Unless you’ve been living as a hermit in the woods, far removed from the trappings of modern society (and also don’t have wi-fi) then you know that Netflix has taken a stab at a video game to TV adaptation for, Konami's classic vampire hunting franchise Castlevania. And so far the criไtical reception says it’s a big hit.
The gritty, gory, and hard-hitting anime seems to have struck a chord with reviewers, as the review ag✃gregator site currently has Castlevania at an astounding 91%—one of the highest ratings of any video game adaptation. Let’s go over a few of the ꦆreviews to see what other sites are saying.
"Video game adaptations have never be🧜en done as good as this one, managing🌠 to faithfully represent the spirit of the property while also injecting new material," writes Sarah Moran over at . "This༒ series is sure to have you cheꦛcking out one of the many games in the franchise."
puts Castlevania's success down to the show's executive producer, Adi Shankar. "Adi Shankar has sort of built a second career ou𝔍t of crafting unauthorized, adult-oriented reboots of popular franchises, including 2012's Punisher: Dirty Laundry and 2015's Power/Rangers," he says. While all Shankar's previous works were fantastic sh🅠ort films performed on low budgets, Shankar has also proven in Dredd that h🌜e can succeed with just a little cash to work with too.
The has more muted praise for Castlevania, calling the first season “painfᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚully short” but also a “promising start”.
“While the animation and writing in this first 'season' occasionally stumble along the way, the seri📖es’ creators have gone ▨above and beyond to wring a resonant story from a game that never really had or needed one,” he concludes, giving the show a B+ score.
Not everyone had something good 📖to 🍌say about Netflix’s new show, however. Dan Seitz of, accused the show of having “pacing p༺roblems” and a “lengthy discourse on organized religion” that seemed out of place. He also had some harsh words for the show’s protagonist, Trevor Belmont, writing, “It’s difficult to sell a seriou💝s debate on religion as a tool of political oppression when your hero whips out people’s eyes and beats up drunks ranting about some guy who had sex with their goat.”
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There may have been a few holdou𒈔ts, but the vast majority of reviews had only good things to say🐼 about the show. calls it "one of the best Amer🦹ican ad♊ult animated series since HBO’s Spawn." 🥃 anxiously awaits seasonꦯ two, saying, "It never quite reaches the demented highs of its pillar-of-hellfire pilot, but by season’s end, there’s a clear mission statement for arriving at a slightly more optimistic future." simply stat☂es “season💟 1 was a great introduction and Season 2 can’t get here soon enough.”
We here at TheGamer don't really provide reviews for TV shows, but if we did, we'd give Castlevania two game-bent thumbs up! Castlevania has bee♊n renewed for a second season which will hopefully be﷽ out sooner rather than later.
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