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[Salsa]

well this looks fuckin rad as shit

color me surprised, tho I was hopeful because of Shankar

The show is being helmed by producer Adi Shankar - creator of Power Rangers short - and written by comic book scribe Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan).
Studio: http://frederator.com/

The cartoon style turned me down. C'est la vie.

dude literally made Dredd happen. I'd put that above that power rangers short among his credits

 

[EdibleKnife]

Wait... why does actually this look decent?

As mentioned, has a good writer (who seems to have been dreaming of this series for 10 or more years) and Netflix behind it probably interested in bolstering their original "adult-oriented" animated content.

 

[Bulzeeb]

This show is a tonal continuation of Lords of Shadow.

What? No. The LoS verse has nothing to do with the OG verse. If you only have a ps4 or PC you ran out of luck I am afraid.

 

[Salsa]

love this art. looks oldschool

 

[Guardians]

Now I really want a new Castlevania for the Nintendo Switch

 

[brandonh83]

What? No. The LoS verse has nothing to do with the OG verse. If you only have a ps4 or PC you ran out of luck I am afraid.

He said tonal, and I agree. The aesthetics here are close to Lords of Shadow, at least the first one and Mirror of Fate.

Even if you don't like those as Castlevania games, they got the atmosphere and art down on fucking point.

 

[EdibleKnife]

What? No. The LoS verse has nothing to do with the OG verse. If you only have a ps4 or PC you ran out of luck I am afraid.

Is SotN not on PSN? That's closer to the Nintendo games than the LoS stuff.

 

[Quintin DM]

Ok I'm shocked at how good this looks.

 

[MrCunningham]

You know what? That didn't look bad... I'll definitely check out a couple episodes.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Looks even more anime than Rondo

 

[ryseing]

Warren Ellis is dope. Well, Planetary is dope. I haven't read anything else by him, but yeah.

His Moon Knight run was legendary.

 

[Terrible_Majesty]

Hopefully this leads to a new entry in the video game franchise...

 

[tbm24]

Now I really want a new Castlevania for the Nintendo Switch

I was thinking that while watching it. I'll even take just access to the wiiware one I missed out on.

 

[HStallion]

Hopefully this leads to a new entry in the video game franchise...

as a pachinko machine.

 

[Salty Rice]

This looks good.

Also haha for a second i thought Kevin Spacey is in this.

 

[TreIII]

Hopefully this leads to a new entry in the video game franchise...

We can only hope.

Though, even if such were to happen, I'd wonder who they tap to do it. Good-Feel would be my personal choice, since it's made up of a number of ex-KCEKobe staff.

 

[CazTGG]

Now I really want a new Castlevania for the Nintendo Switch

There's always Bloodstained:

His Moon Knight run was legendary.

I second this, it's a must-read.

 

[Ryu bogard]

That looked really good. Excited for this animation.

 

[brandonh83]

There's always Bloodstained:

I'm really hoping for the best, but man, part of the reason I love Castlevania is... the Castlevania stuff. Belmonts, Dracula, the Universal monster thing.

Bloodstained will have its own thing and feel like the Metroidvanias, but I still long for an actual, proper Castlevania game. I liked Lords of Shadow 1 a lot but thought the sequels mostly fumbled.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

love this art. looks oldschool

It's like an updated Aeon Flux + Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
I love it

 

[EdibleKnife]

It's like an updated Aeon Flux + Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
I love it

Damn, I want to watch Bloodlust again

 

[Itsuki]

It actually looks good!

 

[feel]

Those visuals look fantastic, like of a great classic anime and not something new. Was expecting this to look like cheap garbage like that new dragon ball.

 

[SAB CA]

Pretty solid. I'm mostly interested in seeing how well the animation sells itself to me, and how far they push everything. The designs look very nice right now; feels somewhat close to the style for the more modern Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust from 2000. (Edit: Glad to see others agree, lol.) Yet the color palette has a more oldschool feeling to it. It actually looks like something that Wayforward could probably make a solid looking game out of, actually.

A July release is somewhat sooner than expected. Wonder how many previews we'll get before release...

 

[snow in jamaica]

I don't think that's true. I'm a fan of both timelines, and it looks more like the storyline of 3 and the art style of the later "Iga-style" games, but Americanized slightly. The only similarities that appear with Lords of Shadow are Scottish accents.

Shakar wants the show to be "R-rated as fuck" and Cox himself wanted Lords to be dark and gritty. The games before Lords didn't really have any intention or expression of being "hardcore" and were usually pretty goofy and campy. As for the resemblance to Dawn and Portrait, it's because they're anime.

He said tonal, and I agree. The aesthetics here are close to Lords of Shadow, at least the first one and Mirror of Fate.

Even if you don't like those as Castlevania games, they got the atmosphere and art down on fucking point.

She. And yeah, that's what I meant.

 

[Kaydan]

Binge watching incoming!

 

[SolVanderlyn]

The GOAT

 

[Madame M]

Great time to release an animated series, what with all those Castlevania video games coming out to promote...

 

[Elixist]

looks hot ! art is stunning

 

[Green Ninja]

Netflix is on fire

 

[TheShampion]

Vampire Hunter B...elmont

 

[MegaSackman]

Who's composing the score? That's all I need to know now.

 

[brandonh83]

She. And yeah, that's what I meant.

Apologies!

 

[Spman2099]

Looks great! I wonder what languages this will be dubbed in...

 

[Akselziys]

New piece of key art out of Japan~

 

[brandonh83]

Oh fucking nice. That's fantastic.

 

[Astral Dog]

Hopefully this leads to a new entry in the video game franchise...

Why would you want that Konami has no talent left

 

[brandonh83]

Why would you want that Konami has no talent left

Well they didn't say Konami lol.

I think the idea is that Konami lets a good developer make it. Get rid of the rights. Something. Just about anything.

 

[13ruce]

Damn i truly miss the Castlevania games now....

 

[EdibleKnife]

New piece of key art out of Japan~

That's sweet!

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Do we know who this Belmont is? New guy? Returning hero?

 

[Harpoon]

Do we know who this Belmont is? New guy? Returning hero?

Trevor. It's an adaptation of Castlevania III.

 

[JC Lately]

I'll take a serving of warm crow please.

This looks good! who is the animation studio involved?

I'll have a bite of that crow too, please.

This looks legit. Unless the fumble the writing/plotting somehow I think we have a winner.

 

[Stat Flow]

This is the art direction and animation that Berserk deserved ._.

 

[TRUE ORDER]

Looks really good.
Don't know why I had the idead that the series was going to be with real actors lol

 

[GrayDock]

 

[MarkusRJR]

Wow this looks really good. Can't wait to watch it on Netflix.

Surprised Konami is using their properties for things other than gambling machines.

 

[manfestival]

I am all in

 

[brandonh83]

Damn i truly miss the Castlevania games now....

 

[shawnbuddy]

The art-style gives me Vampire Hunter D anime vibes, which is a good thing. Besides being a decent comic writer Ellis also wrote the G.I. Joe: Resolute series for Cartoon Network, which I thought kicked ass. And the toaster in the trailer! I'm really looking forward to this now.