Hellsing Ultimate at 20: Still the perfect horror anime to sink your teeth into

When Kohta Hirano’s Hellsing was first serialized in 1997, the acclaimed manga leaned into the gaudy excess that’s often a part of the vampire mythos. Hirano eschews narrative restraint to reinterpret Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with the secret organization Hellsing embodying the iconic legacy of vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing. To that end, the vampire Alucard pledges loyalty to the Hellsing family post-defeat, serving as a sadistic exterminator of supernatural entities that threaten the peace in England.