This is a great series. Why? The animation is spectacular. The pacing is on point. The characters just developed enough without needing to linger or force them into more than they need to do. It takes familiar themes and organizes them into coherent short-stories and doesn't insist you do more than enjoy the ride. What you don't see coming aren't leaps of faith and forgiveness for lazy plot lines. The only thing that gives me pause when I use the word "lazy" is the dialogue. It's not abjectly cringe-inducing, but it can take you out of a moment that might have otherwise retained a measure of depth that would have pushed a scene into more evocative territory. In one sense, it's okay to feel comfortable enough with the vein you're depicting your characters in, in another, for what is clearly a thoughtful and deliberate piece of work, to kind of fumble on some word choices feels unfortunate. The show dips its toes into genuinely contemplative material regarding greed and death, then hands the keys to the teenager learning how to drive meaningful dialogue. I've never played the games, but the series makes me want to. I wonder if broadly the series is hamstrung by a kind of lightness or wish-fulfillment I'm curious if the games maintain.
Review by WillBlockedParent2021-07-14T02:00:43Z— updated 2021-07-24T00:18:37Z
MY THOUGHTS ON CASTLEVANIA:
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I'm going to start this off strong and say this... I honestly believe Castlevania is the best TV Show to Animation adaption that I have seen. Everything it does was done perfectly. The action was amazing, the dialogue was amazing, the characters were well written, extremely fleshed out and very believable and finally the plot was great. There'es not much more I could have asked from this show.
Of course with most shows there's boring episodes or even seasons and Castlevania was one of those shows but does that make it any less of a show? No. Even with some bad or boring episodes in my eyes Castlevania still manages to be one of the best video game animation adaptations that I have seen. I'm honestly quite gutted that I won't be seeing anymore seasons of this, I really hope the team behind this are thinking of something new.
Overall Castlevania was a brilliant Animation and I'll forever remember it fondly, It's a shame it had to end but all good things must end. I'll miss this one and hopefully one day we get to see some more. If you're looking for an Animation that has some good action scenes, great characters and a good plot then I definitely recommend this. My only concern is at times it definitely drags on and gets a bit stale and boring but if you look past those episodes you'll enjoy it.
Overall rating: 7/10.