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Castlevania

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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 138 Ratings

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Castlevania: Season 1

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Castlevania

Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: July 7, 2017

Summary: Inspired by the classic Nintendo video game, the last surviving member of a disgraced Belmont family seeks to kill Dracula to save Eastern Europe in this animated fantasy series written by Warren Ellis.

Genre(s): Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Critic Reviews

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Collider Dave Trumbore

Mar 2, 2020

Season 3 Review: The team behind Castlevania Season 3 absolutely knocked it out of the park with this batch of episodes. They deliver the action, the intrigue, and the food for thought that elevates the source material into what’s easily one of the best video game adaptations ever made. Read full review

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Collider Dave Trumbore

Oct 26, 2018

Season 2 Review: All of this heady material slows the pace down a bit, but the excellently animated action sequence (of which there are plenty to enjoy) give each episode a nice punch-up. All in all, these eight new episodes of Season 2 will give you everything you wanted from Castlevania and more. Read full review

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Collider Dave Trumbore

Jul 10, 2017

Season 1 Review: This definitely isn’t kid friendly. And yet the violence and gore serves the story, one that’s not about a simple action-packed adventure of a trio of heroes wandering the Wallachian countryside, but the very real battle of complex heroes fighting for what’s right and protecting the innocent from darkness, death, and ignorance. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Matt Gerardi

Jul 10, 2017

Season 1 Review: While the animation and writing in this first “season” occasionally stumble along the way, the series’ creators have gone above and beyond to wring a resonant story from a game that never really had or needed one. It’s a promising start, and while this isn’t saying much, that alone makes it one of the most successful video game adaptations to date. Read full review

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IndieWire Steve Greene

Jul 7, 2017

Season 1 Review: Gruesome, bloody, and (for most of its runtime) mostly devoid of hope, Castlevania doesn’t skimp on darkness. 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. Read full review

60

We Got This Covered

Will Ashton

Jul 10, 2017

Season 1 Review: Bleak, bold, blackhearted, brutal and very, very bloody, Netflix’s Castlevania is an uneven, weirdly paced but vividly realized and often captivating anime adaptation, one that propels the video game genre to newfound heights and a promising, if very short, glimpse at the show’s potential. Read full review

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Radio Times Tom Chapman

Dec 2, 2021

Season 4 Review: While not perfect, the final season serves as a love letter to Konami’s games and the series Warren Ellis has worked on since 2017. Read full review

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User Reviews

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jadawalker

Jun 12, 2020

absolutely incredible one of the best netflix originals ever made. character development and animation are 10s

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10

Dr_Tobutz

May 22, 2021

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0 of 3 users found this helpful03

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death12123

May 27, 2019

Castlevania. Exactly as I imagined as a kid and although the first season doesn't have the Castlevania feel yet, the second season delivers it. The first four episodes had me so hyped that I binged watched it several times.

Uncensored, follows the Castlevania storyline in it's own way, gaveCastlevania. Exactly as I imagined as a kid and although the first season doesn't have the Castlevania feel yet, the second season delivers it. The first four episodes had me so hyped that I binged watched it several times.

Uncensored, follows the Castlevania storyline in it's own way, gave in depth personalities to characters like Sypha Belnades, Alucard and Richter Belmont, has awesome soundtrack even Bloody Tears, etc.

One of the best shows that's perfect for Castlevania fans alike.… Expand

4 of 12 users found this helpful48

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WCM320

Feb 6, 2021

This is a great example of taking a story, respecting it and doing something interesting with it all at the same time.

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

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sambartlett2004

Jan 24, 2021

Great show with entertaining action and really good character development. Also a great portrayal of Dracula

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

5

SchnitzelPoof

Apr 13, 2020

First season: very good, tense. Watched episode after episode.
Second season: boring vampire soap opera, forced myself to watch due to the quality of the first season. It seems to finally lift up towards the end, but then jumps the shark, goes back, kisses it on the head, and jumps itFirst season: very good, tense. Watched episode after episode.
Second season: boring vampire soap opera, forced myself to watch due to the quality of the first season. It seems to finally lift up towards the end, but then jumps the shark, goes back, kisses it on the head, and jumps it again.
Verdict: the animation is top-notch, the gore is portrayed with murderous realism, and the characters had potential. The story, however, might appeal only to a young audience.… Expand

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stigmatwilight

Feb 12, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is just several hours of dark edgy cynicism, with no respect for the tone of the original games, and constant gore, sexual assault, and racist treatment of its characters of color.

I'm really not exaggerating how racist this show's storytelling is. In the third season, a character named Hector, who is depicted here as a man of color with dark skin, is treated like an animal or a slave by two white female vampires (Carmilla and Lenore). Lenore coerces him into sex and puts a slave ring on him. In the second season Dracula has a council of vampires from all over the world, including vampires of color, but it's suspiciously the white vampires that get all the screentime and development while the vampires of color are slaughtered in an action scene. The character Isaac, who is a black man in this adaptation, has the backstory of being a slave in love with his former master. And that's not even everything...

Watch as beloved characters are turned into constantly arguing idiots who have no honor or love for the people they are supposed to be protecting. Watch as Alucard, who was once a kindhearted stoic who chose to benevolently protect humanity to honor his mother, is turned into a total dickhead who starts impaling people like his father... his father who he's supposed to be the opposite of! Watch as Trevor, a fairly standard hero character from the NES era, is turned into a nihilist alcoholic who makes jokes about beer being better than sex with his girlfriend. Watch as background characters have detailed conversations about bestiality. Watch, and despair, despair that this is what people think Castlevania is.

Just play the video games, and let this game of thrones knockoff rot… Expand

3 of 5 users found this helpful32

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: May 13, 2021
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Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 5, 2020
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2018
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 7, 2017