Topic: Castlevania Animated Series to be on Netflix?!

[Shiroi Koumori]

Why am I getting a bad feeling about this.... 

[knightmere]

I'm interested in this!

[Nagumo]

[The series is] going to be R-rated as f***

The cringe continues.

Anyway, I hope they get the character designs right. The design from that promotional art in which Trevor holds a cross looks fine to me but I hope they don't use Alucard's CV3 look.

[Dia]

I'll take something over nothing, but I think it's still too early to make any real judgment calls.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

The fact that Shankar refers to this as "r rated as f**k" and "very much Castlevania done in the vein of Game of Thrones" is all my worst nightmares come to life.

No project described that way has ever been good in the end.

[Kamirine]

Kinda feeling cautious about this.  On the one hand, just the fact that we're getting anything Castlevania related at all is wonderful...but the way it's being described makes me raise an eyebrow.  More so since this still based on Castlevania 3 (my favorite game in the series).

It really just depends on the presentation, so I'll reserve further judgement until we see something.  I'd be lying if I said I wasn't kinda happy about this happening at all though. 

[theplottwist]

"very much Castlevania done in the vein of Game of Thrones"

The guy throws so much bullshit buzzwords around we can barely understand what this even means at all.

I am at a zero faith state. Erotic Violence is, IMO, the lowest point the series ever reached. I don't think it will go below this, but I'm also so sure this won't do the story justice that I won't even be disappointed if this happens.

If it sounds like I'm almost wishing this to fail, that's because I understand that Shankar and Ellis can throw some insanely retarded stuff at the general people, and have they swallow it as if it were candy. And I'm afraid this will be the case here.

If the script hasn't changed, then they will say bullshit like "Sypha has a ~grandfather~ and is a ~Speaker~" and will be praised for this crap. Forget Sypha acting in disguise or the hypocrisy of the Church of hunting witches while it has one serving under them.

[TatteredSeraph]

While I'm hoping that it turns out well, I'm feeling very cautious about this.  I'm planning to reserve judgement on it until more info is out, maybe even wait until it's actually out.  The concept art for the Warren Ellis project years ago was promising, with Alucard's design drawing more from his SotN onwards look rather than his original appearance in CVIII (i.e pretty looks and long flowing white-blonde hair).  It could go either way though, and either be amazing, or be as bad as we fear.  We will see later this year.  I did find this article as well: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/02/09/first-time-warren-ellis-wrote-castlevania-animation-ten-years-ago/.

[Belmontoya]

Let's remember that these guys are taking on a series with a divided and bitter fan base and that takes guts.

I agree that when you speculate there are things to wonder about. But I for one am choosing to just take a deep breath and save my judgements or concerns until we see it.

I just don't have the energy to get riled up about sketchy comments or anything like that. It's very easy to say the wrong thing even when your heart is in the right place.

I'm going to give it a fair and unbiased chance.
It won't be LOS. We know that.

I'll always be an optimist for the future of CV.

[zangetsu468]

I think at this stage pessimism won't help the series, so I agree with Belmontoya. I will remain unswayed and not jump to conclusions or opinions without at least seeing a trailer for the series. 

Interesting if it's 4 shorter episodes, whether they'll introduce or focus one one party member per ep, like a mini arc.

Fingers crossed it's faithful to the series and the original idea.

Not to think too far ahead but it could re-interest old fans while introducing new ones.

[TatteredSeraph]

I think at this stage pessimism won't help the series, so I agree with Belmontoya. I will remain unswayed and not jump to conclusions or opinions without at least seeing a trailer for the series. 

Interesting if it's 4 shorter episodes, whether they'll introduce or focus one one party member per ep, like a mini arc.

Fingers crossed it's faithful to the series and the original idea.

Not to think too far ahead but it could re-interest old fans while introducing new ones.

Let's hope so.  Let's hope so.  

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Not to be Johnny Raincloud on the people who are saying it won't be like Lords of Shadow, but Lords of Shadow is EXACTLY what you get when you try to make a "srs bizness" Castlevania game "in the vein of Game of Thrones".

What Shankar has described sounds more or less EXACTLY like Lords of Shadow to me at this rate. We need a trailer, and stat, so we can get more info beyond his very vague but worrying word choices.

But, by that exact same token, look at how this announcement gets the old fans hearts pumping again and we start crawling out of the woodwork like the undead plague ourselves. For better or worse, this may just be the shot in the arm that the fandom needed to live again. I haven't seen the fandom this active since Bloodstained was first announced!

[zangetsu468]

Not to be Johnny Raincloud on the people who are saying it won't be like Lords of Shadow, but Lords of Shadow is EXACTLY what you get when you try to make a "srs bizness" Castlevania game "in the vein of Game of Thrones".

Well LOTR>>>GOT imho. It was made to feel like ti had an expansive unknown world crawling with creatures. It succeeded to this extent.

I am hoping the artstyle of this series keeps is more goth/grit and doesn't turn into "Anime hour"

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I am hoping the artstyle of this series keeps is more goth/grit and doesn't turn into "Anime hour"

Less grit, more goth. More camp too, as that's been a consistent staple of Castlevania. There's always been something of a campy silliness to most of the titles, which even the first Lords of Shadow had via the Chupacabras. Even Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness, two of the darkest entries in the series for a LONG TIME both visually and thematically (both dealing very heavily with themes of self-destructive rage and the seeking of vengeance) didn't skimp on the camp humor.

As Joss Whedon taught so well: "Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke."
The older entries knew this, and we got some great moments out of it, even if it's just a hilariously anachronistic and out of place food item with a silly flavor text.

Fortunately, Warren Ellis is behind some of the best writing Iron Man and Spider Man ever got, so there's some serious potential for this.

[JR]

But, by that exact same token, look at how this announcement gets the old fans hearts pumping again and we start crawling out of the woodwork like the undead plague ourselves. For better or worse, this may just be the shot in the arm that the fandom needed to live again. I haven't seen the fandom this active since Bloodstained was first announced!

This. I'm kind of doubtful this will boost any awareness of the series in a positive way, but I'm hoping like hell that it does. It would be nice to have an enjoyable, noteworthy animated series with the Castlevania name on it.

I'm hoping all the "FUGGINVIOLENCEBRO" talk coming from the producer is just hyperbole. I admittedly enjoy pretty violent stuff, but making this some kind of gorefest would kind of cheapen the CV series, IMO. I mean, as long as it's not an animated version of Riki-Oh, or anything...