2cts about Hellsing:

[Munsu]

What about this link... I think it covers pretty much what you are contending.. especially the comment they said on Katakana...

Try to disprove them...:

http://www.thehellsing.org/faq/

[?igma]

they arent proving anything, they are stating a possibility that cannot be disproven .. , but it doesnt say it is the absolute truth, they are marely referring to the manga as the nr1 source..the english manga even.

Because of the obvious Dracula references, it seems clear that Alucard was the intended name. Pioneer just spelled it wrong.

I didnt say it wasnt obvious that everyone took it this way..still. i havent seen alot of proof about it, Arkard can not possibly be _the_ Dracula, because Dracula was the one creating vampire armies (or so is the legend) Arkard doesnt seem to have any such ambition.
And it wouldnt be the first time that Japanese fuck up legends [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] (see Naruto)

[Lefty]

What legends in naruto are you refering to, like the nine tail's fox demon, well what that little tidbit was taken from was korean mythology and Jiraiya was a toad sage in japanese mythology that could summon giant toads that he would use in battle. Not all of naruto is japanese in origin if you actualy look around it's ASIAN MYTHOLOGY. And Budweineken is right about the pronuciation ALUCARD or ARUKARDO.

The key word for the producers of hellsing screwing up the dracula myhtology comes down artistic licsense. They can do what ever they damn well please with the concept to make it thier own. You need to know when you have been proven wrong and accept defeat LIKE A MAN AND NOT A LITTLE CHILD. Do some fu*&king research befor posting something like this little number of a topic. Because if your wrong your going to get SH*T from every for being this wrong and this stubborn. Have a nice day.

[Shinji Ikari]

Really, his name couldn't have been intended to be spelled as Arkard since it's literally impossible in the japanese alphabet to wright.

Arukarudo is the closest in that case. But we all know that isn't the intended name... Come on, please just give up. What do you want to prove? Fine, believe what you want, you've heard what the majority thinks in this matter, so leave it at that.

[slowpoke]

Hey
I got something for ya, a way to see his name for real. But understand that his english name is Alucard.

but his japanese name is pronounced 'aakaado'

Proof?
Here is some concept art

check mate.

[highbass]

hellsing sucks!

[HerioMortis]

Man, have you ever seen Gungrave? (From the same dude that did Hellsing and Trigun). Anyways, there they randomly spell the main chars name (Brandon) correctly a few times in the intro, then they switch it to Blandon, then yet again switch it back, even tough his official name is Brandon they still wrote 'Blandon'. That seems simple enough to understand, there are two important things you should know here... 1, Think of what audience it's mainly aimed at... thats right the people of Japan. 2, Jap's aren't exactly known for their expertise in english and anime is no exception, can name a bunch of animes if you want proof or anything 8P

Ok now, doesnt it seem pretty logical that his name is Alucard? To name but one reason which is pretty simple enough to understand, what do you have for explanation at the end of ep13 Incognito says right before he's beaten to Alucard "Who are you really?" (or something like that)... that is when you see Alucards face shift into resembling another person... and guess who?? Well it's just your friendly neighbourhood Vlad Tepes! 8P And you know what they say "A picture says more than a thousand words", but the evidence should be clear enough 8P

Hope I straightened that out 8P