Castlevania Season 2 Review: 7 Ups And 2 Downs
6. Up: The Action
As seen in Season 1, the action scenes in the series are like centerpieces for the show's visuals, with animation so fluid, graceful, and beautifully paced, they maximise the medium in a way that would have been impossible to replicate in live action.
This season doubles the action seen in Season 1, with fantastic fight choreography and frame-by-frame beauty that came together in what was almost a dance, but with weapons and more gore. Each character works well together and individually, comfortable in their own styles and ingenious in how they're able to take on their foes.
Much like the best of anime, the style clearly inspiring this series's own, each fight scene is treated like its own show, keeping viewers at the edge of their seat, waiting for their heroes to succeed even when the odds seem against them, with a conclusion meant to be satisfying based on how the fight started.
Though the animation is, very rarely, clunky in some places where dialogue and simple actions take place, every fight scene is masterful, and a treat to watch, and more or less the reason this show is perfect for the animated medium.