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CASTLEVANIA: NOCTURNE premieres September 28th on Netflix. Trailer 7/27/23
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Really enjoyed the first two seasons, looking forward to this one.
Wolf Parade
Member
Wait, people didn't like seasons 3-4 of Castlevania? Any reason in particular? I thought the whole series was excellent.
Dynasty8
Member
I loved them all... and I'm not even a fan of "anime". Everything about the Castlevania shows was incredible IMO.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I really want to watch these Castlevania shows.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
I remember I tried to watch the second series and it was just awful so dropped it. I'm assuming it didn't get any better and this is just anouther inevitable letdown.
Jack Videogames
Member
Joseph Joestar?
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
“You’re not the boss of me, Dad!” is kind of Alucard’s whole thing.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Holy shit...there were four seasons....I guess they just melted together in my brain.
Fan of all of them. Really liked the fight scene at the end of the last season. Yeah, yeah..."i'm a mark ass mark" etc etc
Jack Package
Member
When Nocturne was announced they said it was an adaptation of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. Should be a couple of seasons, at least.
So....Alucard is confirmed which means well...SOTN. Good!
Jack Package
Member
Personally, it was Alucard having a three way with a creepy brother and sister.
Vampires, like pirates, are sexually ambiguous. I get it. That just felt shoe-horned in and like it was pretty tacky filler crap.
JimboJones
Member
I think it was mostly season 3 they went a bit overboard with the sex scenes, didn't ruin it for me or anything but not my cuppa tea either, thankfully it was toned down again in season 4.
Looking to this regardless
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Stitch
Gold Member
Fbh
Member
I thought S3 was slow and boring, it builds towards an underwhelming climax and the Alucard storyline was terrible.
S4 was better but had too many storylines and not enough time to properly develop all of them in a satisfying manner.
Also Trevor and Sypha almost start feeling like filler characters, it's like the writers kept them around because it was expected for them to be there, but they didn't really have anything interesting for them to do until the final episode.
I also liked the internal dynamic between Alucard, Trevor and Sypha but, again, after S2 the 3 of them aren't together until the final episode.
LaughingStock
Member
I didn't like the second season but I can't remember why. 1st season was ok.
Madflavor
Member
As far as I know, all 4 seasons of Castlevania are generally well liked. Season 3 gets some criticism for feeling like a filler Season, but it was clear that they were setting up a lot of plotlines to be fulfilled and paid off in the next couple seasons. Problem is instead of the planned 5 seasons, they had 4, which is why elements of Season 4 felt rushed, especially with Hector and Isaac's storylines. But they did a great job with the action, and wrapping everything up in a neat bow. Trevor vs Death was pretty amazing.
kondorBonk
Member
I wasn't expecting this to return but I'm stoked. I enjoyed the series the whole way through and Richter has my favorite castlevania games to adapt. I do think It's kinda funny that they would be skipping Simon Belmont but maybe he can get a flash back or movie one day. It does feel like a property you could see easily adapt to live action so his character may be "off limits" for some other project.
All that really matters is the half baked lineage re-imagining from Lord of Shadows/Mirror of Fate can be forgotten to time. God, what a cliche embarrassment.
All that really matters is the half baked lineage re-imagining from Lord of Shadows/Mirror of Fate can be forgotten to time. God, what a cliche embarrassment.
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Jack Package
Member
I can't be too mad, for it brought me my wonderful waifuI think it was mostly season 3 they went a bit overboard with the sex scenes, didn't ruin it for me or anything but not my cuppa tea either, thankfully it was toned down again in season 4.
Looking to this regardless
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Who's on the left?
So....Alucard is confirmed which means well...SOTN. Good!
New character maybe.
John Bilbo
Member
It was a mistake to get rid of Dracula so early in the original series as he was the most interesting character in the show.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Love this series. Can't wait.
Minsc
Gold Member
Arcane > This >>>> Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk had like 1 or maybe 2 great episodes and pacing that said don't give a fuck about this show.
2 things definitely don't work in shows for me:
1 - Cyberpunk's skip forward. Introduce a fun setting and characters in the first two episodes then advance the story so fast that hardly anyone / anything is recognizable in the third episode. This show suffers from many things, primarily trying to shove what should be 3 or 4 seasons of story in to 3 or 4 episodes.
2 - Shows that constantly throw side stories instead of advancing the main plot - like Demon Slayer. You get your side stories in Season 1, after that, I don't give a fuck about anyone new and their sappy-ass stories.
Cyberpunk had like 1 or maybe 2 great episodes and pacing that said don't give a fuck about this show.
2 things definitely don't work in shows for me:
1 - Cyberpunk's skip forward. Introduce a fun setting and characters in the first two episodes then advance the story so fast that hardly anyone / anything is recognizable in the third episode. This show suffers from many things, primarily trying to shove what should be 3 or 4 seasons of story in to 3 or 4 episodes.
2 - Shows that constantly throw side stories instead of advancing the main plot - like Demon Slayer. You get your side stories in Season 1, after that, I don't give a fuck about anyone new and their sappy-ass stories.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Maybe Shaft's kid? Shaft has one hell of a visual upgrade in Nocturne too. Looks pimp as hell.Who's on the left?
New character maybe.
KiteGr
Member
I see 2 women besides Ricter.... one with dredlocks.
So....Alucard is confirmed which means well...SOTN. Good!
This is going to be their show... Isn't it?!
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
You...do know that Maria is one of the two playable main characters in Rondo of Blood and is actually better than Richter during gameplay right? Right?
tmlDan
Member
It is all incredible, 3 and 4 are better than 1 and 2. People are weird lol
Lucifers Beard
Member
Looks great, I’m in. Although I love Anime so take that as you will!
March Climber
Member
People got upset over a single, threesome episode, and dismissed all of the amazing moments of the last two seasons because of it.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
The animation looks incredible! Can't wait!
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
This looks fuggin' fantastic.
digdug2
Member
You should. It's a good binge.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
kunonabi
Member
The rest of the series was shit too outside of the very first episode.
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March Climber
Member
The Skull
Member
Looks incredible. The previous series was excellent in it's handling of characters and I look forward to what seems to be a more personal story for Richter and how he is developed, same as with Trevor. I hear it's supposed to be covering Rondo/SOTN so it'll be interesting to see how close they stick to the games.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Guess I have to resub
