Topic: On the other hand...

[DragonSlayr81]

I'm sorry, I can't hear you......

...over the sound of how awesome that could be. (if done right)

Berserk has design roots in the 80s, and kept the general art direction even well into the 90s. That being said, of course it looks good. My personal favorite styles of anime originate from the 80s and 90s. I mean, even the anime-esque designs of Richter in RoB or the designs in Bloodlines(which are pretty anime/manga-esque) are pretty badass. Hell, I'd take that and chibi, cutesy Maria over the style see in DoS and PoR(which seems more "safe" and lacking soul). Hell, even more than that dude that does Death Note. I mean, hell, if not Berserk, maybe something City Hunter, M.D Geist, Ghost in the Shell(movie) and the VHD movies.

IMO, that style is more fitting of a CV anime(or anime style fitting for CV in general if anime art was inevitable). Far more fitting if they went to appeal to Naruto, Bleach, or Code Geass(urgh).

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

It would have to be done in the right style definitely.

I like anime, but certain anime style does not fit CV and I felt what was wrong with CVDOS and CVPOR was that it had that "camply" anime flare to it.

For me, it would have to be a more dark and gothic style of anime similar to Berserk,Trinity Blood, or Hellsing for example.

[Flame]

What do you mean by "Current anime designs"?

Because from what i see, most current anime designs are pretty bland shitty moeblob stuffs, because that's what the otakus want, and the otakus are the entire market.

Why not just make a CV anime at that point also? I'd be behind that. something resembling vampire Hunter D or Hellsing Ultimate or something.

[Lelygax]

Brothers Conflict, Free!, Saint Seiya Omega and Shingeki no Kyojin are actual anime and aren't moeblob. That's not exactly what all otakus want (I agree that great part of them are like that) and they dint are completely the entire market, there is people that watch it casually too, they are minority but they still count

I didnt mentioned Naruto, One Piece and Toriko on purpose, since they are a trend, we call it "modinha" here, its like something that is overated, is good but not like someone else says, but people say that its that cool ONLY because they hear another people saying this and they want to be part of something. So I try to ignore these series a bit, even if they are interesting, their Brazilian fanbase at least in some percentage acts like weaboos.

[Shiroi Koumori]

What do you mean by "Current anime designs"?

Because from what i see, most current anime designs are pretty bland shitty moeblob stuffs, because that's what the otakus want, and the otakus are the entire market.

Not just the otaku moe stuff, there is a trend right now to appeal to the otome group.

Brothers Conflict, Free!, Saint Seiya Omega and Shingeki no Kyojin are actual anime and aren't moeblob.

Whoohoo~ speaking of otome power!

You mentioned BroCon!?! damn... I should really watch that one. Wait, have you watched it?

On topic: They should make sure that they get the pretty bishounen character designs and the amazing voice actors. Well, CV always gets awesome Japanese voice actors, so I guess that is a given.
I'm in! Fangirling like crazy. kyaa~ kyaa~ ♥

[DragonSlayr81]

Brothers Conflict, Free!, Saint Seiya Omega and Shingeki no Kyojin are actual anime and aren't moeblob. That's not exactly what all otakus want (I agree that great part of them are like that) and they dint are completely the entire market, there is people that watch it casually too, they are minority but they still count

I didnt mentioned Naruto, One Piece and Toriko on purpose, since they are a trend, we call it "modinha" here, its like something that is overated, is good but not like someone else says, but people say that its that cool ONLY because they hear another people saying this and they want to be part of something. So I try to ignore these series a bit, even if they are interesting, their Brazilian fanbase at least in some percentage acts like weaboos.

I don't think ANY of those you listed have the right "style" for a CV anime(or anime based game). That's just me, though. It has little to do with my actual liking of them too. I love One Piece and Saint Seiya, but those styles are TOTALLY wrong for CV. It's like getting Akira Toriyama to as lead artist from the next CV. I love Toriyama's style(I know some dislike it, but I've always respected it and love it for what it is), but it's just no right for Castlevania. I'd go for something darker, more mature style. An anime style that focuses on more on tight designs and less accented facial features, yet highly detailed.

[Mooning Freddy]

[Shiroi Koumori]

How about the Fate series?

http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Lancer_of_Black

[Trevorcard]

It depends. If its Berserk anime style hell yeah! If its shitty anime that is out nowadays and also having the anime style of some of previous games in the series such as POR and DOS, ummm it wouldn't be artistically appealing to me

[Chernabogue]

Please no more anime in CV, thanks. DoS and PoR are still burning my eyes (not that much, but it felt out of place).

[darkwzrd4]

It would have to be done in the right style definitely.

I like anime, but certain anime style does not fit CV and I felt what was wrong with CVDOS and CVPOR was that it had that "camply" anime flare to it.

For me, it would have to be a more dark and gothic style of anime similar to Berserk,Trinity Blood, or Hellsing for example.

I agree. An anime style CV can work if the style was similar to the series you mentioned. The Hellsing Ultimate series is one of my favorites.

We just can't have the style we saw in DoS and PoR. That style is too bright and cheerful. It reeks of what you would expect in a Saturday morning kid's show. Yuck!!! Definitely not meant for CV.

[Nagumo]

I didn't like Bloodlust's style. I liked Madhouse when they worked with Satoshi Kon. But I didn't like their style in Bloodlust.

Heretic.

Got to agree that Amano would be perfect for Castlevania, though.

As for the main topic, they definitely should try it at least one more time. I don't get why people always think anime has to be wacky. I guess my DVDs are diferent.

[Kingshango]

As long as it doesn't go into moe territory, I'd be ok with it.

[Pfil]

I'll grant you that. But it's the best we have.
Even so, take Kojima's Aria cast, and place it next to what was done in Dawn. It isn't even comparable.

The point is, we haven't exactly seen anime Castlevania truly "done right". Think what you will about RoB, but DoS and PoR weren't exactly artistically stellar. Fundamentally, I wouldn't mind the transition, if it were done tastefully. But I can't quite picture it being done that way.

Good old user downvoting posts just for the sake of doing it (but without posting his own opinion).
Don't worry Intersection, he always does it to me, like in the first post here, which isn't even an opinion.
I fixed that for you  Anyway, you can always use the "Ignore" function in order to prevent that.
I guess it's easier to pick on girls and new users.

What do you mean by "Current anime designs"?

Because from what i see, most current anime designs are pretty bland shitty moeblob stuffs, because that's what the otakus want, and the otakus are the entire market.

Why not just make a CV anime at that point also? I'd be behind that. something resembling vampire Hunter D or Hellsing Ultimate or something.

Well, I guess everyone chooses what kind of anime, since I didn't specified it well. But I was thinking about something like the anime I usually watch. Like Sora No Otoshimono, Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka or High School DxD, only with CV background.

[DragonSlayr81]

How about the Fate series?

http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Lancer_of_Black

While I like the Fate series, I would steer clear of anything Type-Moon related. I think the general art style is less fitting of the CV series(IMO). Of course, that's my perspective on the matter.