Castlevania: Hope For A Franchise of The Dead

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Castlevania is a long standing franchise that Komani has let sit and do nothing. The Castlevania anime adaptation could be a hope to revitalize the entire franchise.
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Castlevania is one of the oldest and most impactful video games of all time. It's franchise has span decades, yet more recently Komani has failed to produce anything of note for the Blemonts, Dracula, or any other vampire. Yet, the Netflix Castlevania anime (if you want to call it an anime) is arguably the best video game show or movie adaptation ever made. And with it, the creators have shown there's still plenty of lore within and outside of the canon to create new and interesting stories to tell. This Castlevania video has been a long time coming, so let's talk about a dead franchise and how the show many finally bring it back to life.
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@BonsaiPop 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you all watching the video, hope you enjoyed it! If you're interested in getting that awesome Figurama Collectors Castlevania Statue, use code BPCEES for $25 off your pre-order here: figurama-collectors.com/products/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-1?_pos=1&_sid=ee2e6a938&_ss=r We were happy to get the sponsorship but man, I wrote this Friday night, recorded it Saturday, and then we all edited like madmen to get this uploaded and approved for Tuesday night. We never would have been able to do this without our patreon support enabling us to hire editors. Thanks to them and you! I had a lot of fun putting in personal touches here and there, hope you liked it! -Mike

@mirosawirzyk5247 2 жыл бұрын

WOW - I'm shocked about some one from USA knew where WALLACHIA (aka was Wołoszczyzna) was... Call me impressed 😎🤓😁

@paperboy1116 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I can’t wait for your video on the anime. It has so much to dig into, Wisecrack covered it a couple times and tried to come to a conclusion. Frankly, it needs more coverage and you covering it twice is awesome!

@RL-go2lp 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do the political compass

@kevinc2051 2 жыл бұрын

When I first watched Castlevania, I burned through 3 seasons without even realizing it. I don’t know if it speaks more for my amount of free time or how great of a show it was.

@yens1609 2 жыл бұрын

It's a lil bit of both, same tho 💀💀

@Parietal-Polymath 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the first season was only 4 episodes.

@glock16 2 жыл бұрын

it speaks to how poor your standards are.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

@@glock16 You are alone in this opinion.

@kevinc2051 2 жыл бұрын

@@glock16 what a cool guy, I’m sure you’re fun at parties 🎸🎸🎸🎸

@ReganHuang 2 жыл бұрын

The studio definitely wants to do a Beserk adaption with the day armor fight in Season 4 of Castlevania.The 1v3 against Dragan was amazing too. Fighting animation is FIRE. I would love if they did Claymore too.

@emanate0 2 жыл бұрын

all of these, yes absolutely

@larsnyman2455 2 жыл бұрын

I’d kill for a full Claymore adaptation

@thomasffrench3639 2 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt it. I think they would have to simplify the art, and fans aren’t going to be happy

@frannava7175 2 жыл бұрын

Lol it was Adi Shankar not the studio

@Aripuni1 2 жыл бұрын

Its just reference

@metalrob6713 2 жыл бұрын

I never got tired of listening Trevor, Sipha and Alucard bantering, their interractions were nicely written, and it gave me laughts too. Best main trio that I've seen in animation, after main trio in Avatar TLA.

@Owesomasaurus 2 жыл бұрын

The Comte de St Germain is also a historical occultist figure, and as such would have been catnip to Warren Ellis, who was into magic when he was younger (as were apparently 90% of the 90s British Invasion writers for some reason)

@marlutteyestrelt3441 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that the way Castlevania portrails monsters of European Folklore as a fusion of Dungeons & Dragons Bestiaries and Yokai Demons is a perfect amalgam of my favorite types of Monster Dynamics. And this franchise and the animation captured it perfectly. The demons and monsters have so much personality and each feels incredibly unique even on the Animation budget. Even the simplest ones like Goblins feels like a dreadful threat. And later on, iconic abominations and bosses manifest. The way they did Buer was specially my favorite.

@justinroberts2323 2 жыл бұрын

Isaac was such an awesome character. His arc was AMAZING. He is also a badass. In the end when he spares Hector and kills Carmilla simply because he sees it best for humanity after wanting to wipe it out, and he delivers the lines RAW AF and proceeds to throw hands with the vampire queen with a DAGGER? It was so freakin good.

@mr.goblin6039 2 жыл бұрын

I love this show. As a fan of the games, I didn’t mind some of the changes and I enjoyed how well the story went down, how great the animation was and how pretty my boy Alucard is in the show. Hell, this show made me appreciate Trevor and Sypha. Simon, Ritchter and Soma steal the show, but this series made Trevor a fan favorite to more than just Castlevania die hards. I had friends from college ask me about the games and where to get them cause they all got into it with the show. It sucks that Konami, as usual, is the worst and doesn’t do anything good with this franchise. Fuck those godawful pachinko machines and fuck Konami. Castlevania’s Netflix series showed it can still be relevant and beloved by old and new fans. Someone needs to save Castlevania from Konami.

@Maioly 2 жыл бұрын

As a fan of the games who specially loves curse of darkness and lament of innocence I love the changes and that good boy Leon actually gets acknowledged as the founder of the belmont clan. I specially love what they did with Isaac, cuz for more that I like Curse, his original version was.... not good.

@ParanoiaXYZ 2 жыл бұрын

They literally only have to rent the license and that's it. But to a REAL studio (sorry to LoS fans but Kojima touching the franchise fucked it up)

@mr.goblin6039 2 жыл бұрын

@@ParanoiaXYZ I actually got into Castlevania with LoS, but I agree. It's a fun game, but it's just not good for Castlevania. Even if it got more people into it, it ultimately didn't end well for the franchise with LoS2 not doing as well for many reasons. I still have hope for Castlevania making a proper comeback, with or without Konami... Hopefully without Konami, cause they suck.

@willn8664 2 жыл бұрын

I still wished Grant was in there as an actual main character.

@milawrine3657 2 жыл бұрын

the fact that they still havent made a game for julius belmont who ends draculas life forever really bothers me

@leonasworkshop 2 жыл бұрын

You guys always bring quality content to my morning gym routines, I really enjoy watching you while doing cardio and makes my session less tedious and more enjoyable because I'm not looking at each second that passes on the machine xD So this was my little thanks to you guys!

@jhsrt985 2 жыл бұрын

You are the actual MVP 🏆👏👏👏👏here my friend I wish I could do what you've done and I appreciate you helping to keep everything here healthy and thriving💪💪thank you. Stay golden.

@poptartcannon7011 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up my dad and mom both binge played castlevania symphony of the night and being a 5 year old at the time I enjoyed watching them destroy monsters! Years later my dad let me use his ps1 and I went through the games finding the game that pretty much started my love of gaming!

@vysharra 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, hearing about SEGA nostalgia is so painful for me. My dad went all out and upgraded my NES… with a Saturn. I didn’t even know it wasn’t the newest cutting edge CD console until I went looking for new games and found out it was discontinued. This was after my mom had already “upgraded” my GB Color with a SEGA GameGear. Lol, they tried I guess.

@egg3228 2 жыл бұрын

Castlevania show in a nutshell Season 1-2: Canon Main Story Season 3-4: SIDE MISSIONS TO 100%

@yuki5619 2 жыл бұрын

woah, 40 minutes flew by so quickly! excellent video! honestly, before watching it i knew very little about castlevania, just that it exists and i'm glad you talked about it because now i have yet another thing to check out. axelbeats' edits were awesome, really fun to look at, and the script, the music - perfection! thank you so much for this video~ also, it's a great feeling to see my name on the patreon list, makes me feel like i am a part of something great also also, naru in the background was adorable as always

@AxelBeats 2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much for your kind words!

@Newbyrock23 2 жыл бұрын

This channel does not get enough credit. Love you @Bonzai Pop Also, the show was just so well done, such a shame it’s over but I’m happy to let it exist as is. It holds a special place in my heart

@megamanzx21 2 жыл бұрын

"Lies in your house of god?" That bishop scene is the best. It is what hooked me on the show.

@TheDiabeticGameMaster 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously I love the inclusion of you dropping the needle on a new record every time you put a new song on. please try to do that in more videos. I know you probably don't have every record for every song you want to play but it just adds a certain something that leaves me smiling while Im sitting here, watching this. Love you guys, great work as always!

@StockeTepes 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a passionate video, excellent job I really resonate with how you feel. It’s kind of incredible seeing how many parts of the series impacted so many people and your history with the series is one that shows clear love for all of it. YES although the animated series is it’s own take on the series lore & story, I think it’s one that expertly introduces the franchise to a new generation of people now that the games are basically over because Konami 💀 Castlevanias legacy will be so interesting to see develop in the future and videos like these show just why. Here’s hoping the Richter season is good & Netflix stops being an awful company lol

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

In your opinion who would be a good developer to handle The Castlevania games at this point?

@StockeTepes 2 жыл бұрын

@@DraculaTepes420 Have a look at my channel

@Miraihi 2 жыл бұрын

The Castlevania sage Stocke is here

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate dat response my guy 🙏

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

@@Miraihi Whaaat Castlevania video attracts Castlevania fans? Unheard of.

@fluffycloud3529 2 жыл бұрын

14:24 Lol you guys somehow always get me to laugh out loud. Thanks for yet another awesome video!

@LeoArmada 2 жыл бұрын

Bonsai Pop delivering bangers after bangers, like dang, keep up the good work guys, some of the best content Ive ever seen!

@MisterAnimeFreak 2 жыл бұрын

Igarashi doesn't hate Circle of the Moon. That's a misconception. The development team didn't consider the canon and it didn't fit with what was planned at that time, so they removed it all together. And the criticism was more about improving for the next title, which was Harmony of Dissonance. For example Aria of Sorrow didn't have an upgrade system for souls - which was added to Dawn of Sorrow. He's one of the few people who actually listen to what people want to see and tries hard to always improve his games, step by step.

@raro344 2 жыл бұрын

Which is a shame, I feel you can add the baldwin and Graves easly to the story, even Nathan and Hugh can appear in the next show as secondary charters.

@CyberDragon10K 2 жыл бұрын

@@raro344 Circle of the Moon should've featured Carmilla as the main villain. Secondary vampires like she and Olrox could stand to have games where they're the end vampire really.

@raro344 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberDragon10K yeah you are right. You could even have her tapping dracula power and becoming a monster in the end.

@fernandoiturbide9109 2 жыл бұрын

First learned of Castlevania through the Netflix series, totally loved it

@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the first 2 seasons were really good but the final 2 absolutely blew me away

@glock16 2 жыл бұрын

How??

@yuin3320 9 ай бұрын

That's fascinating because I'm of the exact flipside of that. Season three and four were pretty good, but one and two are just _immaculate_ to me. I'm curious what it was you found to be stronger in the later two seasons?

@flippy015 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the MTG reference, so how did you like the Dracula style arts on the last innistrad set? I love they called the artist of the game covers for a collab but also the cards with illustrations inspired on the characters of the Bram stoker novel made what otherwise meh set into a really cool looking one

@jstratton1981 2 жыл бұрын

I am not ashamed to say I dropped 40 bucks to get the Ayami Kojima Soring art card

@donnylurch4207 2 жыл бұрын

I forgot about the Kojima variant! I have been buying the nonfoil English cards but I haven't finished my set yet.

@phantif4621 Жыл бұрын

Mike - I am right there with you. Despite our age difference, my early years were spent consuming vampire films, games, and the like. Some of my first horror movies were the classic Hammer films featuring Dracula and other classic monsters. In the late 80's I was consuming Near Dark, Life Force, Monster Squad, The Hunger, and last but not least The Lost Boys. Buffy came along in the 90's, and thankfully Hellsing arrived before Twilight took us down that particular path. Castlevania games, even a few sessions of Vampire: The Masquerade. Shout out to Graham McTavish (Dracula) and Bill Nighy (Saint Germain), two great actors lending their voices to this amazing show. I absolutely adore the Castlevania series!

@zakkus 2 жыл бұрын

Castlevaynia is the best game adaption ever for sure... until arcane came out. Both are amongst my most favorite _things_ ever And i cant get my friends to watch either of them dammit.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

Castlevania and Arcane are definitely 2 of the best video game adaptions regardless of which you like better, achievements that other adaptations should take note of going forward.

@ParanoiaXYZ 2 жыл бұрын

Castlevania > Arcane And the why is simple. Castlevania is not an angsty teen history

@chavaspada 2 жыл бұрын

@@ParanoiaXYZ > Is not an angsty teen story Bruh literally Alucard lol

@MrSilentProtagonist 2 жыл бұрын

It is a terrible adaptation which is funny because nobody would care about this story if it isn't attached to the Castlevania IP.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSilentProtagonist If you say so spud.

@_GeneralMechanics_ 2 жыл бұрын

The anime series was really good, and you felt genuine sympathy for everyone of importance from Trevor to Dracula himself, neither evil or perfect paragons of virtue. The most human moment that still stands out for me was the ending of the third season after everyone loses something. "You were living your life... having adventures, but now... you're living my life."

@versebuchanan512 Жыл бұрын

The fact that Dracula X on the PSP had ALL of SotN as an unlockable bonus was like, one of THE reasons to own a PSP. (That and Maverick Hunter X. Lot of x's.)

@connorgregg9008 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think a new Castlevania game in the style of Bloodborne would be pretty kick-ass

@someblaqguy 2 жыл бұрын

The animation was missing frames so much that it hurt to see at times. It's weird that nobody brings that up lol. But most of the time it looked decent enough.

@Nexuish 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody Tears will never not be one of the greatest pieces of video game music ever made. Every remix is a banger.

@odothedoll2738 2 жыл бұрын

I have a weird history with this franchise. I knew it existed from a young age because my dad is a retro gamer and I’ve been an AVGN fan for a long time, but I didn’t specifically care about it. When the show came out I told my dad about it but we never followed up on it. AND THEN when season 3 came out I rediscovered the show/franchise and starting playing the games. It’s a big weird circle

@shelterfromcold8620 2 жыл бұрын

Good job guys! Great video.. I feel grateful to have played Symphony of the night day one back in elementary and it was one of the best experiences in gaming I've ever had, it was hard for me but being able to level up, try new weapons, special button combo attacks, adding familiars..etc it made the game much more accessible while also opening options for different playthroughs with different Alucard builds..

@bigego8096 2 жыл бұрын

When you can tell already that it’s going to be one of the greatest videos they’ve ever made.

@deathmetalpopart 2 жыл бұрын

I've rewatched this series multiple times. The animation is absolutely amazing.

@jhsrt985 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, I think they're the best American anitubers

@ryujisama 2 жыл бұрын

Must be my birthday to see another Bonsai Pop vid so soon, and it's about Castlevania??? Let's GOOOOOO~!

@Mizu1992 Жыл бұрын

I love the game series and this show as well. I didn’t mind the changes they made and I loved the Easter eggs in the show. This series has become a comfort show of mine. The animation is top notch, the art style is amazing, I love the choreography, I just love this show

@thats4thebirds 2 жыл бұрын

We’re in this Ost from the jump is incredible haha

@TheDiabeticGameMaster Жыл бұрын

I'm going through a bit of a binge of your older content after your new release and I just got to say I love this video it's one of my favorite you guys have done not just because of how passionate you are about the subject matter but because of how different it is. Simply being about video games actually changes it up quite a lot and I know you guys aren't anime channel but I would love to hear you talk about some other stuff a little bit more often or at least have sections of some of the anime videos going to some variety of topics. You guys (as always) do a great job mixing it up and as always you're one of my favorite channels I couldn't ask for more but just watching this makes me think of the possibilities of you guys covering other mediums and I got to say, personally, I would love to see that.

@statesminds 2 жыл бұрын

The Castlevania anime is so good and surprised me for a western Netflix production. If only Konami would make good games again outside of collections.

@awertyuiop8711 2 жыл бұрын

We still have FromSoftware, at least.

@glock16 2 жыл бұрын

How did it surprise you? It was the same inhuman garbage netflix makes all of their other series like.

@Miraihi 2 жыл бұрын

I considered it the best animated videogame adaptation until Arcane came out.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

@@Miraihi Castlevania is still king, but Arcane is close.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

@@glock16 Man you're just another one of those people who likes to go around hating on things that are universally loved huh guy? If you don't like Castlevania why are you here like 🤦

@ryandaviddaley4989 2 жыл бұрын

This was a fun one boys! Thanks for the hard work on an iconic but truly uneven series when it comes to piecing together the canonical timeline. Stoked to see the full anime breakdown in October!

@jsauer68 2 жыл бұрын

Mike, your passion really came through on this video and it made that 41 minute video pass by so quick. Can’t wait for Hell Mouth and can’t wait for the next video. Keep up the good work

@Riddlebox5 2 жыл бұрын

Loved playing Castlevania 3 growing up when I started watching the show on Netflix I quickly connected the dots. I was hooked I don't think I ever watched a series so fast and craved for more season after season. Really loved the video. I'm always excited when you guys release content

@UnwantedPersona 2 жыл бұрын

i was recommended this show years ago but put it off until this video. thank you so much. i havent had this much enjoyment from a show in years. i cant remember the last time I felt that " no please I dont want this to end ". it was refreshing, fun, moving. a work of art. thank you. possibly would you give some similar recommendations or " if you liked this, youd enjoy this " whenever you speak on an a show, because i need more of this.

@UndrState 2 жыл бұрын

The Netflix series is definitely flawed , the forgemaster thing was poorly executed ; the lady vampires were a distraction that consumed too much time and ended with a wimper ; the buffoning of Trevor gets taken too far ; as an atheist , Ellis' relentless disgust with the Christians gets tiresome very quickly .

@mahoutsukai8956 2 жыл бұрын

I love all these Bonsai Pop uploads. Love you guys fr!!

@michaelhernandez55 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series and the channel. Thank you for doing this!

@Maioly 2 жыл бұрын

14:00 yeah, no the game actually feels pretty much like a 1 to 1 metroidvania done in a 3d plane; In fact, that is something that hurts it, as the areas are designed in such a way where they end up feeling a bit too big sometimes. As for the moment to moment, if you actually bother learning how the game works, combat in it is pretty good and you have a surprisingly in dept and fun moveset to use.

@CyberDragon10K 2 жыл бұрын

Lament of Innocence also remembered that it had a Z-axis to work with moreso than Curse of Darkness, but nah... let's condemn them _both_ as stupid anime shit because it's _weird_ and not burly Belmonts vs. Dracula in 2D.

@zeroattentiongaming820 Жыл бұрын

@@CyberDragon10K Without even a single mention of the Innocent Devil mechanic and how it was the biggest evolution of the familiar system that Symphony introduced, or how your choice of weapon influenced how they developed, or iirc the series first crafting system when talking about Curse of Darkness. Not a word for either game's godly OST.

@jm00789 2 жыл бұрын

Is this the Devil Forgemaster? No... This is Patrick!

@SergioAlvarez45 2 жыл бұрын

The intro slapped so fuckin hard dude!! You guys are doing an awesome job, keep up the great work! The only channel i patreon for continues to show how good of an idea it was to do so!

@thats4thebirds 2 жыл бұрын

That “god is not here” line absolutely fucking sends me.

@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын

After HIM XD

@Crybaton 2 жыл бұрын

You videos are always so amazing and I am really happy you guys covered this! The absolutely love the animated series and it really got me into Metroidvania games.

@agony23232 Жыл бұрын

die hard Castlevania fan here, I love how you continuously use SOTN OST for your videos.

@agony23232 Жыл бұрын

sorry but i completely disagree with your take that H.O.D OST was bad.

@cvox607 2 жыл бұрын

Season 4 : episode 9 That's it that's the comment

@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear To Boldly SEARCH… XD

@huntercollins0 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this vid! Ans super hype for the video dedicated to the anime exclusively!

@micohilotin5808 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bonsai pop for doing this earlier i couldn't wait till October

@uwtartarus 2 жыл бұрын

That was a pretty great deep dive on the franchise. A shame they moved away from the 2D side scrolling genre that they basically pioneered/perfected (with Metroid).

@AKoboldonStilts 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure someone has already said it but that wasn’t the vampire killer, it was the Morningstar whip.

@Miraihi 2 жыл бұрын

Vampire Killer whip is actually never mentioned in the series, what is weird to say the least.

@jhsrt985 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this video is doing well, I watch it literally every day and have shared it alot

@CyberDragon10K 2 жыл бұрын

Warren Ellis wanted to call Godbrand "Mathias Cronqvist" because _it was a cool name he saw while skimming the Wiki._ He had _no idea_ why Konami wouldn't let him do that. But hey, what do I know? Best video game adaptation _ever_ (lol).

@KingJ1807 2 жыл бұрын

This might be my favorite video so far. Keep up the great work boys.

@JoshuaHenelyThornhill 2 жыл бұрын

This a total banger of a video man ! Would love a sequel to it where you talk more in debt about the story of the Netflix show and your favorite character 🙏🏾

@VeritasRedacted 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed Curse of Darkness. I enjoyed the familiars and the weapon crafting grind. But I value gameplay over story any day

@burn1none 2 жыл бұрын

yeah I loved that game

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

A good balance of both is essential.

@VeritasRedacted 2 жыл бұрын

@@DraculaTepes420 I agree. And I do enjoy a good story. The most memorable game for me is Wizardy Tale of the Forsaken Land on PS2. Great story and a very, very long game.

@xxkeminxx 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, ngl, the dragging of CoD through the ringer here was a 'lil offputting to me as a guy who played both that, portrait of ruin, and multiple classic SNES-Genesis era Castlevanias throughout their childhood. For it's time, I'd say Curse of Darkness was a banger that did a lotta stuff you didn't see much in it's year. (That, and let's be honest- you can only repeat the Belmont vs. Dracula trend so many times, so it makes sense to depart from that formula.)

@jhsrt985 2 жыл бұрын

This is my all night repeat sleep video, damn everything yal make is dope

@mashroom7706 2 жыл бұрын

Great video - amazing to see passionate content about Castlevania. The series really did hit hard - the castle attack w/ Bloody Tears and the following battle with Dracula - i teared up. Now, I clocked over 100h on Curse of Darkness, its deep and humongous - it deserves a little more credit than you give it, even if its one hell of a slog... St. Germain's presence even in CoD was strange. All that aside, what do you think of 1999?

@jpickens189 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda feel like Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust captures the look of Castlevania better than the Netflix adaptation.

@commentarytalk1446 2 жыл бұрын

Agree. The netflix animation/style looks very "flat". Vampire Hunter D has a style that fits.

@jpickens189 2 жыл бұрын

@@commentarytalk1446 I like how VHD:Bloodlust really looks like a painting that has come to life, it reminds me of the sprites and elaborately painted backgrounds of Castlevania.

@commentarytalk1446 2 жыл бұрын

@@jpickens189 Agree, it gives it an aged look. The Netflix version is so flat and very very generic - I've seen that in previous cartoons from Disney eg Batman.

@goncaloamaral_5010 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making your videos man.. I absolutely adore cowboy bebop, shamploo, steins;gate etc, and I find your prespectives on the things I like to be very relatable... and now I see a video on my favourite videogame series of all time! Keep up the good work :)

@joaopedrodesouza9781 2 жыл бұрын

Easily one of my favorite videos from BP. Great work, guys!

@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын

36:16 “Stop spamming… my son is NO SCRUB!” XD

@lrae9519 2 жыл бұрын

Love the channel and all you do! Love castlevania thanks for doing this video!!

@Wyllie38 2 жыл бұрын

I can tell Mike was digging the making of this. Excellent stuff as always. Spoiling us in the last few months ❤️

@IamJacksSTD 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment that I hoped they would make a sequel series following Simon, and as I finished typing out the name Simon you mentioned they were making a sequel series about Richter. I'LL SETTLE FOR THIS AND CONSIDER IT GOOD NEWS.

@danpitzer765 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe what they're actually doing is tackling the grossly OP 'support' ladies. Because Sypha did more damage than anyone else in 3. Maria is just BROKEN in Rondo and Saturn SoTN. And the next step afterwards would be Portrait, where Charlotte is slinging around nearly all the power of Maria and Sypha. Also, Simon's tale is a bit on the grimdark side of things.

@IamJacksSTD 2 жыл бұрын

@@danpitzer765 I just want an animated version of Simon that's not the coward from Captain N.

@danpitzer765 2 жыл бұрын

@@IamJacksSTD I fully agree. I just think studio execs at places like Netflix will balk at 'Man fights through harrowing deathtrap of a castle and defeats vampire, taking grievous wounds in the process...and those wounds never heal right, and then one night open right back up, and he has to fight through 5 mansions( with a cult trying to stop him the whole time), and then back to the castle to perform a grisly evil ritual to ressurect the vampire so he can kill it /properly/ this time. All while bleeding out. No Belmont has been as tough as Simon, before or after, but that certainly would be even farther from family-friendly than Trevor's story. :)

@IamJacksSTD 2 жыл бұрын

@@danpitzer765 Imagine a version where it's Dracula, Death, and the boss gang having an "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" type bar meeting while antagonist Simon is just wrecking shit through the castle.

@twisterx79 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting video! Definitely gonna need to move the anime up my list before October

@MrMeeseeksthe1st 2 жыл бұрын

This video/your experience really makes me appreciate getting to play symphony of the night as teen.

@MyLadyAbsinthe 2 жыл бұрын

awesome vid, thank you!! you are looking good man, hope things are great.

@javilorenzana Жыл бұрын

Mike on every video: "without *random franchise that crossed his path* Bonsai Pop WOULD NOT EXIST RIGHT NOW"

@maneco88 2 жыл бұрын

Isaack in the anime is a deep character

@gun00b Жыл бұрын

This was magnificent. I loved this video of yours, good sir.

@Porkchop1999_ 2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely brilliant video Thank you for taking the time to flesh out this incredible series Thank you for putting so much detail into this and giving so many of your personal stories I remember listening to a soundtrack from one of the games a while back and loving it but I never got the change to play the games I can't wait for your video in October I would love to hear more of your opinion on the anime and how well it draws from the source materials (I would also like to hear any soundtrack recommendations if you have any you particularly love) Thank you all for your hard work, This video is totally amazing, Thank you for covering it at such short notice without cutting any corners, I hope you all get a good rest after the big push I hope everyone is having a great day, Have a lovely rest of your week, Be safe and Take care out there wherever you are (^=W=^) Also I hope you get your hands on one of the statue's Mike It would look awesome on your shelf if a little dangerous with the cat jumping around lol

@johnnythunder5168 2 жыл бұрын

There is so many things I want to say in regards to your level of dedication for this game and the series and history that it holds that I don't think I'll ever be able to actually do it I just want to say bravo my good man bravo

@SA-mo3hq 2 жыл бұрын

"Knock knock!" "Who's there?" "A REAL FUCKING VAMPIRE!!"

@Hikari-fw5wk 2 жыл бұрын

First time I’ve caught a video just posted. Looking forward to it!

@yuki5619 2 жыл бұрын

i'm back here after watching 2 seasons of the animated show. now this video makes even more sense! crazy!

@finalbreath15 2 жыл бұрын

Nice intro 👏 also that statue is beautiful. And I've only played like 1 castlevania game for nes as a child, if that. I feel like I have memories of it but I don't exactly know lol

@NegaHumanX 2 жыл бұрын

Aria of Sorrow was the only Castlevania game I played as a kid (I think). I never took to the franchise, and I'm not huge into video games from an actually playing them point of view, but it was the media that turned my attention towards gaining powers from fallen enemies. That one little thing from the game stuck with me throughout the years and is my favourite super power to this day.

@DraculaTepes420 2 жыл бұрын

Well made video, I've always wanted to get my hands on Lament of innocence and Curse of darkness having played a demo of the former years ago on Ps2 lol.

@tnntaronewsnetwork4514 2 жыл бұрын

18:51 Wait a second, wasn't Castlevania Legends the first game with a sole female protagonist in Sonia Belmont?

@MARVELNerd616 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Castlevania is probably my favorite game series ever, discovering it in like October last year by the getting the collections on Xbox and playing the through the masterpiece that is Symphony of the Night was so much fun. The show was incredible and one of the best animated series ever. I’ve even thought of game ideas that could bring back the franchise, and my favorite would be basically a game with 4 games within it. A Simon campaign, a Trevor campaign with the squad back (especially Grant), a Richter campaign and a Julius Metroidvania that would give what everyone who played Aria and Dawn of Sorrow wanted.

@PinguBBird 2 жыл бұрын

Big congrats on the channel man, you're the flower Kimimaro was looking for :)

@elliottdann202 2 жыл бұрын

I keep rewatching this it’s sooo goood!

@ariano1561 2 жыл бұрын

It was really niceto hear you to speak about the series with so much passion .

@thegreatkenji 2 жыл бұрын

What a horrible night to have a great Bonsai Pop Video.

@redmage7515 24 күн бұрын

Loved the anime, love this video. Was hoping you would mention the secret song on the Symphony of the Night game disc. There’s many who never learned of it.

@Canadiansamurai 2 жыл бұрын

Me personally, I think the 3D Castlevania games for the PS2 are very underrated.

@TyreeseTheAscendedOne Жыл бұрын

I agree

@diegorojas8959 2 жыл бұрын

Aria of sorrow was my first castlevania and until this day it hurts me that we will never get a War of 99 game

@Fiery25123 2 жыл бұрын

Love how much you put into this my guys.

@themidnightlycan8116 2 жыл бұрын

Shout-out to all the cool uncles man

@xanderwilliams8400 2 жыл бұрын

Circle of the Moon was a staple in my life during my 3rd grade year and I think it solidified my love for anime, jrpgs all that stuff

@irwingrodriguez777 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, amazing consistency, banger after banger

@courtrat2 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, keep it up!

@lazonwilliams4859 2 жыл бұрын

I played the coin op at the arcade in the early 80s. Didn't play it again until it reached the ps2, curse of darkness music was excellent. But the show...I truly love. Keep it coming with the seasons please.