Keyser_Soze Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Trailer dropping tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Out of Wallachia and into France, c'est magnifique! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Going from the two games Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (years 1476-1479) to another two game pairing: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1792-1797). A 312 year time jump let's gooooo. Two of the best and most popular games in the series amongst fans getting adapted is hype. Fortunately the same directors who did nearly every episode of the previous show (Sam and Adam Deats) are back to direct this, which should keep the quality the same as before. No writer Warren Ellis, he's out for obvious reasons, with writer Clive Bradley replacing him. Seems like a solid writer but doesn't seem as good as Ellis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Aww yeah here we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 LETS. FUCKING. GO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 I’m in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 Animation is looking cleaner than the previous series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Fuck yes. First was so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 damn this looks good as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Will definitely be watching. Loved the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Good god put in my veins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 If for some reason you can't wait until tomorrow, the first 7 minutes of the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Looks like all 8 episodes drop at once tomorrow - definitely pumped. Wondering how the writing will be with Warren Ellis out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: Looks like all 8 episodes drop at once tomorrow - definitely pumped. Wondering how the writing will be with Warren Ellis out. Nowhere to go but down TBF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Episodes are up now @Greatoneshere @CastlevaniaNut18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Probably watch this in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Finished the first two episodes. The level of detail is insane. The story seems to be treading on familiar ground while also being something new. And the Vampires are sexier than ever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 watched first ep and this cool as hell. time binge and wait two years for s2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I probably won’t get to this for a bit, but I love the positive first impressions here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Ep4 soooo good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 I can see @Commissar SFLUFAN enjoying this for the representation alone. The 3rd episode is probably more compelling than all of the original show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Well the wait for the next season is going to be excruciating. That was quite good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: I can see @Commissar SFLUFAN enjoying this for the representation alone. The 3rd episode is probably more compelling than all of the original show. I'm VERY much looking forward to starting this series tonight! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm VERY much looking forward to starting this series tonight! It's very good. When it became clear what themes they were going to be dealing with I was concerned they were gonna bungle it. I don't know that I'm really in a position to judge how well they accomplished it (this will make more sense when you start ) but I think they handled it respectfully at least and probably pretty well considering this is a vampire killing anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: When it became clear what themes they were going to be dealing with I was concerned they were gonna bungle it. I don't know that I'm really in a position to judge how well they accomplished it (this will make more sense when you start ) but I think they handled it respectfully at least and probably pretty well considering this is a vampire killing anime. Getting rid of Warren Ellis was perhaps a blessing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 yooo that was a good ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Firewithin said: yooo that was a good ending My only MINOR gripe about the whole affair... Spoiler for the very ending of this season: Spoiler I get if you're gonna have Alucard show up, it's gotta be a rad moment. And it was! But I thought it was perhaps a TOUCH "cheap" that he OHKO'd the second in command after the whole squad basically did chipping damage to her across the whole season. Also that connective tissue makes this feel like much less of a "spin-off" that they said it would be; it's obviously a straight up sequel. I wonder if that was to hide the Alucard reveal? Or just set the expectations that it wouldn't be about Trevor? Or make a clean break from Ellis? Again a TINY "beef" in what was otherwise a very satisfying season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 The first half was a little slow as they introduced us to the new characters, but the second half was fantastic and I think the character building in that first half paid off. My wife was very pleased at the end Spoiler to see Alucard, because he was her favorite from the last "series" and now she's hyped for season 2 to see him fully back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Men with white hair just. god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I just binged the whole season, it was excellent. The animation continues to just get better and better and I liked how they kept the vibe and tone of the original show but still made these characters and the era it takes place in feel different. While a season 2 hasn't been announced yet, the way this season ends it seems like it's pretty much a lock for another season. Spoiler Was really cool to see Harmony of Dissonance main character Juste Belmont get some love as it makes sense fo rhim to show up here but obviously never did in the original Rondo of Blood. Continuing to tie the various games together where possible in the timeline is a smart move. Even more interesting is this version of Juste's story took the darkest of the three endings from Harmony of Dissonance. And of course seeing Alucard at the end to start laying down groundwork for Symphony of the Night was awesome. On 9/29/2023 at 10:52 PM, Kal-El814 said: My only MINOR gripe about the whole affair... Spoiler for the very ending of this season: Hide contents Also that connective tissue makes this feel like much less of a "spin-off" that they said it would be; it's obviously a straight up sequel. I wonder if that was to hide the Alucard reveal? Or just set the expectations that it wouldn't be about Trevor? Or make a clean break from Ellis? I mean: Spoiler All the games are connected - any Castlevania game that has Alucard is going to be even more directly connected and Alucard shows up in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and appears again in Symphony of the Night, so we always knew we were getting a pretty connected sequel. I wasn't sure if they'd hold Alucard back until season 2 but it was cool he got a badass entrance here. I do agree seemed a little unfair to Dolta for him to just KO her after they built her up a lot in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 I finished it. It feels like this is way better than Konami deserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 So did Richter just take his mother's last name or was his father also a Belmont? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 If you want to see something sad check out the "reviews" of this on IMDB. I probably shouldn't have looked, but I'm not surprised either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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