New Castlevania: Nocturne trailer shows the future of the Belmont clan

Castlevania: Nocturne, the sequel series to the Netflix animated series based on Konami’s action role-playing game franchise, is nearly upon us. The new show will break from its predecessor with a new setting, a new protagonist — series’ favorite Richter Belmont — and a new creative team of showrunners. Netflix recently released a brand new trailer. Castlevania: Nocturne on Thursday ahead of the show’s premiere on Sept. 28th, offering a glimpse at Richter’s magic-wielding allies and a host of bloodsucking vampire aristocrats.

This sequel is more than three hundred years later. Castlevania, Nocturne follows the story of Richter Belmont — last living descendant of Trevor and Sypha Belmont — who is enlisted to fight against a group of French vampires conspiring to summon forth a “Vampire Messiah” and blot out the sun for good. The new trailer doesn’t spend much time on introductions, focusing on the show’s signature emphasis on fast and flashy action sequences. For the most sharp-eared of Castlevania fans there’s even a snippet of an orchestral cover of “Divine Bloodlines,” a musical track from Rondo de Blood: CastlevaniaThe 1993 video game introduced Richter Belmont.

The new Castlevania series will be directed by Clive Bradley, who is also the producer. Adi Shankar is working as an executive producer for several video games-related projects, including animated versions of Hyper Light DrifterThe following are some examples of how to get started: PUBG. Warren Ellis served previously as the chief writer and showrunner of Castlevania, completed work on the series’ fourth season but was dismissed from any future work on the franchise in the wake of sexual manipulation and emotional abuse allegations which surfaced in 2020.

First episode of Castlevania: Nocturne will premiere on Sept. 27 on Twitch and YouTube ahead of the series’ Netflix premiere on Sept. 28.