Helsing

"A secret war is brewing in the night. A war in which humanity is only a pawn. The mysterious Hellsing Organization deploys in the shadows to protect ordinary mortals from the undead legions who would prey upon them. Now, artificially spawned ghouls and vampires are appearing, stretching the Hellsing soldiers to their limits ­ forcing them to call in their ultimate weapon;­ the rogue vampire, Alucard! After saving young Seras Victoria, a Hellsing operative, from death by transforming her into a vampire, Alucard must work with her to fight the artificial undead army­ as well as her own newfound hungers!"

6pm, 18 Mac 2006... Captain's log :p Kuar dr bilik kuliah, aku tarik nafas kurniaan Ilahi dlm2. Lega. Persekitaran UiTM Shah Alam yg berbumbungkan langit biru awan kumulus serta bertiangkan pohon2 yg menghijau menyambut sahutan jiwa aku yg tenang bak aliran Sg Kuala Muda. Indah betul alam flora fauna ciptaan Allah swt nie :)

Alhamdulillah, syukran ya Allah... 3 minggu lamanya aku bergelumang dlm proses pengekstrakan otak... jiwa aku kacau... tertekan beb :( Wut should be my RESEARCH TITLE? Do I have a RESEARCH QUESTION?! Well... if I do have one... is it really a problem (d right problem?!) or... am I assuming things? Err... Where exactly is my RESEARCH AREA? Do I really have d muscle to conduct d RESEARCH METHOD?! Erkk... I'm really clueless here. Arghh... Help me out here! CRASH BOOM BANG! KADA-BOOM!!! Kapla aku yg sjk-2-menjak nie berasap pon akhirnya meletup daa :p Masa diploma ngan degree dulu, aku dilatih utk conduct final projek which actually involved a bit of research work and consume more of product development processes (R&D). I'm fine wiz how d terminology goes cause I myself fond in doing software/system development. Tp lain plak citernya skrg.

Now... it's all abt d relevance n d rigor of my research exercise. Forget abt product development... no more R&D dis time... u got d big 'R' to mangle wiz! Opss sori dude... pjg lak aku melalut kan? :p To cut it short... I finally managed to submit my proposed research title plus d presentation on d dateline given. Thx to Dr Norlaila n Dr Mardziah for their dedicated guidance (plus my journal-reading-campaign for d past 3 weeks) dat I finally grab (I think so) d whole concept on doing a research. Seeking n appreciate knowledge... d truth is really out there. "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." [Albert Einstein]

Berbalik kpd Helsing... anime terbitan 2001 nie aku pilih buat pelepas dendam 3 minggu yg hectic td. Mcm excitement lyn citer box-office kat cineplex... aku dah beli segala bekalan mkn-minom (plus sekotak 14 Sampoerna 'hijau') bg memeriahkan lg aktiviti menghabiskan d whole 13 episodes of Helsing in 1 day-1 nite. Perintah berkurung pon bermula... :p

X mcm anime2 lain yg aku dah khatam... Helsing yg lebih gory ( n jokeless) bertemakan conflict between human n undead (vampires n ghouls to be exact). 2ndly, to my surprise... d story evolves around d dull-England... d queen's land... n it happens dat all d main characters are English as well... non-Japanese included! D central focus would be d kewl Lord Alucard (yes everybody... spelled backword n he is d blood-sucking DRACULA!), Sir Integral Wingates Hellsing (descendant of Dr Van Helsing... not Hugh Jackman k :p) and Ceras Victoria (dis English babe still potrays d cute manga chick dat everybody luv to see on-screen... thx goodness! :*). Helsing refers to an organisation, a special unit that eliminates rogue vampires (more like a SWAT team to me). There are of course lots of gun-fight scenes... even d kewl Alucard who has tremendous awesome powers (such as entering people's dreams, teleportation, regeneration n turning into a 'Hellhound' or swarm of bats) wears a pair of guns... d 454 Casull n d 13mm Jackal. The Jackal's bullets are mercury charged explosive rounds dat have been blessed while d Casull's bullets are from Lanchester Cathedral cross that was melted into alloy. Ok... so dis is where I'm starting to feel out-of-place... :(

Frankly, I never get d idea of vampires fighting with guns n people hunting vampires like they are some sort of terrorists. Dats why big-budget movies such as Underworld (I only watch it to catch luscious black-leathered Kate Beckinsale doing her pose) or Blade (I do admit d fighting chorography n gadgets used are way kewl) never did intrigue me. Rather I would straight away jump into a more tone down blood-sucking shows like From Dust Till Dawn (freaking kewl!) or Fright Night (u got neighbourhood vampires n Planet of d Apes star, Roddy McDowall in here) which able to deliver me shivers n enjoyment at d same time.

Exaggerating ideological conflict between d secret branch of the Vatican aka Iscariot Organization with Helsing does cripple d story even more. We have swordfighting Catholic priest in here... wutever! N wut wiz dis claim dat England is a Protestant country n d Vatican has no authority there? I dun care n I dun wanna know...

I managed though to finished up d series after falling asleep a few times. Watching Helsing is like watching Mission Impossible (UK remake) wiz Tom Cruise as the lead vampire. Nope... dis is certainly not my kind of anime! :(