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Does anybody remember the epic clusterfuck that was the Hellsing Ultimate OVA release schedule?

I remember being in college when the series was announced, and six years later, it was finally completed. Is there a super fan who knows why it took so long to get released? Any info I find about this is either murky or unreliable.

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EconomyProcedure92026-01-24 05:03

Probably cause of the mess with Pioneer changing to Geneon & then the deal with Universal.

Still random they made a box for volumes 1-3 but didn't leave room for volume 4 so it's always separate from the other Blu-Rays.

TheInuitHunter2026-01-24 05:06

This one kinda takes me back considering I was the only one fan-subbing it in my native language back in the day (with Roberta’s Blood Trail) and people kept messaging me “WEN NEXT EP BR0”, the hell I know.

To answer your question, I think the main thing was because they kept changing studios.

Hohenh3im2026-01-24 23:06

Thank you for your service lmao

Salty1452026-01-24 05:11

There's a non-zero chance that a good chunk of the people on this sub at this point were not even alive for *Hellsing Ultimate*'s release.

Melbuf2026-01-24 18:27

Started in 2006 so yea

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 01:32

Considering the age average for this sub is apparently 32 according to the most recent poll I wouldnt bet against it either

Salty1452026-01-26 01:51

Damn. Reddit really is becoming Millennial Facebook.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 02:20

Kinda is, younger folks are on tiktok and instagram. And I cant really say I would advocate for reddit with all the bad changes over the years the admins made.

Salty1452026-01-26 02:31

Just sucks since neither of those sites are good for long-form text posts or really long-form anything, which is my bread and butter.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 12:24

Yeah, kinda the point lol. Nobody there wants to read much text.

Madaniel_FL2026-01-24 05:54

I was like 7 months old when Helling Ultimate released episode 1...

JustAnswerAQuestion2026-01-24 06:08

Not really...I gave up after about 5 episodes were released.

Atatis2026-01-24 06:23

It wasn't that bad. It was OVA format, not a TV show, so they probably took they time to make it better quality. Each episode was basically a short movie and animation was amazing comparably to shows of that time (end of 00s). I remember it was like something between 6 month to a year between episodes, but well worth a wait. Rewatched this show like 10 times probably because of all breaks. Still one of my all time favorites.

Alt22212026-01-24 18:44

sunrise did the same thing with Gundam unicorn in 2010. took 4 years to finish it up

might go without saying but it was visually stunning.

ajver192026-01-24 07:49

Didn't it start before the manga was finished? That had a lot of delays as as well.

DocWatson422026-01-24 10:47

The series's release page at ANN's Encyclopedia: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5114&page=28

MaskOfIce422026-01-24 11:45

That's just OVA release schedules. Gundam Unicorn had its first episode in 2010 and took 4 years to release the 7th and final episode. Gundam Origin took 3 years for its 6 episodes. 6 years for 10 episodes is about the same

MetaThPr4h2026-01-24 12:03

Sounds like Girls und Panzer's mindnumbingly stupid das Finale movie series release schedule.

6 45-50 minutes movies... coming out with a supposed already horrendous 1 year and a half gap between them.

The first came out in December 2017 (in Japan btw, half a year wait for us to have it subbed from bluray release).

The second in June 2019, where I hopped off because I already couldnt remember properly what happened in the first.

The third in March 2021.

The fourth... in October 2023, 2 years and a half later.

And... the fifth is not even out yet.

I... I just can't, big fan of the series but the movies' release schedule makes me go insane, what were they thinking???? You know what you could do with 6 movies of that length? A goddamn normal TV season of Girls und Panzer!

And they are doing the same shit with Princess Principal, but I already noped out from even checking them because Girls und Panzer movies taught me what was coming, fuck studio Actas.

OrbitalCat-2026-01-24 13:00

I would understand if they were feature films. But I seriously don't understand why it takes them over an entire year for what's essentially 2 episodes.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 01:36

Hey atleast this way we can always look forward to more GuP and the franchise isnt done!

The animation quality is also really good. Better this way than a season with wonky visuals, overworked staff and very likely breaks for rescheduling anyway..

Im with you on Princess Principal though, maybe I will remember that existed once its done

Karagoth2026-01-24 16:38

Started uni same year as it started, finished it the same year they finished the OVA. Seems to be what happens to OVAs, Seitokai Yakuindomo OVAs also had the most random production schedule, and then releasing DVDs as bonus inclusion to the manga iirc... finding fansubs was... problematic.

FatherDotComical2026-01-24 23:17

I was there when the sacred texts were written.

Massive development hell, slow manga release by Hirano, and it was tossed around to different studios.

They always said it was thanks to the western fanbase that it managed to keep going too! (not that hellsing wasn't popular enough in Japan, it's just that it gave them the extra push to finish it all)

Then they re did parts of the first two episodes to bring it to par with the last few. The early animation was rough but still good. It was basically like various studios side project that got bumped from Satelight, Madhouse then Graphinica.

FatherDotComical2026-01-24 23:23

We're dealing with the same slow manga release, high quality product issue with Drifters and The Dawn Prequel manga.

It's basically guaranteed to come out whenever we get enough chapters because it still sells well.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 01:39

I hope Drifters actually gets finished, Berserk taught me to be extra careful with slow releases

FatherDotComical2026-01-26 01:58

The author of Berserk was stressed out, on the other end, Hirano is quite lazy and is scolded for being too lax with turning in his chapters.

I follow his Twitter and outside of being sick for a bit, he always doing something, lol.

I don't think Drifters will go on for much longer and Hirano seems to be picking up the pace a bit.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 02:19

I mean Miura died, thats my main concern really.

FatherDotComical2026-01-26 02:21

I think Hirano will make it. He doesn't really make infinitely long mangas.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 12:30

I hope, I was checking out the Drifters manga a few years ago because I got tired of waiting for the anime and was disappointed by how few chapters there were, so I put it on hold until its finished.

D4shiell2026-01-25 02:03

Manga ended in 2008 after 11 years run, it's miraculous that it came out so fast given that they had no way of knowing when it ends when they started.

UMP45isnotflat2026-01-26 01:40

Just seems like a normal OVA schedule in hindsight, personally Im used to it from GuP but LoGH also does this.