Netflix's Castlevania animated series premiers this week, and off-screen footage has emerged showing the introduction sequence and two key scenes.
The quality of the footage isn't great and those of you wanting to feel the full impact of the production might be advised to wait until it launches officially on the 7th July, but for those of you who simply cannot resist there are three clips embedded below.
The first is the intro, the second shows a major action scene involving Trevor and a grumpy cyclops and the third is Dracula's wife (and Alucard's mother) Lisa arriving at his castle.
While it's hard to make out the finer details the animation seems pretty solid and the character designs look like a neat mixture between Castlevania III's artwork and that seen in the more recent Mirror of Fate on 3DS. The cast is solid as well, and we get a brief sample of their vocal talents in these clips.
Will you be tuning in when this launches on Netflix? Let us know by sinking your fangs into the comments below.
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Making a story out of dodgy phone footage which hasn't even been granted permission from the production team themselves?
Come on guys, you're better than this. This isn't news. It's poor man's gossip.
Hell yes I'll be watching. It looks so good so far. Hope it lives up to the trailer. 👍
Not gonna watch the footage, but VERY excited for this! Roll on Friday!
This looks better than I imagined.
Curiosity piqued!
Looking good based on what I can see, and very much in line with all the classic Manga/anime animations that we saw in the UK in the '90s under the Manga UK label--totally in-fitting with Castlevania in general--which makes me happy. The only thing I'd like to see [hear] a little more of is some cool Castlevania-esq action music during the action scenes* (it was a bit hard to hear here); so hopefully we get some more of that in some of the scenes we haven't seen.
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRHxiLB8rO4
PS. This kind of look really is Castlevania at its best imo (which the animation seems to capture pretty well):
Obviously you can't put the same amount of detail into a weekly TV animation, but the general look is classic Castlevania and very stylish and sexy, just like vampires are supposed to be.
I'm def gonna be binge watching this on Netflix--and maybe it will actually encourage Netflix to put a lot more of the classic Manga movies onto the service too, because it's sorely missing stuff like Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Vampire Hunter D, etc.
@HappyMaskedGuy Gossip? So the footage is....fake?
@HappyMaskedGuy What are you, owned by one of these production companies or something?
See my post above. . . .
This "gossip" got me hyped for the show and posting about it in a way that hypes other people even more--it's basically only doing this show good as far as I can see--so stop acting like some corporate shill.
Fandom, hype, and hardcore consumer interest is built on stuff like this.
I see @HappyMaskedGuy is still in a pleasant mood!
@impurekind Don't forget Battle Angel Alita!
What is a man?
@MartyFlanMJFan More like AngryMaskedGuy AMIRITE?
Hype!
Why can't the Mega Man animated series be this sleek in quality?
Just read it's only 4 episodes that are 30 minutes each, that's not a "series" or "season", it's a 2 hour movie - less after you remove all the beginning and ending credits. If it all goes online at once guess Netflix is looking for "the most binge watched show ever" honours. I'll be one of them.
@Damo Until it's officially verified, is it news?
@NickOfTime90 You are so right
@MartyFlanMJFan Can't be happy all the time
@Damo Definition of Gossip:
'Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.'
So yeah- gossip. In this case regarding a cartoon rather than a person.
Looking good.
@impurekind That's grand. But that doesn't make this news. It's more akin to a peeping tom.
Is this the one where the produce said:
"It's gonna be so cool and adult. we'll have TONS of swears guys, yeah!"
Animation looks good. But if they stick to that feaux-maturity (like BG&E2) you can count me out.
I'll watch this when it releases! I hope they manage to expand on Lisa and Dracula's relationship - I always though Symphony could have a bigger backstory.
@rjejr Huh, I didn't realize it was that short. A four-episode OVA is very typical for a high-production anime series like this one though. Hopefully it does well enough to warrant a few more (longer) seasons.
@business-scrub "A four-episode OVA is very typical for a high-production anime series like this one though."
Thanks for that, makes me feel better. I'm old, I'm still getting used to TV series being 10-13 episodes. I'm realizing I like it more, 22 episodes just drags on forever w/ a bunch of bad filler episodes, but 4 to me seems like "What's the point, just make a 2 hour movie?" But if that's the way it's done, then that's the way it's done. Glad I know, would hate to go in expecting a dozen episodes to have it end in 4. Though can it end in 4? I hate major cliffhangers. Little ones are ok, but not actually hanging from a cliff.
@HappyMaskedGuy So let me get this right.
You think that someone faked the footage above by creating three different animated segments (including one which is quite action heavy and would have taken a lot of work)?
You don't consider this to be the real deal?
I didn't not watch the footage, but I willl definitely watch day of. I hope this is well done. Netflix has the best original series of all the streaming in my opinion, so I am hoping for the best.
@HappyMaskedGuy Wait so every story they published about NX rumors was beneath them? Because I've never seen you take this stance before.
This is worth getting a Netflix subscription for. I will be there at the earliest possible opportunity.
If this is even half as good as the Voltron series, we're all in for a treat.
Please be faithful to the source material Please be faithful to the source material Please be faithful to the source material.
Longtime lurker, first time poster.... My dream is that this Netflix series is a huge success that will force Konami to create a remake of Castlevania 3 for Switch. A man can dream.
Woah!... That title sequence is to die for.
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@Damo I think you misunderstand my meaning. What I'm saying is that because this hasn't been verified by more reliable sources, or better, the proprieters themselves, then this can't really be considered news. It's more like rumour.
News would be an interview with the creators, some inside perspective on the project, or first hand attendance at the reveal event shown in the videos provided. Otherwise, it's easy to perceive such an article as passing off shoddy mobile footage as legitimate news. Which is not a good route for any reputable news source. Be it true or not.
I know it sounds rude, or fussy. But I only mean it as (perhaps overly so) constructive criticism.
I'll definitely be tuning in on Friday morning (probably will watch all 4 episodes in one sitting). Castlevania is a series I've always been interested in, but haven't fully checked out (only played the Castlevania Adventure on 3DS VC, lol). Still gotta finish up GLOW before then, which has been pretty good.
Also, to those wondering, when the project was announced, Netflix said they ordered 2 seasons, so there will be more sometime in 2018.
Also, it's technically not anime. It's more like Nikelodeon's Avatar franchise, in that it's produced by a Western studio, and is just stylized in an anime look. This ISN'T to say it'll be bad or a lesser quality (I personally think it looks good, and enjoyed Avatar, for the record), just pointing it out.
@HappyMaskedGuy I don't think most people care about the exact definition. lol
@8itmap_k1d Another good one to add to the list.
@impurekind No worse than living in a world of half baked definitions and apathetic plurality. But you're obviously SO above all that stuff, ya.
If you stop asking for better, you'll get worse. Sneering at folk who know better is a fool's errand.
@HappyMaskedGuy mmhmm.
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