I had this exact rant with my friends while we were watching it. Wall-chicken needs to be somehow implemented in the show. Flying impossible-to-hit Medusa heads need to be in it as well.
It is sooooooo good, thought it was going to be really bad, but it's super cool and good watched it all in the middle of the night and it was real good.
Fun fact, the town of Gresit that most of the action takes place does not actually exist, or to be more exact, it dosen't have that name. I think it's supposed to be the town of Resita? I think, by the architecture and location. I say this because gresit, in romanian, means wrong. I don't know how it got from Resita to Gresit but it's kinda funny. But niiiiiiiiiiiiiice attention to detail in this show! They really made Targoviste look similar!
yeah... i don't get it either...in that region of romania there are more catholic people then orthodox, but I think it fits better with the gothic aesthetic of the show that EVERYONE is catholic. I mean i'm seeking realism in a show with ninja priests
Castlevania's universe works slightly differently to our own. The Church is much more powerful (and is a keeper of secret magic). I'm fairly certain that schisms never rock the church like they do in our timeline and the intrusion of cosmic forces alter the political and social geography slightly. If it makes you feel any better, the source material is much much worse. The original Castlevania III (which this series is based off) refers to Wallachia as a 'village' and has 18th century pirates running around in the 1400s.
The best part of the Castlevania show: NO SPARKLING VAMPIRES!! Also, despite not going in depth about the romance between Dracula and his wife, the first episode was still a better love story than Twilight.
@@bunni3435 you are so awesome. I've been wondering this for years because he uses it in a lot of videos, and finally decided to look at the comments of this video
It might just be me but I kinda feel like you should come up with your own nomenclature now that his videos are kind of known for this title set up. Your samurai jack video wasn't called "why you should watch" and in his videos he places so much emphasis on that title and really seems to like dragging it out and making it his real thesis, I'm just being honest here but this isn't really a "why you should watch", it's a "if you like castlevania; should you watch it?" it's just doesn't really strike me as good form so to speak to use the super eyepatch set up now that those are continuing to get more popular, and it's something he's picking up steam with.
Dude, I just randomly happened upon your channel and I feel like I've struck oil. I love your video essays. Thank you so much for all of your good work!
This show is awesome. The first season was just an appetizer to see how well the show was recieved amongs the fans before continue the development of more episodes. Now, we have 8 more episodes coming on October 26th.
Just watched it today, and I had the same feeling! As soon as he showed up, I got so pumped! I'm not a Castlevania veteran, but I've played a ton of SoTN, so it helped draw me in more.
Hard to say. In the actual Castlevania games, he was evil. As for this show, we don't really know yet. He didn't really need to murder every woman and child just because religious dumbasses murdered his wife.
FrownyFace But Alucard words are the key to understand WHY HE MUSY BE KILLED. Because he is so blinded with revenge that he thinks that everyone in the earth is guilty of the death of Lisa, Alucard already said it in the first episode: ''I suffer with you too, but I can't let you commit genocide!'' (Sorry if I have mistakes but english is not my native language)
@@BubblesTheBard can't tell if you're joking or not. If was so painfully slow and void of plot. Wtf woyld i want to watch three people sit in a library for ages while vampires debate over their boring politics. None of the characters even give a shit aboyt the plot
Definitely a great show with plenty of room for improvement. Actually, a lot of room for improvement. But I'm taking is more as a silver-lining. With all the improvement that can be done and yet the show we got is as great as it is, it really sets the stage for the potential of the following season(s). If done right, Netflix can churn out something truly remarkable and as an avid fan of the series, that's certainly something to look forward to.
fuck this anime is amazing. IT took the simple plot of Castlevania 3 and expanded on it by adding scenes from symphony of the night such as Alucards mom being burnt on a cross
Pure entertainment 9/10 but over all I will give it 7 /10 for the fact a few issues I take especially one of the big issue from the show from knowing a lot of history from Medieval and Ancient times. When making friction in a historical setting they need to take into consideration some facts. When it comes to the Roman Catholic & Orthodoxy Churches they were not anti-Science especially when reading up who Titus Flavius Clemens, Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, and others were. To summarize it: "All these very modern-sounding (even Darwinian) ideas were accepted by Medieval scholars without the slightest problem and the Church had no difficulty with them either - indeed, William of Conches, like all other Medieval scientists - was a churchman." -Tim O'Neill By the way Tim O'Neill is a agnostic leaning atheist that loves history.
Fourth season is out and it's absolutely lit. I hate that it's the end of this, but I'm glad this still remains as the absolute greatest vide-game adaptation.
I really liked the Show. Also i am german and in german Dracula has the Same voice that Dr House has. And Holy shit this voice makes the Show so much better. I like the animations and as far as i can say right now, i am faithfull that the upcomming seasons will be pretty okay. Also everyone who likes Hellsing will have a good time watching this.
I actually preferred this season to the later ones, no fat, no boring stuff. Just a fairly grounded story with a handful of likeable characters. The later seasons delve into different houses of vampires and suddenly I didn't care anymore. Plus when Dracula died I thought the show lost it's central pillar.
Watching this video and listening to the background music made me realize how much I want Bloody Tears and Iron Blue Intention to show up in future episodes.
So what you’re saying is despite how short something can be it can still provide quality entertainment and satisfaction. Thanks for the confidence boost
In 2017 I saw S1 and immediately wanted more seasons and I hadn't played any of the games but the theme song was always bad ass and the cover on Netflix was like woooooe this $hiet has to be dope. Years later I'm binge watching with all 4 seasons and bought the Castlevania bundle. I am ready! Just finished S2!!
Man that first episode. Basically I was Rick when he watch the purge. Me:Yeah Dracula murder those religious idiots. *slashes woman* Me:yeah oh. *rips guys head* Me:oh. *shows kid dead body* Oh no. *demon slams kid to wall* *guts and organs everywhere* Oh *barp* Yup Mike u can use watch Netflix now.
As far as the games goes this could have another 3 more seasons of 4 episodes each, any more content it would feel more like... fillers? i mean they already have Alucard + Belmont working together which is... pretty much what is needed to kill Dracula so... Why ruin a nice ass show with content that doesn't feel fitting?, what else they could bring to the show?, asides killing Dracula which is like the ultimate plot goal you know.
They could always do as in Castlevania 2. Distribute Dracula's body parts to different castle and let them be guarded by Dracula's minions. Then recollect the parts to resurrect him just to kill him again. Then bury him and die by some wound later on. :)
I love looking at reviews because they support the very good qualities on shows that can inspire people to watch it as well with the same appeals of enjoyment.
It's severely influenced by the general Anime style, and is a Japanese property. I feel like someone can be forgiven for not realizing that it's American
Anything animated to some is anime. A matter of perspective no wrong answer perhaps.? I thing symbols mean nothing and could also mean anything at the same time.
I think the reason they included as much as they did from SoTN is because it's really the only bit of story you can inject into the older games. Alucard's involvement in 3 made it the perfect frame to base the "Belmont vs Dracula" narrative around, because outside of it, there isn't much you can do with the other classic games. It'd be very much "Dracula does a naughty, Belmont goes and gives him a spanking" and everything else would have to be invented around it. Simon's Quest might make a decent short film if you worked on it a bit and Rondo of Blood would be the only other Castlevania that could tie to Symphony, yet I'm glad they chose 3, even if Rondo is my favorite of the old games.
i got curious about the show a while ago (not knowing anything about the games at the time) and watched it and LOVED it. it's definitely gotten me interested in the game series which is great!! for now i'm just waiting for the next season(s) to come out ugh they really left me hanging and needing more...
I think the pacing in the 3 season was so bad i didn't even finish it . There were 4 plots all happening side by side . And for some reason 2 of them turned into sex scenes . 4/10
"Faithful to the games," he says. But where's the secret wall chicken, huh?? Where is it??! 0/10
They haven't reached the castle yet.
Wall-chicken and medusa heads for S2
Hyyyyype
I had this exact rant with my friends while we were watching it. Wall-chicken needs to be somehow implemented in the show. Flying impossible-to-hit Medusa heads need to be in it as well.
That's a little extreme. 2/10 seems more reasonable.
ironfistfaggot And he won't just say it once, but again and again like a tired joke your uncle would tell.
If only Berserk got animation quality like this!
angelo demary true. Get these guys to make Berserk
Heard so many people say this hope they make it true
Cough cough
Wink wink
@inspirational poptarts yea i heard
I don't know how many people noticed when Dracula says there are no innocents, he stabs his own hand with his sharp nails, and starts to bleed
Yea I noticed that aswell. I kinda called it to.
D. Cooliest I think it’s great attention to Minute detail that really drew me in to this series I’m hype for season 2
Yeah I liked that to
Wait, what is that referencing?
@@oopsiexistnow it just means that dracula is not innocent either
The fight
choreography is the show was the best i've ever seen. the knife kick into the orge's head and the way trevors whip moves. Just amazing
Tervor Belmont is voiced by Thorin Oakenshield and Dracula is voiced by Dwalin :)
WinterSplinterM.II This is an alternate plot where the dwarves just got sick with Thorin's Sh!t (where he pretty much gets them besieged in Erebor)
A swashbuckler, a wizard, and a magus walk into a castle...
Duncan Shepherd sounds like a DnD campaign if I've ever heard one
There a goblin wearing a top hat serving drinks,
The more I think about it, the more I realize that the best fantasy stories are just D&D campaigns played very intensely in character.
Nya, nya, nya.
and everything explodes
Didn't event know this existed thanks Marcus.
Same. Looks lit tho imma watch it now
It is sooooooo good, thought it was going to be really bad, but it's super cool and good watched it all in the middle of the night and it was real good.
Connor Herbert same I watched it while I was on vacation at like 1am
Yesssssss
Oh shit two favorite TH-camrs wth😭
Dang, Nick, is that you?
Fun fact, the town of Gresit that most of the action takes place does not actually exist, or to be more exact, it dosen't have that name. I think it's supposed to be the town of Resita? I think, by the architecture and location. I say this because gresit, in romanian, means wrong. I don't know how it got from Resita to Gresit but it's kinda funny. But niiiiiiiiiiiiiice attention to detail in this show! They really made Targoviste look similar!
ismiruna I still don't get why everyone is Catholic
yeah... i don't get it either...in that region of romania there are more catholic people then orthodox, but I think it fits better with the gothic aesthetic of the show that EVERYONE is catholic. I mean i'm seeking realism in a show with ninja priests
Speakers totally aren't Catholic, though.
ismiruna Ahaw wait it literally means wrong in Romanian? Ahaha that's a great little Easter Egg!
Castlevania's universe works slightly differently to our own. The Church is much more powerful (and is a keeper of secret magic). I'm fairly certain that schisms never rock the church like they do in our timeline and the intrusion of cosmic forces alter the political and social geography slightly.
If it makes you feel any better, the source material is much much worse. The original Castlevania III (which this series is based off) refers to Wallachia as a 'village' and has 18th century pirates running around in the 1400s.
The character design of this show is really REALLY nice to me, like it just works for me
The best part of the Castlevania show: NO SPARKLING VAMPIRES!!
Also, despite not going in depth about the romance between Dracula and his wife, the first episode was still a better love story than Twilight.
i dunno, alucard sparkled pretty hard
but at least he kicked ass afterward so it's fine
sparkling vampires have not been a relevant thing for many years now
AHAHAH HE SAID THE THING IT'S LIKE IT'S 2010 ALL OVER AGAIN
For many years
Until D I O. There I did the OTHER thing
Zayaan Nashrid DIO?!?!
im not gonna lie i feel like you're still not giving enough credit to how amazing this show is
this might be random but I Honestly like ur voice
ty
The Cosmonaut Variety Hour I like it more! >:3
Kinda sounds like Ezra Miller
The Cosmonaut Variety Hour your voice is sex
Who isnt?? I mean I’m here partly becouse of it!!
Season 2 is really fucking good
AND IT USES THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WHEN THEY BREACH DRACULA'S CASTLE
What's the music that he plays during that bit with the Jazzy Skeletons?
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night - Wandering Ghosts
It's from the colosseum :)
Darude Sandstorm
@@bunni3435 you are so awesome. I've been wondering this for years because he uses it in a lot of videos, and finally decided to look at the comments of this video
Call the Super Eyepatch Wolf!
I SWEAR I WAS MAKING THESE BEFORE I KNEW HE DID THEM TOO OK
It might just be me but I kinda feel like you should come up with your own nomenclature now that his videos are kind of known for this title set up. Your samurai jack video wasn't called "why you should watch" and in his videos he places so much emphasis on that title and really seems to like dragging it out and making it his real thesis, I'm just being honest here but this isn't really a "why you should watch", it's a "if you like castlevania; should you watch it?" it's just doesn't really strike me as good form so to speak to use the super eyepatch set up now that those are continuing to get more popular, and it's something he's picking up steam with.
The Cosmonaut Variety Hour I'll be honest I don't care what they use as a title. I love cosmonaught content. Keep up the good!
The Cosmonaut Variety Hour DO THEM TOO, HE UPLOADS ONCE A MONTH YIU THINK I CAN LIVE WITH THAT?
@@cosmonautvarietyhour you make awesome videos
Trevor belmont and alucard are so delicious god damnnn
Princess Jello that would be sweet love sandwich - me between them both....hmm,yummy..... ;-)
Angelique Laforese same
Trevor looks more hot than Alucard.
Admittedly Alucard is what spawned my blond men fetish, luckily my boyfriend has long blond hair and a long coat and loves to fence so yeeeah
Yes preach!!!!!😍
Dude, I just randomly happened upon your channel and I feel like I've struck oil. I love your video essays. Thank you so much for all of your good work!
This show is awesome. The first season was just an appetizer to see how well the show was recieved amongs the fans before continue the development of more episodes. Now, we have 8 more episodes coming on October 26th.
Coming back after I watched Season 3. And hell yeah - the writing, the dialogues - everything is set up very nicely and carefully.
As long as Alucard is in it, I'll watch it!
Just watched it today, and I had the same feeling! As soon as he showed up, I got so pumped! I'm not a Castlevania veteran, but I've played a ton of SoTN, so it helped draw me in more.
Dracula did nothing wrong.
He was the protagonist in my view.
Hard to say. In the actual Castlevania games, he was evil. As for this show, we don't really know yet.
He didn't really need to murder every woman and child just because religious dumbasses murdered his wife.
FrownyFace But Alucard words are the key to understand WHY HE MUSY BE KILLED.
Because he is so blinded with revenge that he thinks that everyone in the earth is guilty of the death of Lisa, Alucard already said it in the first episode:
''I suffer with you too, but I can't let you commit genocide!''
(Sorry if I have mistakes but english is not my native language)
Griffith reference xD
Well, if one of your only experience of humans was them burning your wife at the stake, I would say he is pretty justified
Can't wait for your thoughts on S2. It's probably my favorite show since S1 of True Detective. It's insanely good.
This is the closest we have to a good video game movie
Hope he talks about season 2
Yeah it was so garbage
@@zackgravity7284 are you insane? it was great!
@@BubblesTheBard can't tell if you're joking or not. If was so painfully slow and void of plot. Wtf woyld i want to watch three people sit in a library for ages while vampires debate over their boring politics. None of the characters even give a shit aboyt the plot
@@zackgravity7284 you don't know what plot means. Learn how to pay attention to dialogue.
@@zackgravity7284 bad take
Definitely a great show with plenty of room for improvement. Actually, a lot of room for improvement. But I'm taking is more as a silver-lining. With all the improvement that can be done and yet the show we got is as great as it is, it really sets the stage for the potential of the following season(s). If done right, Netflix can churn out something truly remarkable and as an avid fan of the series, that's certainly something to look forward to.
I love how your “why you should watch” videos are informative and interesting but don’t spoil anything. You rock!
fuck this anime is amazing. IT took the simple plot of Castlevania 3 and expanded on it by adding scenes from symphony of the night such as Alucards mom being burnt on a cross
You're doing awesome Marcus. These videos are great, keep it up!
Now that I come back. You need to make another one. The show is way better now then before and has some how been baller for 3 seasons straight.
"Season 2" Is awesome - better still than by a lot - and there is theme from game ant one epic scene. I just hope they will make third.
Boy oh boy you're in luck
Honestly I feel like you're giving the show less credit than it deserves, it's an 8/10 the LEAST and the first four episodes are just a taste
Pure entertainment 9/10 but over all I will give it 7 /10 for the fact a few issues I take especially one of the big issue from the show from knowing a lot of history from Medieval and Ancient times.
When making friction in a historical setting they need to take into consideration some facts. When it comes to the Roman Catholic & Orthodoxy Churches they were not anti-Science especially when reading up who Titus Flavius Clemens, Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, and others were.
To summarize it:
"All these very modern-sounding (even Darwinian) ideas were accepted by Medieval scholars without the slightest problem and the Church had no difficulty with them either - indeed, William of Conches, like all other Medieval scientists - was a churchman." -Tim O'Neill By the way Tim O'Neill is a agnostic leaning atheist that loves history.
They could have made Belmont and the the main characters work with the church in fighting the villains, that would had be more realistic.
God, the animation is so bloody beautiful. I am literally taking screenshots of this.
Thank you for putting me on to this show! I wouldn't have watched it otherwise, but its amazing so far!
We need more episodes, Netflix! I love this series so damn much that it’s actually gotten me into Castlevania
Fourth season is out and it's absolutely lit. I hate that it's the end of this, but I'm glad this still remains as the absolute greatest vide-game adaptation.
Bro that video must be in the slow cooker because it's been 3 YEARS
He would eventually get bloody tears, which sounded amazing!
I really liked the Show. Also i am german and in german Dracula has the Same voice that Dr House has. And Holy shit this voice makes the Show so much better. I like the animations and as far as i can say right now, i am faithfull that the upcomming seasons will be pretty okay.
Also everyone who likes Hellsing will have a good time watching this.
Castlevania season two is the shit, Marcus.
Why do you think that?
Praying for you to talk about season 2
I actually preferred this season to the later ones, no fat, no boring stuff. Just a fairly grounded story with a handful of likeable characters. The later seasons delve into different houses of vampires and suddenly I didn't care anymore. Plus when Dracula died I thought the show lost it's central pillar.
I want more.
Also time to watch it again while playing some castlevania original soundtrack in the background
Can't wait for castlevania season 2
I can't either!
It drops October 26th
Watching this video and listening to the background music made me realize how much I want Bloody Tears and Iron Blue Intention to show up in future episodes.
Imagine if they used the reverse castle catacombs music during the slaughter. Nightmares for days.
Came back to rewatch this video after finishing season 3. Can't believe this was the first cosmonaut quickie.
Second season came out recently. You thinking of doing a little Quickie for that one as well? 8D
Please play more dungeons & cosmonauts I really miss it
Currently in a massive Cosmos sized rabbit hole in your channel. Great shit 👌
I don’t even watch anime nor played any of the games, but damn is this show good!
I think the funky music goes pretty well with all the gore. It somehow makes the scenes more terrifying
This show is beautiful! I can’t believe everything is hand drawn, it must have to taken so much time.
So what you’re saying is despite how short something can be it can still provide quality entertainment and satisfaction. Thanks for the confidence boost
The part where you put the video game music over the fight scene KILLED me
Season 2 just came out and I'm watching this video for some reason.
In 2017 I saw S1 and immediately wanted more seasons and I hadn't played any of the games but the theme song was always bad ass and the cover on Netflix was like woooooe this $hiet has to be dope. Years later I'm binge watching with all 4 seasons and bought the Castlevania bundle. I am ready! Just finished S2!!
Your videos are so good a six minute video feels like ten
I came back after the show ended, and my guy it rocks! That beautiful animation and character depth!
Man that first episode. Basically I was Rick when he watch the purge.
Me:Yeah Dracula murder those religious idiots.
*slashes woman*
Me:yeah oh.
*rips guys head*
Me:oh.
*shows kid dead body*
Oh no.
*demon slams kid to wall*
*guts and organs everywhere*
Oh *barp*
Yup Mike u can use watch Netflix now.
honestly same
What's the name of the music you have playing during the horde attack? Is it Wandering Ghosts from SOTN?
And now we get a second season! ✊😎
And it keeps getting better
As far as the games goes this could have another 3 more seasons of 4 episodes each, any more content it would feel more like... fillers? i mean they already have Alucard + Belmont working together which is... pretty much what is needed to kill Dracula so... Why ruin a nice ass show with content that doesn't feel fitting?, what else they could bring to the show?, asides killing Dracula which is like the ultimate plot goal you know.
They could always do as in Castlevania 2. Distribute Dracula's body parts to different castle and let them be guarded by Dracula's minions. Then recollect the parts to resurrect him just to kill him again. Then bury him and die by some wound later on. :)
i died when the colosseum music played along with the people being killed by demons
I love looking at reviews because they support the very good qualities on shows that can inspire people to watch it as well with the same appeals of enjoyment.
Wow the first cosmonaut quickie
Lot of good anime this season
This isn't an anime.
It's severely influenced by the general Anime style, and is a Japanese property. I feel like someone can be forgiven for not realizing that it's American
Its an Cartoon show not an Anime since it was made in Austin texas
still can be considered anime if the artstyle influenced by anime since anime and cartoon literally same meaning just different culture and style
Anything animated to some is anime. A matter of perspective no wrong answer perhaps.? I thing symbols mean nothing and could also mean anything at the same time.
This is where the legend began.
This show made me play Castlevania
I LOVE Castlevania and I absolutely LOVED this show. I can't wait to see more.
I had no idea the games but i love vampires. And werewolves even more. This series have even better seasns as time passed on
Your channel seems pretty cool but my favorite of your videos are the reviews! Please make more
I loved this show and couldn't stop talking about it
I've never played the games, or know anything about them, but loved the hell out of the show
Holup this was the first quickie ??? How back have I traveled
already did, it was disappointing
only 4 episode and 8 next season
BUT I WANT MOAR
I think the reason they included as much as they did from SoTN is because it's really the only bit of story you can inject into the older games. Alucard's involvement in 3 made it the perfect frame to base the "Belmont vs Dracula" narrative around, because outside of it, there isn't much you can do with the other classic games. It'd be very much "Dracula does a naughty, Belmont goes and gives him a spanking" and everything else would have to be invented around it. Simon's Quest might make a decent short film if you worked on it a bit and Rondo of Blood would be the only other Castlevania that could tie to Symphony, yet I'm glad they chose 3, even if Rondo is my favorite of the old games.
I believe that the intro theme of the song is Bloody Tears which is one of the most popular songs in the series.
I was honestly expecting Richter's Bizarre Adventure when I first heard a Castlevania show was coming to Netflix.
ya gotta do a Season 2 quickie
well, you don't HAVE to but it'd be pretty neat, I'd say
Yeassssssss more CVH 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
4:57 Okay that sequence is awesome. That song from the show?
I had no idea what Castlevania was before I watched this show. And it was still really exciting for me. Watch it people. watch it
I just click on every castlevania video bc this show was PEAKKK
Written by Warren Ellis! Cool!
I wish they kept that awesome opening for every single episode.
Kinda of wild this is the first cosmonaut quickie
wow i've found the first cosmonaut quickie!
Best anime I ever seen definitely recommend watching this master piece
What is twilight but a misrable pile of garage
are we ever getting that Hollow Knight video?
The only minor nitpick I have is that it doesn't have the familiar music from the games.
But I still like it and can't wait to see more.
i got curious about the show a while ago (not knowing anything about the games at the time) and watched it and LOVED it. it's definitely gotten me interested in the game series which is great!! for now i'm just waiting for the next season(s) to come out ugh they really left me hanging and needing more...
4:57 I don't know, sounds pretty fitting to me.
What song is that?
Little did he know… the following seasons would be S tier show material…
And then turn to b tier
I think the pacing in the 3 season was so bad i didn't even finish it . There were 4 plots all happening side by side . And for some reason 2 of them turned into sex scenes . 4/10
Season 2 comes out October 26th. And I am so fucking excited.
I'm so happy there's another season coming
I dont know how,but until this video I didnt know hes the one doing the cosmonaut quickie line until I heard him take a deep breathe before saying it