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Castlevania s Final Season is a Blood-Filled Delight
TV series may come and go, but Castlevania is forever.
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Parting is such sweet sorrow, especially when it comes to the final season of Netflix’s animated show
Castlevania. Since 2017, the adaptation of Konami’s video game franchise has wowed audiences with not only its gorgeous animation and fight choreography but with its deeply sympathetic characters who, despite their motivations, are complex and likable; basically, everything about this show rules. So when a show is this good, it’s difficult to imagine that any ending could do the series justice. Yet, Powerhouse does just that and creates a pitch-perfect, ten-episode finale that encapsulates everything that is so amazing about the series.
“I’m a huge fan of [McDowell], as I am of all the actors in this series. It was great and he did amazing,” Kolde said. The producer found the performance so great, in fact, that he changed a scene that originally called for Varney’s voice to be processed with effects once he heard how it altered McDowell’s performance. “[I said] ‘Just leave it as is, we just need straight Malcolm here!’”
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Keeping true to the spirit of
Castlevania, the season also features plenty of battles against Night Creatures that can be quite graphic. Asked if the animation team ever produced a design for a Night Creature he found too extreme, Kolde said, “I believe at one point, [there was] a Night Creature design that looked very much like a creature from