Just finished watching this. I loved it, 8/10. Definitely had some weird moments where the plot came to a grinding halt, specifically this shit
>>103884951 was out of place. Other than the odd joke that didn't land, I enjoyed watching it. That being said, I have a soft-spot for bloody and gorey tales with religious imagery thanks to Spawn TAS and the Diablo series, so I'm probably exactly the target audience for this. If you're not into that sort of thing then it you might want to pass on this.
Dracula, Isaac, and Carmilla stole the show and the voice actor for the Bishop did a great fucking job. Godbrand and the nameless vampire Generals were wasted, but the show drags in places so maybe it was for the best. Oddly, the protagonist were the weakest part character-wise. I was still rooting for the hero-trio by the end, but they were the flattest of the main cast. Good voice work, but they didn't stand out otherwise.
I've seen a lot of people talking about how the show just shits all over religion, but I didn't get that at all. There is an undertone of science being good and superstition being bad for humanity, but it wasn't more than that.
As for the plot, it was predictable in many places but made up for it with some character stuff.
Predictable stuff:
>Dracula wants to kill everyoneCheck
>Carmilla cannot be trustedCheck
>Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard are natural badasses with crazy skillsCheck
All of that is almost paint-by-numbers in its simplicity, but then we have really great characterizations propping it up. Isaac in particular has my favorite character arc. In any other work of fiction, you could reasonably expect characters like Isaac (and Hector) to be baddies with no backstory who are just fodder for the heroes to pummel into oblivion. Instead, Isaac is a main character who we spend a lot of time learning about his motivations and the sort of trauma that drives him to be loyal to a vampire like Dracula.
