Castlevania: Nocturne – A New Animated Spinoff Set During the French Revolution
The Immersive and Gory World of Castlevania
Castlevania on Netflix was one of the rare series that generated a stir in the anime and gaming communities simultaneously. Castlevania is widely regarded as having one of the best visual styles ever seen in a television adaptation of a video game. It is also widely regarded as having one of the most immersive and gory plotlines ever seen in a video game adaptation. Additionally, it features soulful music and an equally thrilling conclusion.
The Exciting Conclusion of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
The story of Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, based on the entry Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse from 1989, concluded in the final season, shown in 2021. It was an exciting and satisfying conclusion. However, lifelong fans of the Castlevania game series are aware that there is no guarantee that peace will be maintained in the narrative of the game series.
A New Spinoff Set in the Year 1792
At Geeked Week on June 11, 2022, Netflix announced that they are developing a new animated spinoff that will take place in the year 1792, during the time of the French Revolution. Fans were excited to see the character in the trailer because their appearance suggested that the new spinoff would adopt one of the best Castlevania games ever. A teaser followed the Netflix announcement, and fans were thrilled to see the character in the clip.
Introducing the Cast of Castlevania: Nocturne
Zahn McClarnon as Olrox
Sophie Skelton as Julia Belmont
Nastassja Kinski as Tera
Edward Bluemel as Richter Belmont
Richard Dormer as The Abbot
Thuso Mbedu as Annette
Pixie Davies as Maria Renard
Sydney James Harcourt as Edouard
Benjamin Plessala as Young Richter Belmont
Aaron Neil as Mizrak
James Callis as Alucard
Release Date of Castlevania: Nocturne
On September 28, you can stream the entirety of Castlevania: Nocturne, which consists of eight individual episodes.
The Creator Behind Castlevania: Nocturne
Screenwriter Clive Bradley hails from the United Kingdom and has worked in the film and television industries. In 1999, shortly after he received his diploma from the National Film and Television School, he was selected as one of the winners of the inaugural Orange Prize for Screenwriting.
Teasers and Trailers
Castlevania: Nocturne | Announcement | Netflix
Castlevania: Nocturne | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix
Castlevania: Nocturne | Main Trailer | Netflix
The Plot of Castlevania: Nocturne
The spinoff, just like the original Castlevania anime, will take its cues from the popular Konami games responsible for propelling Nintendo’s popularity to heights never seen before. It has been said that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood will inspire the upcoming video game Castlevania: Nocturne. The story will introduce us to Richter Belmont, a descendant of Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades, who takes up the family profession of being a vampire hunter and brandishes the famed Vampire-Killer weapon. The series’ events take place in 1792, during the French Revolution.
If we go by Castlevania lore, Richter Belmont begins as a hero in the game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, where he succeeds in killing Dracula and defeating the forces of evil with the help of a teenage girl, Maria Renard (a distant relative of Belmont’s and a fellow vampire hunter) and Alucard, who is the immortal son of Dracula who survives over the centuries thanks to his dhampir physiology (it is established in the lore that Dracula resurrects every 100 years). However, in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Shaft, a servant of Dracula, can influence Richter into sinking into the darkness and then uses Richter as a weapon to bring his master back to life after he dies. Alucard and Maria form an alliance to defeat the vampire lord and restore Richter’s sanity. The weight of his guilt paralyzes Richter. Still, he ultimately pulls himself together and can assist his companions in eliminating other Dracula’s followers.
The following is the plot summary for the series:
France in the year 1792, at the height of the Revolutionary War. In a distant region of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has formed an alliance with a fearsome Vampire Messiah. This Messiah has made terrifying promises, including that he will ‘devour the sun’ and unleash an army of vampires and other nightcreatures to smash the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette, a sorceress hailing from the Caribbean, searches for Richter Belmont, the lone remaining descendant of a legendary family of vampire hunters, to assume the role of leader of the resistance.