WyndonCalling
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It's Western animation, but Castlevania is bursting with anime influences and it's a lot of fun. It's an interesting case study in how much a show can get wrong, but still be elevated by a few key qualities - the animation is sometimes janky, the plot meandering and confusing, the ending utterly saccharine and the sound mixing is abysmal at times, but the quality of the voice acting and the script behind it are through the roof. The wit is so dry you can use it for flood defenses, the highlights being Malcolm McDowell as a foul-mouthed death effigy ("Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your fucking obituary to me, Belmont?") and an equally crude-yet-charming Bill Nighy as a mad sorcerer. Marvellous stuff.