Manga like HELLSING Gaiden: THE DAWN

Vampire Hunter D

Also known as Vampire Hunter D.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi

The year is 12,090 A.D., and what little is left of humanity has finally crawled out from the ashes of war and destruction. From the darkness of the fallout, mutants and a race of vampires known as the Nobility have spawned. They rule the weak with no remorse. Once bitten by a Nobility, one is cursed to become a member of the undead. Villagers cower in fear, hoping and praying for a savior to rid them of their undying nightmare. All they have to battle this danger is a different kind of danger – a Vampire Hunter.



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Post-Apocalyptic , Swordplay , Werewolf , Seinen

Trigun

Also known as Trigun.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Much of the damage attributed to "Vash" is caused by the activities of bounty hunters who are after the 60,000,000,000$$ (sixty billion "double dollars") reward on Vash's head for the destruction of a city called July. Vash does not clearly remember the destruction of July, and only wants "love and peace", as he puts it; though he is a gunfighter of inhuman skill, he uses his weapons only to save lives wherever he can.

As the series progresses, more is gradually learned about Vash's mysterious history and the history of the human civilization on Gunsmoke, the desert planet the series is set on. The series is often humorous in tone, but at the same time it involves very serious character development and especially in later episodes it becomes quite emotionally intense. Vash is occasionally joined by a priest, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, who is almost as good a gunfighter as Vash himself, and later is targeted by a band of assassins known as the Gung-Ho Guns for reasons which are mysterious at first.

Trigun evolves into a very serious discussion of the nature of morality, posing questions such as: What is the nature of morality? Can we judge different moral codes? If a person is forced to betray their moral code, does that betrayal invalidate that moral code, and can the person still try to live up to that moral code? Can the person find redemption from their wrongs, and if so, how?



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Steampunk , Shounen , Dystopian , Fugitive , Desert , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Crime , Super Power , Religion , Space

Blood: The Last Vampire (2002)

Also known as Blood: The Last Vampire 2002.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Blood: The Last Vampire 2002 is a powerfully drawn original graphic novel narrative based on characters and situations from the 2001 anime Blood: The Last Vampire, once the fastest-selling title in the history of Manga Entertainment. Taken from a concept developed by Ghost in the Shell's Mamoru Oshii, one of the 21st century's hottest young comics artists, the violent, erotic Benkyo Tamaoki, updates the Vietnam War-era anime story to present-day, 2002 Japan. The immortal Saya returns - a generation later, but still clad in her trademark sailor suit and armed with ancient samurai sword - continuing her unholy war against the vampiric Chiropterans. Infiltrating a gang-ridden high school, Saya more than suspects the brutal set known as "ORGE" is just the latest mask of her blood-thirsty prey.



Tags: Twins , Swordplay , Gore , Anti-Hero , Vampire , School , Body Horror , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Cannibalism , Bullying , Amnesia

Drifters

Also known as Drifters.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

First he pitted the Catholic church against vampires, Nazis and Great Britain, bathing London in a flood of blood. But Hellsing creator, Kohta Hirano still had something crazy up his sleeve when he created his new series, Drifters.

Imagine a world of magic, full of elves and hobbits and dragons and orcs. Inside this world of magic and wonder there is a great war being waged, using warriors from human history as chess pieces in a bloody, endless battle. Hirano’s new concept gathers famous warriors throughout history and puts them on both sides of good and evil, and then turned them loose in a bloody melee of madness.



Note: Nominated for the 4th and 5th Manga Taishou Awards.

Tags: Seinen , War , Historical , Isekai , Samurai , Elf , Anti-Hero , Magic , Swordplay , Satire , Guns , Archery , Dragons , Anachronism , Demons

Blood+

Also known as Blood+.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Saya, the main character, lost her memory and has been living with her adopted family. Her everyday life seems quite normal, except that she eats a lot more than she actually needs. Then one day she meets a guy named Hagi in a park. She is told that he has been searching for her, for a long time. Since then, her normal life has changed completely. (This manga series is proceeding quite a bit differently from the anime)
A high school girl named Saya can not remember anything from her past. A handsome young man, Hagi, appears and something seems familiar about him. This girl is more than human with an ancient and mysterious past. She will hunt down and kill the monsters called Chiropterans.

Tags: Shounen , Vampire , Female Protagonist