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In my article about Outlaw Star, I went on to explain my adoration for the anime, as it was one of the few in my experience to have such a powerful cast of intriguing and fully fleshed female characters.  I went further, saying that my problem with so many anime shows is the girls try too hard and are written off for trying too much to be like one of the guys.  Either that or they are so timid they get pushed and shoved into being a minor, unimportant side character with no personality.  Besides Outlaw Star, I have found one other female character that is the driving force for my constant interest in watching the show time and time again: Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing of the anime and manga, Hellsing.

Integra belongs to a long family line of people in England that have fought the evils of vampires, actually using Alucard, a very ancient and mighty vampire, as a weapon against the creatures that insult his age and power.  Upon the death of Integra’s father, she was left the Hellsing Organization over her uncle, who was so upset by the inheritance he planned to murder her.  At the time, Integra was just a young girl with no allies and had been on the run from her homicidal uncle, ending up in the dungeon that housed Alucard.  Even though Alucard killed and protected Integra from the group that had followed her Uncle Richard on the hunt, it was Integra herself that lifted her uncle’s gun and fired, killing him in self defense.  Through her bravery of losing her father and standing up against Richard, Alucard noted her power and bowed before Integra as his master.

Integra runs the Hellsing Organization with an iron fist, commanding esteem from all the forces that protect the Crown, including Alucard himself and is one of the few to have earned his respect.  Integra does not function merely as an administrator, she familiarizes herself with all knowledge necessary for such a dangerous lifestyle, including being skilled in marksmanship, fencing and occult lore.

Despite many masculine attributes she takes on, such as the use of ‘sir’ as an honorific title, her suits as well as her cigar smoking habit, I feel these do not take away her femininity.  Integra is a very beautiful woman, wears her hair long and in the manga can be seen in some more female orientated clothing at times.  The point to her character is, she is not a woman who needs to flaunt her chest or legs to see results, nor does she have to give up what it is to be female.  She earns respect and progress because her officers believe in her decision making abilities, her plans and her mental strength.

Though there are obvious changes from Integra in the manga to Integra in the anime, I am still pleased with the results.  Sir Hellsing is a strong and fearless go-getter, a character any writer would be proud of owning.