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Some Cagliostro/Castlevania miscellanea. My last post on this was reblogged by 1UP and then made it to Tiny Cartridge, which is just about the neatest thing ever. I’d love to make some more, but Starz took the movie (which they uploaded) off of Youtube since my last post. Coincidence? Probably.

For the record, I don’t think Konami exactly plagiarized from The Castle of Cagliostro, though I’m pretty much certain they had a copy available for reference. Some other elements might’ve slipped in subconsciously. And this wouldn’t be the last time the company borrowed directly from Miyazaki.

In my next post, I’ll show how Contra is just a ripoff of Heidi, Girl of the Alps.

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