For those of you excited about the Castlevania Netflix series, the wait is over (though may vary per territory). US viewer and site regular Rjejr highlighted to us that it's out now in the US, and we've confirmed it's also live in the UK.
There are four episodes of between 23-25 minutes each, which may not sound much but is fair enough considering the quality of the animation work, in particular. The episodes are in normal HD (sorry, no Ultra HD 4K with this one).
It looks rather exciting, and as previously reported it also has some famous names in its voice cast. Will you be watching this over the weekend?
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Can't wait to check this out tonight. Not often we get videos based on games that are decent!
Saw this come up this morning. I'll be watching it with the wife this weekend! In fact she's the one who pointed it out to me. She also asked "Will he do his power walk in this like he does in the games?". I do love how my wife picks up on things from games I'd never notice 😀
Watched the first 2 this morning so far. A little dark for me, but seems like a pretty interesting story. **slight spoiler maybe** Seeing a kid ripped in half kind of worried me about the writers honestly. Just a tad much, for me at least.
so, again, late here in Canada. will probably see it in like 7-8 month.
@doomgc its up in Canada. The Netflix Original stuff is always available day 1.
wow. I'm dumb. searched it 2 times. no result. After I read your comment, search it again. there it is. I probably made a typo 2 times in a row. sorry, I'm dumb.
@doomgc R.I.P all of us Canadians.
@Whopper744 Really? Kid ripped in half? Yeah I think I'm just going to pass on this which is a shame. Castlevania was cool once. Scary and creepy movies, too, before fascination with human mutilation and misery swept through popular entertainment.
@daveh30 Except Inspector Gadget, at least on LATAM it was not available until close to a year afterwards.
Anyway, Castlevania is also available on LATAM now, will probably watch tonight.
Been without the internet all week and finally set up today so that's some weekend viewing sorted.
Sweet.
It is available on Netflix in Sweden. Watched the first episode. Pretty good so far.
I watched the first episode last night. I'm gonna have to rewatch it tonight 'cause of having to keep the TV turned down + the AC on. It looked good, though.
I've watched two episodes so far. Not feeling it.
I just finished it. I thought it was really good. It remained faithful to the original characters while at the same time making them far more interesting - Trevor, Sypha, Alucard - and the scriptwriting was very engaging as well. The animation was honestly fantastic, especially during the important fights. The atmosphere really captured the eerie, menacing feeling of Castlevania, so no complaints on that regard either.
It is clearly just the opening act for a story that'll go on further, but it's one damn strong opening act.
It's live in the rest of Europe too, saw it this morning. I think I'm going to watch it tonight.
@aaronsullivan It's Dracula's army laying siege upon human cities as his revenge. Did you expect the gargoyles to give out candy to the kids while chewing on the adults' heads?
@ThomasBW84
how did you get the nes to run netflix?
I just finished binging 7 seasons of Shameless (US). I can't watch this right now.
Just watched the first episode.
Looks really good.
They should do a Ni No Kuni -type RPG based on this series
Netflix on your NES? Not on your nelly!
I just watched the 4 episodes that are available and really liked it. Are they adding more soon?
Looks like an Anime style cartoon from the screenshots I saw on Netflix. Never cared for Anime's cheap animation nor graphic style. Uhggg!
Just watched this afternoon and it's absolut trash - sorry to say. Even by modern day Warren Ellis standards, this is just poora heap of horrible writing paired with mediocre animation and (for the most part) even voice acting.
Even at only 4 episodes, it feels like a total waste of time =(
Absolutely steer clear!
Regardless of how we feel about the show, it going over big with fans may be the only chance we have of getting a proper Castlevania game again.
Binged it this morning. Animation was great, and I especially loved the action scenes, but I was a bit disappointed in the fact that the season was just build up material for next year.
I'm interested in seeing longtime fans' reaction to the gore. Not that I mind it particularly, but it seems more gruesome than I'd imagine most of the games being (especially the older entries), and it definitely pushes beyond the "PG-13 vibe" the director said they were aiming for before release.
I really liked it. It's probably the best game to screen adaptation I've ever seen by a long shot.
Watched Ep 1 and the second wouldn't load. I'll catch the rest later.
Gotta say Warren Ellis script is a little hamtastic and didn't enjoy the animation too much, why try to ape anime but not do it justice. Anyway hoping it gets better there's only four eps to watch so yeah we will see.
I've only seen Episode 1 so far, but my initial impressions aren't good. The writing is laughably bad and the animation is very, very cheap.
I made it half way through the second episode and turned it off.
@nab1 what is LATAM, and what does it have to do with Netflix in Canada?
@daveh30 Latin America, and I thought that by "The Netflix Original stuff is always available day 1" you had implied "in all regions", but now re-reading it, I can see how maybe not.
@nab1 ah, gotcha. My bad.
I watched it, and I loved it. It has characters hailing from Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse and has a lot of the story elements to boot. They also take on a different angle with Trevor Belmont that I won't spoil, but is definitely fun. It does have its horrorcore moments of heavy gore but it's not overdone (and there are a few occasions where it's effectively used humorously)
The animation is very quality, though I did notice a couple little mistakes here and there with coloring (like a frame where something yellow is grey, and in this 1/3 style of animation those little blips are a tiny bit more noticeable)
The voice acting is fantastic but suffers some volume issues here and there where a character gets too quiet.
Aside from those little blips, it's definitely quality and I look forward to season 2! It's already been ordered and will have twice as many episodes. Which is definitely good - four was great, but it left me wanting a lot more. But in a good way!
The dialogues in the first five minutes are painful... Didn't make it past that. Maybe later.
Really looking forward to season 2!
After watching all the episodes, I'm less impressed than I hoped to be with this. The sound and art design is excellent, but the animation is a little choppy, and the story is far more vain, vulgar, and trite than the games' canon version is.
It is awesome. Love the Castlevaina they drew inspiration from.
Confirming its also availavle in Australia
Wow some people are just impossible to please.
This is outstanding. Really intruguing and enjoyable entertainment. Definitely one of the best game to screen adaptations.
Y’all are so harsh with the reviews hahaha
This is fun so far. I know I feel like a miserable pile of secrets. (So I feel like a man.)
I adored it, can't wait for season 2. They went a little cartoonishly evil with the church, but eh, it's fine.
Just watched all four episodes. At the end of the first, and halfway through the second I wasn't sure, but kept watching and ended up thoroughly enjoying it. One of the best game to screen adaptations I've seen
@mozzy1 I was less then impressed with the first episode but it did pick up towards the end. It's not very long so at the very least I can see it through to the end.
Watching on a 4k tv didn't seem to add much as most modern anime looked better. Still only the first episode though so I'll hold off judgement.
I thought the animation was great and the voice acting was well above par, especially Richard Armitage who turned in a very natural performance as Belmont. The main characters were endearing and there were some genuine moments of levity that worked well to balance the dark tone. Loved it and I look forward to seeing more in the future.
@LUIGITORNADO
I'm in the process of doing this right now. Just started season 5. Once I finish Shameless I will move on to Castlevania!
It's actually available in 95 countries!
I watched the first episode yesterday. The story was a bit strange, but the production value is high so I will probably continue watching it. Never played the games back then though.
Does American Netflix offer Japanese audio? Also I've barely played Castlevania will this be worth my time?
Wow... very polarised views so far...
Yes there is gore and swearing but I don't feel they overdid it. The Warren Ellis stamp is all over it and the script delivers for me. The animation is not bad considering this was a test-the-water project. You can bet the second season will up the ante on all fronts.
time to turn on a VPN if you live in a random country I guess
It's available in Canada, too.
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