The Hellsing manga by Kohta Hirano ran in Shonengahosha's seinen magazine Young King OURs from 1997 to 2008, with its 95 chapters collected into 10 tankōbon volumes and condensed into 89 chapters. In 2001, a Hellsing anime by studio Gonzo aired on Fuji Television from October 10, 2001, to January 16, 2002, while the English dub ran in the United States from October 4, 2003, to December 27, 2003, on Starz!'s Encore Action cable channel. An OVA was announced the following year under the title of "Hellsing: Ultimate," with its first DVD volume released by Geneon in 2006. The series ended when the final DVD volume was released by NBCUniversal in 2012, while the United States run of the series finished in 2014 due to complicated rights issues when Geneon USA went defunct.