Castlevania (animated series)

Castlevania is an animated series based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, released on Netflix. Two seasons have been confirmed for it, with the first having four episodes of 30 minutes each and premiering July 7th, 2017. The series can be seen here.

On the day of the release of season 1, Netflix officially announced a second season of 8 episodes.

Synopsis

 * A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself. Inspired by the classic video game.

List of Episodes
1. Witchbottle: A headstrong young woman seeks out forbidden knowledge, and a corrupt bishop courts disaster by enraging a legend. 2. Necropolis: Trevor Belmont drifts into the panicking city of Gresit, where he learns of tan ancient evil and makes a surprising vow. 3. Labyrinth: Belmont explores the catacombs of Gresit and makes a disturbing discovery. As night falls on the city, the beasts return for blood. 4. Monument: In the season finale, Belmont strives to save Gresit from certain doom and comes face to face with a shocking truth.

Development
Adi Shankar is co-producer and has said that this series will be based upon Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Kevin Kolde and Fred Seibert are also signed on, as are Seibert's animation company, Frederator Studios.

The series will be written by Warren Ellis, who was in charge of writing the script for the now defunct Dracula's Curse animated movie adaptation. Ellis worked at Marvel and developed Hellstorm: Prince of Lies, the acclaimed cyberpunk series Transmetropolitan, and more recently the award winning FreakAngels series. The movie Red is based on his graphic novel, Red.

A teaser trailer was released on May 24th, 2017. The series was released worldwide at midnight (PST time) on July 7th, 2017. Season 2 was officially announced a few hours later.

Voice actors

 * Richard Armitage as Trevor Belmont
 * James Callis as Alucard
 * Graham McTavish as Count Dracula
 * Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades
 * Tony Amendola as the Elder
 * Emily Swallow as Lisa Tepes
 * Matt Frewer as the Bishop
 * Fred Tatasciore

Related products

 * Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - The game this series is based on.