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Alucard (Japanese: アーカード, Hepburn: Ākādo, lit. Arucard), previously Count Dracula (ドラキュラ, Dorakyura), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Hellsing manga and anime series created by Kouta Hirano.
Based on the Japanese video game series of the same name by Konami, the first two seasons adapt the 1989 entry Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and follow Trevor Belmont, Alucard and Sypha Belnades as they defend the nation of Wallachia from Dracula and his minions.
His name tag reveals his name to be "Avondale Napyeer". An unstable and eccentric genius, the Doctor digs up the body of Mina Harker, code named "The Shi", from her grave to create a Nazi vampire army out of 1,000 volunteers in the Letztes Battalion. The Doctor also saves the Major's life in the aftermath of Hellsing: The Dawn. He is also the ...
Dracula, going by an inversion of his name, "Alucard", serves as the main character of the anime and manga series Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate, where he serves Integra Hellsing, Abraham's great-granddaughter, as an anti-vampire warrior devoted to the British Crown.
Alucard (Castlevania), a character in Castlevania media and the half-human/half-vampire son of Dracula; Alucard , the main character in Hellsing; Count Alucard (character), the title character in the 1943 film Son of Dracula and other works; Alucard, a character in the 1967 film Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
The music of the Hellsing anime television series was composed by Yasushi Ishii. Two soundtrack CDs were released: Raid was released on November 22, 2001; [76] and Ruins was released on February 22, 2002. [77] In North America, both CDs were released on July 1 and September 2, 2003, respectively. [78] [79]
Alucard was intended to be a mirror image of his father, as evidenced by his name, his father's name spelled backwards. [1] The original Castlevania games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) contained references to the Universal Horror films, with Alucard being a tribute to Lon Chaney Jr.'s role as Count Alucard from the 1943 film, Son Of Dracula.
The Dracula of Castlevania is based on Bram Stoker's character from the novel of the same name, who was in turn likely named for Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia. The Dracula of the Castlevania series draws inspiration from both, but instead of only preying on victims, this version threatens the whole world and the human race.