You know what every Anime/Animated Action Show has? A group of young characters on a dangerous journey to fight evil. You know what every Anime/Animated like that never has? Someone's mother tagging along with the kids.

First of all, Castlevania: Nocturne really shows what the creators prioritize making it. Insane choreographed animated fight scenes, evil Vampire lady's (the creators fetish?) who all look like they were straight out of ripped from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and generic Americanized dialogue with a ton of quips and swearing.

This show tries to do so much in just 8 episodes, which really is frustrating to the point that I started not caring at all. Every character has 2 Subplots, conflicts and backstory. I wished they would slow it down and take their time, but this show really gives off the feeling of "we don't know if there is a second season coming or not" vibes, "so let's put everything in it."

The biggest problem this show has is it's main characters, with all the subplots they have added, they still didn't give them any character at all. Which was present in the first Castlevania. In Nocturne, the maincharacter, Belmond, is dull.

Don't expect much outside of the flashy animated fight scenes. I'm not sure if there is a Soundtrack, nothing sticked in that category. The voice acting is terrible. It's one of those shows where they just casted Actors instead of Voice Actors. I hate that specific thing, because I know there are very good voice actors, but Netflix and higher budget films don't cast them just for marketing reasons.