When it comes to vampires, it seems even moe-ravaged anime fans have impeccable taste – anime fans quizzed on who they consider the best vampire characters deliver a surprisingly tasteful ranking.

The ranking:

1. Alucard (Hellsing)

2. Erika Sendo (Fortune Arterial)

3. D (Vampire Hunter D)

4. Dracula (Kaibutsu-kun)

5. Moka Akashiya (Rosario+Vampire)

6. Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime)

7. Shinobu Oshino (Bakemonogatari)

8. Evangeline A. K. McDowell (Negima)

9. Miyu (Vampire Princess Miyu)

10. Dracula (Gegegetaro)

11. Mina Tepes (Dance in the Vampire Bund)

12. Mori Eto (Tokimeki Tonight)

13. Seras Victoria (Hellsing)

Vampiric carnage manga par excellence Hellsing has finally drawn to a close, with the final chapter having just been published in the November issue of Young King Ours.

The compiled edition is up to volume nine, and Hellsing mangaka 平野耕太 / Kouta Hirano says the tenth volume of the manga will indeed be the last. Will this be “the end”, or just “an end”?

Coming from Rondo Robe 2008 is the news that the next instalment in the Hellsing OVA, Hellsing V, is set to be produced by Madhouse (Trigun, Claymore, Lodoss, Texhnolyze, and dozens of other great titles), with heretofore OVA producer Satelight having lost the rights (Macross, Geneshaft, and not much else); whether this is due to some humdrum commercial reason or sheer incompetence is not revealed. In such hands there would appear to be little worry of the series going downhill.

2ch seems to have little respect for Satelight, but the same goes for Madhouse too (“Made in Korea”), so nothing but the usual ravings there then. Via Playlog.