Anime based on vampire hunting is a rather abundant genre, and there are almost as many about vampires hunting vampires. Heck, there are more supernatural force hunting supernatural force animes than you can shake a stick at. Hellsing, however, manages to transcend many of those others with its style alone. Sporting almost no plot whatsoever, Hellsing feasts on its characters. Alucard, Ceres, Integral, etc. are all fantastic characters with interesting personalities. The fight scenes are also very well animated, but some are somewhat boring. Since absolutely no enemy stands a chance against Alucard, the fights with him in them are exciting because of the moves he performs effortlessly to finish his enemy off in an instant, not because of the choreography or anything like that.

The subplot involving Ceres slow transformation into a full vampire kept me hooked throughout. Other than that though, there really isn't much substance at all and... ack! I hoped I could get through this without mentioning the plot, but I just can't help it. There is just so much potential... hopefully the planned second season will solve all of my questions.