Castlevania (2017)

“Note: This will cover the whole series

Now that I got my warmup with Arcane out of the way, it’s time for a review about another videogame adaptation I actually wanted to write, the Castlevania series based on Castlevania III, bits from Symphony of the Night, characters from Curse of Darkness, Simon’s Quest and Rondo of Blood, and elements from Lord of Shadows, but not really adapting any of those titles.

I find it important to clarify that, as many fans of the franchise didn’t like the cartoon because of its many differences with the videogames. Again, the show is based on the IP, not an adaptation of it.

The second thing to clarify is that the series is not anime, or at least not in a traditional sense in the West. It’s based on a Japanese IP, and ha” read more

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"Couple of good episodes, art style and combat scenes, but a cowardly ending, in my opinion. Power creep on Belmont is really hard to take it. Dracula and his wife alive with no fisical body? Wtf"

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"Monday, May 8th season 1 episode 1: Witchbottle episode 2: Necropolis episode 3: Labyrinth episode 4: Monument"

Great Video Game to Animation Adaptation.

“I'm a 37-year-old man who grew up with the Castlevania video game franchise, from the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis - Castlevania Bloodlines - and the first PlayStation with Symphony of the Night. Hearing that Netflix is going to make adaptation of this beloved game franchise, I knew I was going to watch this.

And watched it I have.

While I haven't finished the final fourth season, I love this series. Beautifully animated, the violence is on par with the brutality of the video games, and the storytelling is *chef's kiss* excellent. Graham McTavish's mellifluous voice fits Dracula well, and Richard Armitage's Devil-may-care performance as Trevor Belmont...he sounds like the kind of guy who's tired of BS.

Highly recommended. If you like the video games, you'll like th” read more

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"Thursday, April 20th season 1 episode 1: Witchbottle"

Stake this monstrosity!

“English is not my native language so I apologize for the errors that are bound to exist.

Castlevania is a fun vampire, because it doesn’t suck blood, it just sucks.

Don't be fooled by the good art, the competent animation that is terrific at times, the excellent voice acting or the blood that makes you think this shit is mature. And that weird episode in which suddenly there is sex everywhere.

It's a pretty lazy series and I don't believe they planned the story, it very much seems like they wrote it on the fly, which should be impossible because of the Netflix format, but it still seems to be the case.

Now, I’m gonna stake this bitch!

CHARACTER

No, the characters are not great, they are barely functional, and virtually none of” read more

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"Hablar de esta serie es simplemente hablar de la mejor adaptación de un videojuego y por mucho aunque claro esta también tiene problemas, por lo menos esta entiende su material fuente y no lo traslada literalmente sino que lo cambia para un formato diferente. "