Hellsing. by Gonzo Digimation. Geneon Involved In New OVA Series Based On Manga Source.

Interesting.
Seems a bit like they are fixing the flaws in the original series; mainly the inconcistencies with the manga and pretty bad animation quality. The original series was fairly entertaining though, so I'm looking forward to this.
The max amount of episodes for this will be 13, OVAs never exceed 13 episodes and they could be compared to "mini-series".

Sorry -- why does 35 minutes per episode suggest anything? Isn't that, if anything, slightly long for an anime TV series?

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Well like I said. The 'series' is tagged as OVA, original video animation (or OAV, Original animated video, if you like).
OVA means that the series is a straight-to-video title and the episode count will not be more than 13, perhaps less. The episodes in OVAs are usually 30-45min long which indeed is longer than your average 20-25min anime series episode. You could think of OVAs as the equivalent of TV mini-series with less parts, but the parts are longer.

So I guess the "suggests" refers to the running time being more in line with an OVA rather than a TV series? That makes sense. Brain-freeze moment -- been getting a lot of those lately...

While you're almost certainly right about the 13-episode OVA standard, don't think of it as a law or anything. Tenchi Muyo and Ginga Eiyu Densetsu spring to mind.

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Tenchi was OVA? I thought that series was a juggernaut in Japan...

/knows nothing about anime

Great News. I enjoyed the first Anime series and am looking forward to this new release.

So I'm told. There's about a bizillion different spin-offs, and I think it was on TV at one point, but it started off as an OVA. Or something. I never liked it much, to tell the truth. :)

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mmmm... more hellsing. yum.

Ginga eiyu densetsu certainly seems to be an exception but I think we can agree that OVAs are pretty much 13 episodes or shorter, haven't personally seen an OVA that was longer than that. The Tenchi OVA, if I remember correctly, is broken in to three parts so in essence it's just OVA1,2,3 and not one long OVA. They recently continued it with new eps by the way.
Ah well.. this turned out to be some pointless nitpicking from my part :)

tv shows always seem to be 25 minutes, with few exceptions, and then they run shorter not longer times... i think. not wanting to start the "argument" again...!

He who dies holding the most obscure piece of knowledge wins!

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I heard that the OVA will be released over a period of three years. the first episode is to be released this winter. They say the number of episodes will continue until the manga itself has finished.With Kouta Hirano watching the production of the ova it is bound to be as good as the manga.:)

I heard he hasn't finished. So does that mean they'll do a over series and when there is more they'll do another. I guess it will be probably 13 episodes since in the trailer in japan they had clips from book 7 and 8 as well as the others. Either way the pictures i've got of it make the series look awesome.

that's a good idea by them(where did you hear it from?) i'll however will beaching for each one them to be released over.

How long until he finishes then, do you think.

What do you all mean it wont be over 13 eps? I heard that they were going to do about 2 eps per volume of the manga, and that there is expected to be 10 volumes when its finished, making roughtly 20 eps. Also, where can I get the video clips I've ben hearing about at? The 3rd volume was my favorite, I'm dieing to see it animated!

u fucking noob its a OVA so its short and the first idk...3,4 volumes were the anime in 2001......no way its gonna be 20 eps tho

Hm, I've found the following on http://forums.animesuki.com/archive/index.php/t-555.html, written by duckroll, which seems to make much more sense than YOUR unqualified and insulting comment:

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The following details have been revealed about the Hellsing OVA release:



- Each volume will be 35mins long and contain one single episode.


- The show will be in 16:9 widescreen anamorphic mastered from High Definition masters.


- The show will be in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.


- The entire OVA will restart from the beginning and cover every single manga volume as accurately as possible.


- The producer estimates that every two OVA volumes will cover each manga volume. As the mangaka has stated that Hellsing will be 10 volumes long for the manga (which means it ends in a little over 2 years), the OVA will be at least 20 volumes, but probably a rounder number like 24 or 26.


- The first volume of the OVA will retail at 5700yen for the regular edition and 7500yen for the limited edition. The limited edition will include a 12-page booklet, a sculture of Arucard, an alternate cover with art by Hirano (the original mangaka) and contain an audio commentary. The regular edition simply has the episode and a 8-page booklet.

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