Arucard), previously Count Dracula (ドラキュラ, Dorakyura), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Hellsing manga and anime series created by Kouta Hirano.

Alucard also appears in the prequel series Hellsing: The Dawn, taking a female form alongside his partner Walter C. Dornez to end World War II in a fight against Nazis.

Critical response to the character has been positive for Alucard's dark traits such as sadism or supernatural abilities that make him stand out as excessively violent despite being the main hero.

[1] After manga volume 8, during series' climax, the author felt he "got a little hasty" and ended the long battle between Alucard and Anderson.

However, he felt that there were easier episodes due to the protagonist having fewer lines as the narrative was more primarily focused on a supporting character.

[7] His real identity is "Dracula" who starts his career by fighting the Ottomans, believing that God does not reward prayer, but instead wants mortals to show their faith visibly.

Now named Alucard, he, along with a young Walter C. Dornez, were sent to Warsaw, Poland to stop Millennium's vampire production program.

[10] After 20 years of imprisonment, a young child named Integra Hellsing, marked for death by her traitorous uncle, opened Alucard's crypt as a final resort.

[14] Alucard exhibits incredible accuracy when firing his twin large caliber handguns (his basic set being chambered in .454 Casull; a more powerful pair, codenamed 'Jackal' and armed with explosive rounds, was designed to fight regenerators.

However, Walter was tricked (via illusion) into killing Valentine instead; before he could get another chance to land a fatal blow, Alucard began absorbing the blood of the millions who died in the Battle of London, thus giving himself an indefinite number of regenerations and a new army of the dead.

The manga Hellsing: The Dawn and its animated adaptation focus on a younger Alucard taking the form of a woman while working during WWII.

[28] Anime News Network listed him as one of "6 Strange Faces of Dracula's Descendents" based on how different is Alucard to the novel character.

Ever since his introduction in the manga, Justin Rich from Mania Entertainment saw Alucard as an interesting character due to his brief encounter with Anderson which shows a potential for what their actions in the future might be.

[30] Anime News Network's Mike Crandol praised Alucard for being "a refreshing change from the traditional, mopey, woe-is-me vampire anti-hero", and called him "quite the cool figure".

[36] In regards to his role in the story, Comic Book Resources felt Alucard's battle to be enjoyable due to the amount of gore provided through his fighting style involving both supernatural abilities and usage of guns.

[37] Manga News expressed similar feeling as without Alucard, Seras Victoria's forces remain notably weaker in comparison to the point he missed the character.

[40] The same site also praised Alucard's final fight against Anderson in Hellsing Ultimate, citing it as the greatest highlight of the entire series and found Hirano's take on the Dracula myth as one of the "wildest interpretation" he has seen.

[42] Similarly, DVD Talk praised how Ultimate portrayed Alucard in the finale not only for his fights against Anderson and Walter but also about how his past life is explored while acclaiming Freeman's work.

[43] Joji Nakata's work as Alucard was also met with similar response by Anime News Network alongside Norio Wakamoto (Anderson) for having the best deliveries in the Japanese version.

Comparing the Alucard's characterization between the television series and the OVAs, Anime News Network felt the former was "a kind of sexy bishonen character" as his action scenes were toned alongside the violence he occasionally caused, making the latter more interesting as a result of his sadistic nature and gore.

[46] UK Anime Network and Manga Life agreed, feeling that Alucard looks more like a villain in the OVAs rather than a hero.

[53] Alucard was also compared with Alexandru Muşina's novel Dracula's Nephew as two rather authoritative contemporary references modifying the vampiric epitome originally outlined by Bram Stoker.