Hellsing 3
Posted: November 29, 2008 Filed under: Hellsing 1 Comment »So yes, I like these stories that take up most of a volume. This time around, we get a little “Elevator Action,” which is also a fine Taito game.
I actually didn’t think this took place until next volume. It’s yet another gratuitous and over-the-top action scene, but this time it somehow tops the one from last volume. Probably because it’s almost all Alucard taking on a crowd of unprepared humans, and seeing him work against so much force is pretty awesome. Plus, he declares war against Millennium at the end, and the Major (whose real name is Montana Max? what the hell) sees it as a fine gesture, as does Anderson, Maxwell, and a few other people. It is certainly violent, and a very awesome panel.
One thing I always fail to mention is the fantastic lettering in this series. There is nothing else that compares. I’m not sure how much of it is in the original and how much is touched up, but I suspect a lot of it is just Kohta Hirano writing in English and it works anyway. It’s not even so much the sound effects, which are surprisingly bland compared to the speaking text in a lot of the action scenes. It’s really quite great, and I wish I could see more of it in other series. It’s a very welcome flourish.
It also makes me wonder about the original edition. There is obviously a lot of English used, and some of the text here was written in German too, so it makes me wonder how frequently English comes up and whether or not the Millennium guys speak with German interjections in the original, too. With that in mind, I also thought it was kind of odd Spanish wasn’t used more in this volume, seeing as how it was set in Rio and such details are obviously looked at closely. I also am a big fan of the accents. I still don’t know what Anderson is saying sometimes, but I love that he has such a thick accent. You don’t see things like that very often, and I think it’s a great detail. It adds just a bit more personality.
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