With The House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power on hiatus, audiences should rediscover another superb dark fantasy series, Netflix's animated Castlevania.
While the infamous “video game curse” is still prevalent today in modern-day adaptations, Netflix’s Castlevania animated series was arguably the first to break that pattern. It originally premiered in 2017 with a brief, four-episode-long first season, but the impact that it had seemed to finally tap into the potential of video game series adapted for TV and/or film.
Related And while Castlevania itself isn’t an anime in the strictest sense of the word — as much as Netflix loves to capitalize on the word for marketing purposes — it certainly takes all of the best stylistic flair from the genre as an influence. There’s not a single character design in the show that doesn’t drip with a gothic style that brings the best of both worlds when it comes to western animation and Japanese anime — courtesy of Austin-based studio Powerhouse Animation.
An immersive dark fantasy world and unique cast The fantasy genre generally lives or dies based on how compelling its world is, and Castlevania depicts one that’s more than worth getting invested in. Between the aforementioned cocktail of gothic and anime-inspired art direction, the series establishes an interesting universe ripe with a gloomy atmosphere.
The show does an equally great job both creating fascinating villains and antiheroes as well, from the heartbroken and vengeful Dracula to his emotionally traumatized underlings Hector and Isaac. By season 3, Castlevania even takes some cues from Game of Thrones in terms of narrative structure, as both returning and new cast members embark on branching storylines to sow the tantalizing seeds for the climactic fourth and final season.
As far as Castlevania specifically goes, the series strikes a perfect balance between paying homage to its gaming roots while tastefully making creative changes to better suit a serialized story for TV.
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