Okay, in all my helplessness, is there any way I can fix this bloody audio? It’s driving me insane. It literally hurts. I sincerely apologise for every view of this great display of my utter incompetence and sheer blasphemy to the content I've done.

Trever at that moment for a little time agreed with Dracula

The bishop is a perfect example of a false prophet, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His lips may honor God but his heart is far from Him.-Matthew 15:8

The voice acting for the priest is fucking perfect.

*VERY FUN FACT!* The voiceactor for the Bishop is the same voiceactor for Panic (Hades' little blue devil-like henchman) from Hercules

Trevor Belmont has never been a particularly polite person. But you can't say that he lacks the courage to tell it as it is. Nor does he suck up to people, not even to those with lots of power.

Unpopular opinion, but the Bishop was my favorite VA performance. He just... delivers his lines so nuanced, smooth, and its just utterly satisfying to listen to him. His voice is like silk, and i hate that its coming from such a scumbag of a character, but i always got excited whenever he came on the screen. I just enjoy listening to him. My second favorite was Dracula's VA. He did amazing in season two, i just love this series.

2:40 If really angers me that because of the so called "Religious Power" of that time, the Belmont, the only family that can defeat Dracula and his forces, were accused wrongly, just for defending humanity.

This lunatic is guilty of violating the 2nd Commandment: "Thou shalt not carry the name of the Lord Thy God in vain."

Later that night... "God is not here. This is an empty box."

Seeing this incredible SOB getting his well deserved punishment by one of the night creatures was easily one of the best moments of the entire show. "Lies?! In your house of God?" So satisfying.

You’re leaving out the best part! “For all intents and purposes....I...will be...the church”

The worst of all of this is that he actually believes what he's saying. Edit: goddamn it people, fedora tippers debating this shit in my comment for a year. God isn't a bad thing and spirituality is a massive aspect of your mental health but the priest here is so goddamn fixated on ignoring everything horrible he caused in the name of his god that I had to call it out. I'm Muslim by the way.

That look of abject horror on Trevor's face when he realizes that the Bishop genuinely believes that what he's doing is in God's name, and by His divine will, is priceless. So too, is the almost-divine punishment given to the Bishop by ol' Blue Fangs. Almost as if it was sent down by God to show the Bishop the truth before his untimely demise.

Corruption and tergiversation at its highest level. We just need to see Jesus painting face to address it.

It is really interesting that they portrait the Bishop like this. I don't think the series was bent on blaming the Church for the causes. It was more towards those in power. Yes, I bet there are a lot of good people working for the church but in those times when religion was at it's strongest, there were people who abuse the power of the church for themselves rather than God and still try to convince themselves that what they are doing is god's word, the thing is what is god's word. If this video went right up until the end, then it would have shown the greed the Bishop had of becoming the Church when all the other towns were destroyed. Too bad Dracula didn't get to kill him personally. By the way, does anyone feel like this Bishop is based off Judge Claude Frollo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

The dialogue of this whole series is so fucking GOOD!! My blood was literally boiling hearing that bishop talk.

The reason that the priest killed Lisa is that if she cured people all the time, people wouldn't go to church and donate as much as they usually would like in today's time.

Hm. Burning that woman as a witch seemed to not play out like we'd hoped, since it infuriated her magical husband and he unleashed the literal forces of hell upon us. It would seem that God has sent us a sign. _Burn MORE witches!_

It's not that the show is intentionally showing the church as bad in a way to say religion is bad. The problem is that, in the shows lore, you have a bunch of jackasses who are trying to use religion as an excuse to serve their own needs. Such as the Bishop wanting to basically ascend past his station by abusing his power and then using his authority to burn Lisa.

Dracula: What is a man? But a miserable little pile of secrets.

I brought you here to answer questions, not ask them "Well tough shit" One of my favorite lines of this show

"Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point may be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely more because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations." -C.S. Lewis

The voice acting in this series is beyond superb and the Bishop is one of those whose voice feels like silk in my ears, together with Strigga, Isaac, the Captain, Ratko, Sypha etc.. Its pure bliss listening to them.

One thing that I like about this series is that while it does make a point of saying that corrupt people like the Bishop and Arch-Bishop are to blame for Dracula’s wrath being incurred, it doesn’t blame religion in general for it and even makes a point of showing that the big man upstairs wasn’t looking favourably on what was being done in His name. Like when the Bishop gets his just deserts because his actions have led to his church no longer being protected from the presence of hellspawn (and their lethal ‘reason you suck’ speech) yet that same night another/actual priest who helps in defending the city is able to sanctify water to kill demons with. I was a little confused on why the bishop’s reanimated corpse was able to do the same thing in season 2, but then it occurred to me that with Henry (who is known to be naive and wanting to prevent a senseless genocide) pulling the strings on said reanimated corpse, he might have been given a pass either for being a lesser evil with relatively good intentions because the intention of the action itself was to stop Dracula’s war of annihilation, whereas the Bishop hiding in the church with nobody around was likely to maximize his own chances of survival while ordering the deaths of even more innocent people for his own benefit.

It’s sad how the bishop who represents the church is portrayed as the worst person in the series. And the villain of the series is dracula who attempts to wipe out humanity with hordes of hell spawn.

call me crazy but this is the best voice acting i’ve ever heard

This show had some of the best voice acting I have ever heard.

this bishop is the exact definition of lawful evil. A force that thinks he is doing the things he does for "the greater good", without ever doubting that he may be wrong. he doesn't care about the rights of the speakers, because in his eyes he is doing this for both the cities own "safety", and also in the name of god. he was the one who started all of draculas rage and want for humanities extinction, but he doesn't want to believe it _was_ his fault and what he did is truly righteous. I always love characters like these. Auto from wall-e is one of my favorites. I know that auto is a very different character than the bishop because he's a robot who's following his code, not some deranged old christian man, but characters who believe they aren't wrong and act like they're mr. goody-two-shoes are villains that i absolutely love to hate, and i'm sure a lot of people can agree with me on that.

Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin... And he saw corruption everywhere *except within.*

When he said he was giving Trevor his life, as if he owed him, I wish Trevor slowly stepped up onto to dais beside him, and pulled his cloak back enough to expose his sword hilt. He could have said: "I've stopped myself from killing you at least six times in the last two minutes. But I am merciful. Take your pathetic life, and go. Do not squander my generosity."

I imagine that Dracula at first thought about killing this bishop in the worst ways possible, but as time passed he grew so depressed that he just wanted everyone dead and by consequence, himself as well.

and because of people like that an incredible person died and dracula was driven insane, destroying so many chances to improve the world as a whole and causing the death of countless people. saying and believing to serve God disrespecting the simplest concepts

Castlevania’s got some of the most crisp voice acting I’ve ever heard and I love anytime any character speaks.

"The scariest monsters aren't the ones under your bed." -Me, probably.

this clip is really out of sync with the visuals to the sound.

High Priest voice acting is just... amazing.

I go back to watch the first season like once a week just to hear this dude’s voice, it’s so relaxing

The framing in this scene is amazing. Although he is in shadow, the angles give the impression that Trevor is kneeling before the cross, both centered in frame. On the other hand, the Bishop is surrounded by light, he himself is standing away from the cross and in shadows, literally tuning his back on the cross. Put another way, the scene itself is showing you that Trevor is a good guy and the Bishop is a bad guy, beyond just the words they are saying.

i love trevors cape so much

Amazing VA. Very satisfying to listen to him altho I hate it that I like it xD If this man didn't arrange the death for Lisa Tepes (Dracula's wife) then so many lives would be saved, If anyone deserved death it would be this man. End humanity and you end human kindness as well. Every species has rotten apples in it, Be it humans or vampires. :P Absolutely loving the series tho. Can't wait for season 4.

I love how after the Bishop says he brought Trevor here to ask him questions, not answer his own, the whole rest of the scene is Trevor asking questions and the Bishop answering them.

I love the dialogue in this show, so good

Rewatching this, i just realized this dude KILED DRACULA'S WIFE THEN RAN

1:42 keep your eyes to the far right.

Can we get another good Church villain in season 4? Like, let's have some outright Inquisition stuff from outside of the country

Side note: the music in this scene is just *chef’s kiss*

Trevor was like "F*ck this, I really want to whip his head of his neck"

Ah, 02.10, when Trevor realises just how insane the person he's been talking to actually is.

*I may be a demon, devoid of virtue but I know bullshit when I saw it, and those at the top... Are filled to the brim of it.* -A line from a fanfiction story.

I could listen to the bishop talk ALL DAY AND NIGHT. His voice is so beautiful. Want to hear him preach a sermon actually.

The bishop’s voice is like that of a serpent. He speaks with a serpent’s tongue.

Let's be honest we like the blue fang demon, he didn't deserve to die the way he did

Anything irl that is similar to the Bishop's behavior?

he has such a calming voice, it almost lulls you as he is talking.

The bishop reminds me of Judge Claude Frollo from Disney.

The bishop is a disgrace

This whole episode is just "science bad then science got mad"

The scariest monsters are those who believe in their delusions

I thought it was an anime versiob of Varian Wrynn from WoW when i saw the thumbnail

Am I the only one who gets ASMR tingles when the Bishop speaks. It’s such a great uninentional ASMR material. Sorry I kno I’m weird.🤷🏻‍♀️

At least you can respect this guy for actually believing what he says rather than just inciting hate to gain power

"The Archbishop had certain interest..." Why did I not catch that when I originally watched the show? I hate that I didn't catch that.

One cannot live without *gawd*

I already can’t wait for season 4

I can't be the only one who finds the priest really hard to hear over the music right

I just realized as Trevor's voice got angry that it's the voice of Kain. The Kain from Legacy of Kain, another video game about vampires!

I think I should watch this series again, I never noticed Trevor's intelligence that he could pick up on the priest's disconnect.

Ngl when he said Dracula’s wife was a witch and then “there can be no doubt now that she consorted with evil” I was like “… damn I mean you’re wrong but I see where you’re coming from”

Their voices make me sleepy. Too much asmr going on

i want to tend to believe that in "symphony of the nigh" when you go to the confessional, there is a priest..

The mouth syncing💀

The bishop planned on getting rid of wizards that could control ice and fire? Well, good luck with that!

I always wondered what he meant by the "interests" of the archbishop and "clerical discipline" Given the creepy look the guy had, I'm pretty sure those were some dark interests that even the bishop, as evil as he was, disagreed with

As many times as I’ve rewatched the series I don’t remember this conversation

To me, The high priest is up there with Joffrey from GoT, you hate the character so much yet applaud their role

From 0:16, is that the eye of the creature in Season 3?

UGH! I LOATHE this bishop!

Why is no one talking about the audio being behind??? It's driving me crazy!!!!

1:55 Voiceacting. The choice of channeling anger with whispers

"We disagreed on matters of... Clerical discipline." Wonder if the Archbishop chewed the Bishop out for what he did?

sound de-synced to hell and then it cuts off early. Wtf

I love the Bishop's voice

What I most like about this show, is that it seems to aboard religion in both an atheist and gnostic perspective, something that it's very rare for you to see in midia.

It's somewhat strange that sometimes there's that one villain in a story who comes off as worse than the main antagonist. (The audio's a wee bit out of sinc)

The real question i wanna ask is what made this man so zealous in the first place

The Bishop also does a great Max Headroom impression.

Funny part is Trevor is a good example of what Jesus wanted man to be good and willing to stand up to evil. Yeah Trevor is a ass at times but end if the day he is willing to give his own life to protect others from literal demons from hell. Here’s hopeing Netflix doesn’t ruin Richter.

If I was Belmont I would say: 'You truly are god's disciple, you contradict yourself every time.'

The High Priest is the embodiment of all that is vile and evil behind the cloak of organised religion.

This guy makes frollo look like a decent guy

I like to imagine god in this universe furiously sighing like a disappointed dad when his religion got in the way of actual thinking.

Glad I didn’t live during this time. The Church was mean.

His name is "the Bishop" not High Priest you UTTER FOOL. I'm joking please don't take me seriously

I like how Trevor doesn't mince his words when calling this zealot out on his hollow justifications for his actions.

Hold on. Is Trevor voiced by the same guy who was Thorin Oakenshield of the Hobbit?

the video seems off of the voices

Although it was disappointing that the priesthood of Wallachia are depicted as uniformly Catholic, as opposed to the diverse mix of Orthodox Christianity, Judaism & Sunni Islam that represented the religious beliefs of the people of Eastern Europe in Ottoman times, the Bishop is one of the most amazingly well portrayed villains in anime, particularly in terms of presenting a villain who believes themselves correct.

Every time I hear the priest say tragovishta I keep repeating it like a parrot

Notice how trevors eyes glow like blue fangs and how the bishops are dim.