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[Zero-ELEC]

Man, I hope they don't cut Grant Danasty. He's the best.

 

[duckroll]

New piece of key art

Pity they didn't call it Akuma Joe Dracula in Japan.

 

[Retro]

Man, I hope they don't cut Grant Danasty. He's the best.

Pretty sure the guy throwing a bunch of daggers towards the end of the trailer is Grant. Doesn't look like he's wearing the same outfit as Trevor is?

 

[Hours Left]

New piece of key art

Love the homage to one of my favorite pieces of gaming artwork ever, but it emphasizes how disappointing the MC's outfit is.

I was hoping this would embrace the barbarian aesthetic of the original game.

 

[Loxley]

That looked pretty damn cool.

Do we know who's doing Belmont's voice? It sounds a lot like Richard Armitage.

 

[DangerMouse]

Uh.....wow, that looked really good.

That's giving me old school Vampire Hunter D vibes.

Yeah.

 

[Death Metalist]

MAN

 

[To Far Away Times]

Art style is on point. Goddamn.

 

[Rydeen]

I was hoping this would embrace the barbarian aesthetic of the original game.

This is Trevor Belmont / Castlevania III's story, if they do the Simon story eventually they'll probably incorporate that into the design.

 

[Ahasverus]

I actually want them to adapt The Aventure/Belmont's Revenge first than CV1. Soleil's tragedy is more... tragic than Simon's vanilla tale (unless you count his MoF appearance which was the first time Simon was a character)

 

[Harpoon]

Pretty sure the guy throwing a bunch of daggers towards the end of the trailer is Grant. Doesn't look like he's wearing the same outfit as Trevor is?

It's the same outfit, he just doesn't have the coat on.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Holy shit, I at least expected 2018.

Is this an import or an original?

 

[Easy_D]

Love the homage to one of my favorite pieces of gaming artwork ever, but it emphasizes how disappointing the MC's outfit is.

I was hoping this would embrace the barbarian aesthetic of the original game.

Watch the teaser dude, there's at least one Belmont with a big furry coat

 

[Hours Left]

This is Trevor Belmont / Castlevania III's story, if they do the Simon story eventually they'll probably incorporate that into the design.

Ah, okay. I wish it was Simon.

Watch the teaser dude, there's at least one Belmont with a big furry coat

I saw the teaser, but if this is Trevor's story, then I'm not sure who that's supposed to be.

(Though Trevor's original design was barbarian-esque too.)

 

[Permanently A]

warren motherfuckin ellis wrote this?

bruh

day one

 

[Narag]

Man, I hope they don't cut Grant Danasty. He's the best.

Not that I'm certain he's using his 2007 scripts in this case but Ellis made a good case for excluding Grant in his old blog post, mostly along the lines of trying not to overload the cast in a limited runtime.

 

[SwordStruck]

Wasn't looking forwards to this at all before, but that trailer was great.

 

[Carn82]

Looks great, in.

 

[outunderthestars]

Well shit. That was way more awesome than expected.

 

[Merc_]

I just want to echo all the "that was better then I was expecting" remarks.

I'm down for this.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Weren't people on GAF preemptively shitting all over this just the other day? 'Cause this actually looks p. sweet...!

 

[Green Ninja]

I hope Warren Ellis did more for this than what he did for the various Marvel Anime series from a few years back.

or his work on Dead Space

 

[The Giant]

Man, if there isn't a new Castlevania announced at E3 to ride on the hype of this, someone fucked up. Seriously looks amazing.

Hopefully Nintendo convinced Konami to make a new one.

 

[jack_package_200]

Hopefully Nintendo convinced Konami to make a new one.

Super Bomberman R was pretty successful so it could happen

 

[thetrin]

I really hope this proves there's a market for serious mature cartoons. Not everything needs to be comedy.

 

[SargerusBR]

New piece of key art

Looks like a young version of Ayame Kojima's rendition of Dracula

 

[How About No]

Holy fuckness me this looks rad

 

[Cuburt]

Wow. I was really skeptical but that looks good.

I like how they put the NES influence right out in the open upfront. It could be the Castlevania film I wanted as a kid.

 

[thehypocrite]

Reminds me of the Vampire Hunter D movie.

That's giving me old school Vampire Hunter D vibes.

Same.

 

[DeathPeak]

Totally on board with this. Looks promising! I never got that much into Castlevania. May try to play through a few before July.

 

[thetrin]

Anime style? That's a shame.

It's based on a Japanese game property. This is the way it should be.

 

[thetrin]

Pity they didn't call it Akuma Joe Dracula in Japan.

I'm pretty sure CV titles post Harmony of Dissonance were called Castlevania anyway, but I agree.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I've played Castlevania like once... briefly. So I don't really have any feelings on the property but this is Warren Ellis and looks well animated which means I'm in.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Unrelated to this, but I realize now that I've completely warmed up to the idea of Transmetropolitan as a Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/Whatever animated series. Live action would either look like shit or be too expensive.

 

[radios shipping overview]

I did not expect this to be anime. They kept that aspect pretty well hidden in the announcement.

 

[duckroll]

I did not expect this to be anime. They kept that aspect pretty well hidden in the announcement.

It's not anime. It's made by Fredarator Studios in New York and Powerhouse Animation in Austin. Written by Warren Ellis.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Art style prior to anime devolving into pure shit.

 

[cntr]

Yo, holy shit.

I'm so down with Netflix getting into animation.

 

[Rhoc]

That looks good. The key art hyped me more than the trailer. Can't wait for it.

 

[The Culture Vulture]

Is this anime? I've never watched anime but I'll have to give this a try. I hope I don't end up with one of those character body pillows.

Just saw Duckroll's post. I'll stand down.

 

[PunjabiPlaya]

Is this anime? I've never watched anime but I'll have to give this a try. I hope I don't end up with one of those character body pillows.

Just saw Duckroll's post. I'll stand down.

I tried anime once, I now have 3 body pillows. You learn to embrace the amines and cope with it.

 

[WordAssassin]

It's not anime. It's made by Fredarator Studios in New York and Powerhouse Animation in Austin. Written by Warren Ellis.

Hey man don't forget us in Burbank!

 

[opricnik]

Holy shit looks amazing and out so soon

maybe new castlevania game announcement at E fuckin 3?

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Trrrrrrreeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv!

Shame he doesn't have his gold armour, but this looks great. Will have to remember to sign up for netflix in july.

Do netflix do BD releases?

 

[SkyMasterson]

This is making me so happy. Netflix just keeps continuing on being an amazing service.

 

[WordAssassin]

Trrrrrrreeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv!

Shame he doesn't have his gold armour, but this looks great. Will have to remember to sign up for netflix in july.

Do netflix do BD releases?

Yeah!

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Yeah!

Excellent.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

For some reason I thought this was going to be live action. Ah well.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

This looks pretty awesome. Can't wait until it comes out! It'll be like an early birthday present for me, haha.

 

[Primus]

I hope Warren Ellis did more for this than what he did for the various Marvel Anime series from a few years back.

He is the primary and only writer, and this is pretty much a 10-year passion project of his. No phone-ins here.