Old Hellsing concept art found in a free space section in one of Hirano’s old doujins.

From top to bottom, left to right it reads:

"HELLSING" by Young King OURs Glasses-chan will appear again. Both the man and woman. I plan to have the 'Section 13' I drew for the magazine Comic Master appear as enemies. It's a vampire-hunting occult story... In other words, lots of guns firing nonstop. Yup. Libido at full throttle. I'm completely running with my personal tastes. I definitely want to put in the priest character I drew for the magazine Papipo. This is the only space where I get to draw about my (non-personal) work so I might as well. Right now this is one of the projects I'm putting my everything into. I want to do my best. Please don't give up on me～

#hellsing #integra hellsing #alucard #seras victoria #kouta hirano #my translation #i like how he says lots of guns will appear but then draws alucard with a machete for some reason lmao #integra seems to gradually become more masculine as the manga progresses while alucard gradually becomes more feminine #perfectly balanced as they should be

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Sketch drawn by Hirano involving a certain song to celebrate the ending of the manga. From the 2012 official guidebook.

#hellsing #alucard #seras victoria #integra hellsing #walter c. dornez #my translation #seras cringing because dad is being embarrassing is canon #this is so funny im mesmerized

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[Hellsing] Female Fans' Round-Table Discussion

A 6-page interview from the 2012 Hellsing Official Guidebook, featuring five grown-ass women chatting about Hellsing in a casual discussion format and translated into English for the first time ever by yours truly.

Honestly this was way more entertaining to read than I thought it would be. It’s also really funny seeing this super-casual discussion printed in the book right alongside Hirano's—-oh who am i kidding, this is 10x more professional and less deranged than whatever goes on in Hirano’s interviews.

Anyway, without further ado...

Does Hellsing have little to no female fans? Nay! Assembled before you are five women with an undying love for the series. Let’s see their passion for this work show itself as they butt heads!

Is the female fanbase just hiding itself or what?

Moderator: Now then, everyone, let’s start off with introductions.

Ms. T: I am Ms. T. I’ve been walking the path of an otaku since middle school, and it’s already been ● years since then. How do I put this, all of you seem like fairly normal people…

Everyone: Oh no—rest assured we are all otaku as well. (laughter)

Ms T: Oh, really? (laughs) Anyway, I’ve continued to love manga for all this time. Thank you for having me.

Ms J: I’m Ms J. I was already at a decent age when Hellsing began serialization, but to create something so enticing—as expected of Hirano-sensei! (laughs). This is the kind of manga I’d better buy and collect, I thought.

Ms A: Out of today’s gathering, I’m probably the one who became an otaku at the oldest age. (laughs) My friend told me, “Hellsing is a manga that really crazy people read”, so at first I couldn’t get around to starting it. But around the time volume 8 came out, I binge-read it, and it was so interesting that I couldn’t help but get obsessed.

Ms R: I’m probably the youngster in this group. By the time Hellsing started serialization, I was just entering middle school. [T/N: That makes her 27 at the time of this interview.]

#hellsing #kouta hirano #integra hellsing #seras victoria #alucard #i’ve seen the “AxI as yuri” interpretation before but “AxI as yaoi” is new to me… anon is doing some 10000 iq 4d chess maneuver there #I was debating whether to use Girlycard or “Lolicard” like in the original jp but the former is more popular in the eng speaking fandom #it makes sense but Girlycard/Walter being classified as BL is hilarious to me #j anon is a real mood #my translation