I think the best thing about Nocturne season 1 is that unlike season 1 of the original it starts with 8 episodes and there's a great balance here. It's this very nice mix of tributes to the previous anime, to the games and to itself if that makes sense.

Definitely! Excited for more of both!

Oh man it’s so good. They’ve set it up perfectly for season 2 and onward…

To be fair this season was definitely just setup for the rest of the show, it is meant to just introduce the concepts and characters. Season 1 and 2 of the original series did the same thing. I fully expect they'll flesh out the themes more as the show progresses especially with how things are setup for many of the characters.

@@lordlubu3029 i mean sure, but if they wanted to just make a good start they can put aside some and developed others latter to really concentrate on one, two...three topic at best. They really wanna chew too much in one bite. And understandably so, because the first four seasons precede them, and they have a reputation to clear, but good storytelling do have it's subtilities, and for me it was a deception.

@@chroniquephilousophique9983 To be fair if they did that then you'd be complaining that half the cast is underdeveloped. themes don't need to be explored in their entirety in the introduction, there's plenty of time and we are essentially just seeing half a picture right now. I'm fine with them just introducing the themes and then spending more time on it later rather than trying to front load and force feed everything in an unnatural way that kicks some characters to the curb. The focus was on introducing characters in season 1 and I think they did that well, I'm sufficiently invested in all of them

@@lordlubu3029 Well let's see how it turns out. I will be really suprise if it doesnt turn out to be even more messy by then. The writer seems to have big problem with the pacing departement. Let's say i really want to be wrong.

@@lordlubu3029 Exactly right. They'd be complaining if the writer did what they're saying they want the show to do.

Well beside Castlevania 1, 3 and Rondo of Blood basically the main villain are other characters even if for the most part Dracula is the final boss. Some of those main villain have been Death, Shaft, Elizabeth Barthony, Isac, and sometimes a cult, where basically their purpose is the same resurrect Dracula, which is the plot of the entire series. I belive that show could have follow the source material more by bringing these antagonist following their goals and bringing other bosses as main characters like they are doing in the show and in the past season and do really good story. Sound like you liked Nocturne, and thats perfect, for someone like me that have been following the series for decades (since the first game on nes) was disappointing. Im not asking to be 100% like the game, but closer to plot like the previous seasons. But since the ending of the first series Dracula seems to be a nice guy or trying to be among humans with his wife, so for me this isnt Castlevania anymore. More like a super vampires show.

@@-RH80- that's alright, you still have the games, hell I still have the games since I've got all three currently released collections so the original series lore is still in tact. The tv shows are are just a different interpretation of Castlevania, but if you don't think it's for you that's completely fine.

@@BradLad56 I like your point of view. Totally respectable! 👍👍

Nocturne is great, but i think it misses out on the philosophical touch and irony of the characters, perhaps will see that on next season.

@@FunNFury Please elucidate me

How dare they make a show with characters, plots, and themes and not just a mindless action show!? This is a silly complaint lol

@@lordlubu3029 now that you say that, the Simon Belmont and Dracula from the Captain N show was more entertaining than Nocturne.

@@-RH80- Whatever you say, I'm happy they put some thought into the characters and plot and I love the writing and themes the show deals with. But if all you want is action and no writing then this isn't the show for you.

@@lordlubu3029 definitely the show isnt for me. All Im saying is that the plot have nothing to do with the source material. The focus of the show is freedom from both sides, slaves and vampires. Which game on the series have that as topic? The previous series wasnt a carbon copy of the third game at all, but tried to be as close as possible during the all 4 season ( even if the events of Curse of Darkness was omitted) and was pretty good. This one doesn't follow the Rondo of Blood and neither Symphony of the Night in any way, just characters names, not even personality ( Maria pissed all the time and Richter a guy with past traumas when he is supposed to be the most over confident Belmont in the family tree and Annette which is a totally new character). If you enjoyed cool, glad you did, I was looking for something way closer to the original source and this didnt deliver.

Nocturne is great, its not mindless, i really enjoyed it, but i think it misses out on the philosophical touch and the ever memorable conversations, perhaps will see that on next season.

How so?

@@philiphartshorn I agree, we were promised a Castlevania sequel, but this was.. completely different. While I agree with you on why original Castlevania was good, I don't think they have done anything of these things well in nocturne. Conversations feel wooden, characters are shallow, important developments are treated badly (in richter's case especially) and action animation looked worse and less imaginative than in the previous seasons. The design of Drolta was so, so bad. She didn't look appropriate for the times Castlevania is set in and had so many problems (like hair of fire that didn't move in later parts, or these boots man). And I won't even mention Mizrak's chainmail that looked like grey latex.

About Drolta, literally the first scene in season 1 of Castlevania is explaining that vampires have vast technology and knowledge hundreds of years ahead of humans, so the argument that her hair or outfit doesn’t work for the technology of the times is wrong, the world building explained it in the first scene. Also she is a demon who can shape shift her body and hair changes color in her demon form, this is shown on screen as she grows horns and flies away lol

@@philiphartshorn I respect your opinion, even if we don't agree. My interpretation (maybe wrong) was that it was Dracula, who was this sage with knowledge ahead of his time, like electricity. This is why Lisa was looking for him. No other vampire possessed that kind of tech in the show. We have seen Carmilla's and Erzabeth's Bathory castles and they didn't have latex nor plastic anywhere. I mean sure, you could argue that there is time-travel in this world so it could be explained, but I think it is a stretch. I suspect nobody really cared and they chose the design, because it looked "dope". I don't like it. Carmilla's vampires were much better designed visually and had more interesting personalities in my opinion. And this is a superficial issue at best, because Nocturne committed worse sins than it's character designs.

You’re really reaching dude

You clearly didn't even watch it, or let me guess watched up until episode 3 and got so triggered you stopped. Also "modern day politics" dude I didn't know the French revolution and slavery was a modern day thing! You are so ignorant of history it's crazy, imagine being offended because a show paints slavery and monarchy as bad things, Jesus christ

Richter is still a child. Trevor was an adult who had time to come to terms with everything, but Richter feels personally responsible for the loss of his mother, and it's still a bit raw. And no one cares that Annette is black. She wasn't a main character or important character, so changing her backstory and just using her name isn't that big of a deal. The only issue I have is the relationship between Annette and Richter right now, but nothing else has been an issue. You're just finding things to hate, it seems.

​​@@Codemaster92163why do you have a with Annette and Richter relationship? It hasn't even started yet

@@nl_grimm5292it just looks a bit rocky as of now, but definitely not something id say affected the story to much