Netflix has revealed that Castlevania: Nocturne will probably be out on September 28. A spin-off of its earlier Castlevania anime, it takes place in Revolutionary France. It looks as if this new sequence is loosely based mostly on the sport Rondo of Blood, and options Richer Belmont—a descendant of the earlier sequence’ protagonists.
The animation appears to be like nice, and simply as gory as that of the unique sequence. The voice solid appears to be equally spectacular, together with Franka Potente (from Run Lola Run and The Bourne Identification) because the villainous Erzsebet Báthory, and Nastassja Kinski (from Cat Folks and Paris, Texas) as Tera, who mentors a bunch of vampire hunters that Richter presumably joins. It is being written by Clive Bradley (Trapped) with returning co-showrunner Kevin Kolde.
Let’s hope it is as gleefully crude as the unique sequence, and takes as free a hand with the plot and characters. The “lore” of Castlevania has by no means been its robust level, nailing the aesthetic is rather more vital: Hammer horror films was anime, with a banging soundtrack. Throw in a whip and somebody named “Belmont” and you have all of the important components of Castlevania.
Earlier this yr, whereas rumors circulated {that a} new Castlevania sport was within the works, Konami provided the tiniest sop to followers of the sequence, with Tsutomu Taniguchi saying, “Followers all the time need extra, and we do too.”
