Lumpy Onion
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Pretty stylish intro. I think this is going to be a winner. I could see folks who have no attachment to the game series getting into this as well. Vampire hunting is a topic most would be able to appreciate.
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First trailer for Netflix's Castlevania animated series
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Pretty stylish intro. I think this is going to be a winner. I could see folks who have no attachment to the game series getting into this as well. Vampire hunting is a topic most would be able to appreciate.
Zap Rowsdower
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Yeah, Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard are all here. The only main character missing is Grant but I assume they're still going with the original plan when this was a DTV movie series that he joins in the sequel.
I was at the AX panel for it and they confirmed it is indeed Castlevania III. They showed a clip during the panel that had
Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades
looking pretty hype. trevor is a bit more modern day "dude" than i expected but not a bad thing per se
that they're starting with castlevania 3 is promising, shows they understand the source material. i honestly expected "guy with whip fights vampires" to be the extent of this 'adaptation'
that they're starting with castlevania 3 is promising, shows they understand the source material. i honestly expected "guy with whip fights vampires" to be the extent of this 'adaptation'
Night.Ninja
Banned
Does this start next Monday?
Man, this looks amazing. Animation during action sequences looks super top notch.
This Friday, the 7th.
Dat cape porn
Neat!
Interesting that they picked the third game in the series, as I assumed Dracula X, the original, or Symphony of the Night would've got top billing for an animated adaptation.
Razgriz-Specter
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This will be 4 30 minute episodes now and 4 later, correct?
ACESmkII
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I believe it is going to be four episodes for the first season and 8 episodes for the second season.
It was the first chronologically for a long time though, until Castlevania Legends (1997, staring Trevor's Mother). Igarashi later declared Legends non-canonical and implemented a much earlier start, 2003's Lament of Innocence. And of course, Lords of Shadow played super loose with the series' established chronology so... yeah. Since all of those games are in kind of shaky territory, Dracula's Curse makes as good a place to start as any.
Now that's a good question.
More like LAMEnt of Innocence. That was a lame origin story. The cheapest of animes.
You'll get no argument from me, the only 3-D Castlevania games that come anywhere close to getting it right are the N64 ones. I'd also happily take Sonia Belmont, weak handheld game and all, over Igarashi just making arbitrary decisions for bullshit, largely sexist reasons.
Razgriz-Specter
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A good adaptation of SOTN has a lot of Rondo baggage, as well as a bit of an awkward place to start something within the context of the franchise.
So you could do Rondo->SOTN but thats still a weird transition into Alucard.
3 is just the best starter imo.
30 minutes, or thereabouts.
AzureFlame
Member
That was incredible.
iirc the total runtime is around 80 minutes, 20 minutes for each ep
3->1+2->Rondo intro + Sotn -> Bloodlines -> POR -> battle of '99 is the ideal picking of the classic Castlevania canon.
Jampsuliini
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Wow. That looked really good. While the animation was a little framy, the action itself was well choreographed. Can't wait for Friday!
Zap Rowsdower
Banned
I was thinking for seasons that after adapting 3, then they could go on to an expanded Simon's Quest as Season 2 with 1 just being a cold open of Simon killing Dracula, then SOTN because then you could have non fans actually wonder if Richter is evil without Rondo as context, a fusion of Bloodlines/Ecclesia where Shanoa, Eric, and John team up to fight Barlowe and Elizabeth Bathory, then the 99 War.
spazchicken
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Looked good. I can't wait for this.
The_Endgamer
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Solid. Haven't played much Castlevania at all (meaning to tho!) but this looks damn fine. Can't wait to binge a season of this.
Razgriz-Specter
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I wonder if Iga will watch or even be interested in this.
dude's a huge fanboy himself.
Razgriz-Specter
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I mean with how things ended.
Yappadappadu
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You can't have the '99 war without Jonathan purifying the whip.
twothunder
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from the bloodstained forum. about the original trailer that was released
I guess it helps that CV3 is IGA's favorite castlevania
clarknova156
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twothunder
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Razgriz-Specter
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Nice
This project was first pitched years and years ago while IGA was still producing the series, I'm sure he'll watch it.
Messofanego
Banned
Adi Shankar is an exec producer, oh that's rad! He also produced the Dredd animated webseries and the Dredd film itself, along with Power/Rangers and Punisher: Dirty Laundry.
Astral Dog
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IGA should be proud of it 😢
More like embarrassed, as it's giving the fans what he didn't.. a narrative worth a damn.
NinjaCoachZ
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Japanese dub and cast announced:
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201707/05137006.html
Trevor: Ryotaro Okiayu
Alucard: Shinichirou Miki
Dracula: Naoya Uchida
Sypha: Ayako Shimoyamada
Crazy twist of fate that Okiayu is playing Trevor and not Alucard this time around. He even jokes about it in the cast comment.
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201707/05137006.html
Trevor: Ryotaro Okiayu
Alucard: Shinichirou Miki
Dracula: Naoya Uchida
Sypha: Ayako Shimoyamada
Crazy twist of fate that Okiayu is playing Trevor and not Alucard this time around. He even jokes about it in the cast comment.
ACESmkII
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That is not Norio Wakamoto
The God of Ham must of been busy.
How long is each episode again?
30 minutes a piece
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