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[Draugoth]

Meet CASTLEVANIA: NOCTURNE, a new Castlevania series following Richter Belmont 300 years after the events of the first Castlevania show

 

[oldergamer]

Fantastic!

 

[Punished Miku]

Finally, something awesome.

 

[Kev Kev]

It’s so cool that video games are finally starting to get some quality TV and movie adaptions…. Well mostly TV.

 

[Shifty1897]

 

[Metnut]

I miss when we used to get new Castlevania games instead of TV shows.

 

[Nautilus]

Oh nice, so the next games to be adapted are Rondo of Blood and Synphony of tge Night?

Castlevania was so good, so I'm looking foward to this.

 

[Daytonabot]

Starring Richter, the Belmont featured in the best action game of all time and the best Metroidvania of all time

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Ok Netflix, I'm listening...

 

[BennyBlanco]

Hell yea

 

[Bloobs]

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Maybe we get "Nocturne in the Moonlight" a.k.a. Symphony of the Night as a sequel to this.

 

[March Climber]

I miss when we used to get new Castlevania games instead of TV shows.

Try these out

 

[The Skull]

Best Belmont confirmed. FUCKING HYPE

 

[Fbh]

Could be fun.
Really liked S1 and 2 of the first show but the rest was really bland.

Hopefully this is a return to form.

 

[ByWatterson]

Could be fun.
Really liked S1 and 2 of the first show but the rest was really bland.

Hopefully this is a return to form.

Wat

 

[Naked Lunch]

No Warren Ellis, no watch.
Too bad.

 

[H4ze]

So in, loved the Castlevania series, don't let me down on this one Netflix!

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Griffon]

YES!

 

[March Climber]

The decline of anime

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Good cause I hate almost all Animes’ horrible stories. I dont understand how that crap is popular among the gaming base. Netflix needs to pump more landside animations.

 

[SLB1904]

The decline of anime

It was a mistake anyway

 

[data_jack]

LET'S GOOO! I'm holding out hope that this Richter gets beat up and tattered like Trevor. Only then can he fashion a quick blue headband to complete the epic Rondo look.

 

[slade]

Please get someone who can write dialogue this time.

 

[Fbh]

Wat

S1 and 2 were great and told what to me felt like a pretty good self contained story around Dracula.
S3 was slow and boring and the Alucard plotline was specially terrible.
S4 was a step up but suffered from only having 10 ~20 minutes long episodes to develop, connect and finish like 5 plotlines, so it felt rushed and messy.

To me it also felt like they didn't have anything for Trevor and Sypha to do after S2 so they had them almost as filler until the end of S4, nor did I like how the fun dynamic between them and Alucard was also removed until the final episode of S4.

 

[deriks]

Nice

 

[Vaelka]

Good cause I hate almost all Animes’ horrible stories. I dont understand how that crap is popular among the gaming base. Netflix needs to pump more landside animations.

There's just so much of it and it's also a lot more varied.
Which means there's also going to be more of it that doesn't appeal to you too.

One of the cool things about Anime which also could be viewed as a negative I guess is how open it is to basically everything.
It means that you get a lot of wacky and unique stuff like Anime revolved all around cooking or sports or even the devil working at McDonalds or whatever lol.
But it also means you get a lot of the questionable loli stuff.

Imo I prefer Anime being so open to basically everything and I simply just ignore the stuff I don't like.
There's a ton of more '' normie '' mainstream shows too but you can't expect all of them or even a majority to be that.
For every one Western animation there's like a billion Anime and only a few of them are even trying to be '' for everyone ''.

S1 and 2 were great and told what to me felt like a pretty good self contained story around Dracula.
S3 was slow and boring and the Alucard plotline was specially terrible.
S4 was a step up but suffered from only having 10 ~20 minutes long episodes to develop, connect and finish like 5 plotlines, so it felt rushed and messy.

To me it also felt like they didn't have anything for Trevor and Sypha to do after S2 so they had them almost as filler until the end of S4, nor did I like how the fun dynamic between them and Alucard was also removed until the final episode of S4.

Imo the dialogue had a major issue with cringe, there's so many scenes it felt the writers were too preoccupied trying to make it sound '' cool and adult '' and it just sounded like what teenagers going through a cringe emo or goth phase thinks sounds cool.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

The worst thing about the original series was the writing, so Warren Ellis being out is probably a net positive.

 

[Astral Dog]

Interesting, but i was really hoping to see more(anything really) of the Devil May Cry show this team was supposedly making, or are they big enough to work on both at the same time?

 

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

The worst thing about the original series was the writing, so Warren Ellis being out is probably a net positive.

Incidentally, I'm taking it this can't even take place in that one's continuity considering how the last season turned out, huh?

I even lost hope that they were gonna adapt the Dracula X Chronicles/Collection after that debacle.

 

[Belthazar]

They'll finally get to SoTN. I'm interested in how this will turn out tbh

 

[ZywyPL]

This is honestly bthe best news of yoday for me, so fucking hyped!

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Incidentally, I'm taking it this can't even take place in that one's continuity considering how the last season turned out, huh?

I even lost hope that they were gonna adapt the Dracula X Chronicles/Collection after that debacle.

I remember hearing rumors a while back (around the end of the last season) that they planned to continue the series in different eras, with Richter's era being the next one (which makes sense because unlike most of the other early Castlevania games it has a cast of characters).

I think they could make the previous storylines still work, but I'm fine with them starting fresh, too.

 

[ahtlas7]

While some episodes were not the best I enjoyed Castlevania so this is potentially great news but it’s Netflix so we’ll see.

 

[Zannegan]

The first show lost me in episode 1 when it tried to make Dracula a tragic avenger. I mean, I like villains with depth and complexity, but just making him a victim (and in such a shallow, silly way) does neither. It just makes everyone else in their world look monstrous and silly. The hero was a douche too, presumably to give him a chance to be "redeemed" later, but I just couldn't stomach the show any more.

Since this looks like a fresh start, I'll check it out. Here's hoping they don't go all "Maleficent" again.

 

[WalterSobchak]

This is good news . Now if only they could make a new game .

 

[MAtgS]

I can't believe Richter from Smash Bros is getting his own show!

 

[KOMANI]

leaked images

 

[Hardensoul]

Could be fun.
Really liked S1 and 2 of the first show but the rest was really bland.

Hopefully this is a return to form.

Same, I couldn't finish the last season. I got bored couple episodes in.

 

[Hardensoul]

leaked images

Is this different studio and writers? These screenshots don't look the same. They looked more like Japanese animation production.

 

[kiphalfton]

It was a mistake anyway

Big perfect titties in entertainment is never a mistake.

 

[KOMANI]

Is this different studio and writers? These screenshots don't look the same. They looked more like Japanese animation production.

definitely not the same writer, Warren Ellis got into some controversy.

 

[Madonis]

It's been like a hundred years. Well, certainly feels like it.

Ellis isn't involved, correct, but he did set things in motion by example so I'll assume this new series will follow along similar lines.

I believe this should be the same animation studio though.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

definitely not the same writer, Warren Ellis got into some controversy.

I don't know much about the new writers, but I can't say I'll miss seeing beloved Castlevania characters play out Ellis's femdom and emasculation fetishes on TV.

 

[Astral Dog]

The screenshots look rad,hopefully it has more action than the last show and less babbling, but im still waiting for that Devil May Cry new Animation they announced years ago

 

[small_law]

That Castlevania Netflix series was a real treat. Looking forward to this one too.

 

[Pejo]

Which fan favorite character is getting pegged in this one?

 

[93xfan]

Sounds great!! Loved the last one

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Where is Simón Belmont?

And María renard?

And Shanoa