Oh, I completely understand that this is the "correct" way of showing Castlevania, but I don't like gore in general. Just a personal preference. That said, I think it's a great adaptation.
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Castlevania |OT| A miserable little pile of episodes - Netflix 7/7
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Not likley, Ellis cut Grant out in his original script. Doubt it changed here
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
You now have me thinking about a Berserk Netflix show. Damn you.
Great Gothic atmosphere. Love the small addition of science/steampunk to it just to give it a more unique style.
Fittingly gory and bloody as hell. Action scenes are great. Animation overall is pretty good, feels limited in a lot of areas (but that's cost reasons) reminds of Voltron's or Avatar style - kind of anime but not quite. A good blend.
Fantastic voice acting and music. I mean...damn.
Two episodes in and I'm like "this is kind of what I've been wanting since I was ten years old but just didn't know it until now"
Fittingly gory and bloody as hell. Action scenes are great. Animation overall is pretty good, feels limited in a lot of areas (but that's cost reasons) reminds of Voltron's or Avatar style - kind of anime but not quite. A good blend.
Fantastic voice acting and music. I mean...damn.
Two episodes in and I'm like "this is kind of what I've been wanting since I was ten years old but just didn't know it until now"
NipplesAndToes23
Member
It's a damn shame how this turned out, but it's expected. Video game adaptations have routinely been bad. Oh well, maybe someday we will finally get a good one.
NoctisVsStar
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Not saying the castlevania animation is anything great but it's way better than that 3D shit.
I haven't watched it, so I don't know for certain, but a lot of animation is like that. This was probably pretty low-budget.
Here's hoping it's successful and Netflix throws some more money at them.
And really, much of the games, least in the last couple decades or so in particular, can get pretty bloody with a few graphic stuff here and there.
Also yeah damn, would have been awesome if Berserk was more like this.
blue_phazon
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Welcome to anime
clay_ghost
Member
Just finished this, was great but too short . Really want to play a new Castlevania game again.
ElfArmy177
Member
Only 4 episodes??? Noooooo I wanted at least 13. I'm so mad now, this show is fantastic and I'm a huge Castlevania fan
I'm so mad now, this show is fantastic and I'm a huge Castlevania fanhiphoptherobot
Member
It is not. As someone with an OLED I was really hoping for 4k and HDR but sadly it is only in HD.
Baroquemantic
Member
Welp, finished it. Why in the hell was this only four episodes? It's awesome. The animation was great, especially in the fights with the
. The voice acting has been mostly on point as well. Just a great little season. I hope the wait for the next isn't too far off.
stone cyclops and Alucard
NoctisVsStar
Member
One year away please be excited.. now Netflix please release Bojack Horseman ;P
He cut him out of the script for the first movie, yeah, but he also said he would appear in the ones after (when this was going to be a trilogy of movies). I feel pretty confident he'll be in the next season.
Liquid Dust
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Devout Castlevania buff here, happy to report that I think they are pulling it off.
- Voice talent selection was right on the money
- Wish the art style was more akin to Ayami Kojima (unrealistic expectation to be sure), but I think they did a great job overall, high production value all around.
- Humor and swearing caught me off guard at first, but I've come around to it.
- Great character introductions Ep4:
- Instantly left me wanting more
- Hope to see more of the classic bestiary in the next round of episodes
- Voice talent selection was right on the money
- Wish the art style was more akin to Ayami Kojima (unrealistic expectation to be sure), but I think they did a great job overall, high production value all around.
- Humor and swearing caught me off guard at first, but I've come around to it.
- Great character introductions Ep4:
literally giddy during the Alucard fight and afterwards when he puts on his outfit reminicent of SOTN
- Hope to see more of the classic bestiary in the next round of episodes
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Just finished this, was great but too short . Really want to play a new Castlevania game again.
Hell after watching it i'd even rebuy
if it was ported to PS4.
The Alicard fight was really well done. It actually felt like a game boss fight in a way. Alucard's warp movement during Trevor's sword combat with Alucard particularly struck me as a "game moment"
Holy shit this was incredible, surely has to be the best video game adaptation of any description! The dialogue + character conflict were both remarkably compelling, they did an excellent job of taking the creative elements from the franchise while fleshing them out in a narrative driven medium. Animation is superb for the most part, it can't always carry crowd scenes effectively but the colour choices + expressiveness of faces + brilliant fight choreography are all incredible achievements given the limitations they must've faced.
Trevor Belmont is also now one of my favourite protagonists across all media I love the characterisation they gave him, contributed a lot to the emotional core while providing some surprisingly effective humour.
Ha yeah, I lost my mind when that happened
Trevor Belmont is also now one of my favourite protagonists across all media
I love the characterisation they gave him, contributed a lot to the emotional core while providing some surprisingly effective humour.Ha yeah, I lost my mind when that happened
Yeah I was gutted at that given their excellent chemistry, wish there had been a few episodes more to flesh that out.
Depends if you consider lopped heads, intestines flying out, and blood everywhere SFW.
For the people questioning why this is only 4 episodes it's worth pointing out that this is practically a feature-length Castlevania adaptation that was broken into episodes. Warren Ellis was announced around a decade ago as the writer of what was reported to be a feature-length animated movie based on Castlevania, and I even remember him posting an excerpt of the screenplay on his blog -- which turned out to be, line for line, the goat conversation in the tavern in episode 1. This is very much still that script, it's just taken around a decade for it to actually see the light of day.
That's fine. I was worried there might be boobs. But I see people watching HBO episodes during their lunch breaks all the time...
Then yes. Considering you'll be using headphones for the language. It's SFW.
Razgriz-Specter
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don't think it was referenced in 3 itself, but following games established that they hooked up and continued the Belmont line
MetalliCabombination
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Saw episode 1, holy sheep probably the best netflix show of 2017
Spine_Ripper
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Hate most anime, don't know anything about Castlevania. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed it and was disappointed when it ended. The animations can be a bit rough, but it's solid throughout the action scenes. I agree with the post on this page that said it would have been better as a 3 part deal, as there's a ton of dialogue scenes that didn't seem to serve much to the plot or characterization. Still, I enjoyed it as a non fan.
Well, shit. Episode 4 was the best of the bunch. The
fight was fucking dope. Solid 9/10 for me. Trevor was great. He definitely stole the show for me.
All in all, I liked it. It had its problems, but it turned out quite nice. If they can fix a few things for the next season I think it could go good -> great. Better sound direction and a bit more consistent animation would go a long way. Better music too. If they would play covers of Castlevania songs during big moments (like the aforementioned fight), I wouldn't have noticed, but it would've gotten a lot of fans hype AF. I bet getting the rights from Konami would be a bitch though.
Looking forward to S2.
Alucard v. Trevor
All in all, I liked it. It had its problems, but it turned out quite nice. If they can fix a few things for the next season I think it could go good -> great. Better sound direction and a bit more consistent animation would go a long way. Better music too. If they would play covers of Castlevania songs during big moments (like the aforementioned fight), I wouldn't have noticed, but it would've gotten a lot of fans hype AF. I bet getting the rights from Konami would be a bitch though.
Looking forward to S2.
FlutterPuffs
Member
As a Castlevania fanboy, I give it an A+
Loved it so much. Everything was top notch.
Loved it so much. Everything was top notch.
Razgriz-Specter
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thecouncil
Banned
Wow. That was actually surprisingly amazing. The gamer in me is going to miss
but I'm there for the next eight episodes. I can't even understand how some people didn't like it. This was far better than it had any right to be and I would place it above most of the DC animated features people are praising these days. It has some rough spots but this is a video game adaption done right.
not having Grant Danasty
Nice
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Hell after watching it i'd even rebuy
if it was ported to PS4.
Hell. Yes. Reminds me I need to get Nova boots on PS3. Never got them there.
Baroquemantic
Member
Yeah. I think whatever studio does the Rage of Bahamut anime would be great for Berserk. Though honestly, Even those Golden Age Arc movies were miles better animated than the new series.
I like when they do a lead-in like this. You get time to establish the characters and the backdrop to give a bit of breathing room before jumping into things. It's a good sign when it ends and you want more and it's leading into something. Well played.