to run away, Alucard follows him, Alexander then disappears to the darkness. Alucard proceeds to chase Alexander, but Alexander then traps him with bible pages, Alexander then comes running with his bayonets that slices the train in half, also cutting Alucard's head in the process. Alexander begans to laugh. Seras then finds Alucard's body, Alexander then mocks the Hellsing Organization while throwing Alucard's head to Seras. Seras then jumps off a window. While running away As Alexander chases her, screaming "Dust to Dust Amen!" Alucard's body than begans to heal, a bat swarms Alexander. Which bugs him. Seras then gets terrified of Alucard's head melting while summoning caterpillar's on her arm and she lets go of it, Alucard then regenerates successfully. Alexander calls him a monster, Alucard shoots both of his arms, with the Jackal. Alucard then misses his bullet. A raging Alexander ran straight towards Alucard with his bayonet in his mouth. Alucard shoots his Bayonet that was on his mouth, however Alexander does not give up and still runs towards Alucard. When he 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 backs away, ready to teleport, while teleporting he states that he will defeat him next time.

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

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 questoning 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.

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 7 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: 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 without 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.
 * 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: 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