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May 26, 2017

Castlevania: First Teaser Trailer for Netflix Show

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Netflix recently released the first teaser trailer this week for the upcoming Castlevania animated series. You can check out the new teaser trailer in the player below. The upcoming animated series is based on the long-running video game franchise of the same name. So far, the results look promising. The show looks dark, moody, and atmospheric. An animated TV show is likely a better format for a video game adaptation. Animation can take the material a little further and look more stylized and get away with looking less “realistic.” The visuals and concepts of Castlevania might translate better in video game form than live action. There wasn’t a great deal of footage in the teaser, but it’s enough to get one excited. The show looks like it has a type of anime look and feel, which arguably makes sense considering Castlevania’s origins as it was developed in Japan by Konami. If the show is a high quality show and a success, maybe that can lead to future games getting a

February 9, 2017

Castlevania Animated Series Coming This Year

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Another classic video game property is getting the TV treatment. But this time, it’s in the form of Castlevania, and it will be airing on Netflix this year. Early indications are that this will be a faithful adaptation of the series, as the plot is about “the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself.” IGN actually got to speak with producer Adi Shankar about the animated series, and the producer notes that the show will not hold back on what made Castlevania so special. Mainly, in that this will be violent, and the rating of the show reflects that.: “[The series is] going to be R-rated as f***,” The story itself will actually be an adaptation of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, so this won’t be an original story, which may actually be better here. As video game shows and films haven’t had the best luck resonating with fans. Though Shankar is confident in what