In particular, Netflix has becomean interesting home for anime.
These days, the platform streams classics likeNeon Genesis Evangelionalongside innovative new offerings likeLaKeith Stanfield’s African samurai showYasuke.
So I realized early on thatCastlevaniawould be my Hammer horror film."
Sypha Belnades (Alejandra Reynoso), Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage), and Alucard (James Callis) team up in ‘Castlevania’.Credit: Netflix
But theCastlevaniaanime also draws from modern touchstones in its own medium.
Each season has brought both a widening of story and an expansion of visual action.
Instead,it leveled up to its best incarnation.
Sypha Belnades (Alejandra Reynoso) casts a spell in ‘Castlevania’.Netflix
Without that depressed count looming over the board, characters were free to flourish and pursue their own aims.
These character developments segued perfectly into mind-blowing action sequences.
Look at all the possibilities out there!
Dracula (Graham McTavish) falls for the human Lisa (Emily Swallow) in ‘Castlevania’.Netflix
Saint-Germain is a nerd, but even the fighters feel similarly restless.
But he comes to find endless conquest unsatisfying.
So why not start feeding demons delicious fruit instead of rotten carrion and see what happens?
Isaac (Adetokumboh M’Cormack) leads an army of demons in ‘Castlevania’.Netflix
Maybe you’ll create something new, something that was unforeseen.
Vampires don’t much like change, though.
They live their undead lives in opposition to it.
Saint-Germain (Bill Nighy) ponders the Infinite Corridor in ‘Castlevania’.Netflix
“That’s no way to live,” he continues.
“And I’ve discovered, to some surprise, that I am interested in living.
I am interested in building a way to live.”
Aren’t we all?
