In 2001, Hirano began publishing chapters of a prequel series, "Hellsing: The Dawn", in special editions of "Young King OURs", of which six chapters have been released as of May 2009. "The Dawn" features a fourteen-year-old Walter C. Dornez and Alucard, in the form of a young girl, attacking Millennium's base of operations in Nazi-controlled Poland in September 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising. Publication was scheduled to resume after the conclusion of the main "Hellsing" series, but there have been no new chapters since the manga's conclusion. Chapters of "The Dawn" were animated as part of the "Hellsing Ultimate" OVA series. The three animated entries to "The Dawn" were released in conjunction with the 8th, 9th, and 10th OVAs.