Fans of the animated Castlevaniacan breath a collective sigh of relief. The hit anime series has been renewed for another season.
Deadline is exclusively reporting that the series will be brought back by Netflix. Originally launched in July 2017, the cartoon centers on protagonist Trevor Belmont who’s wife is burned at the stake after false accusations of witchcraft. Dracula declares that the citizens of Wallachia will have to pay by death for the witchery. He thus summons a legion of demons to overtake the town.
To avenge her death and bring back order to the Wallachia Belmont teams up with magician Sypha Belnades and Dracula’s dhampir (result of a vampire and human union) son Alucard. The series is based on the classic 1990 video by Konami Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. Season 2 was just launched in late October and has already been met with critical response from fans and critics.
Castlevania is directed by Sam Deats of Meet The Patels fame and features voice work by Richard Armitage (Ocean’s 8) and Graham McTavish (Creed). A date for season 3 has yet to be set. You can watch the trailer for Castlevania season 2 below.
Netflix really hit it out the park with their animated series for the classic video game franchise Castlevania. So much so that Hypebeast is reporting that Castlevania producer Adi Shankar is rumored to be in talks of giving life to another Nintendo classic, The Legend of Zelda. Word?!
Earlier this week Adi took to social media to reveal that he was in talks to produce an “iconic Japanese video game series” and many fans are already suggesting he could be referring to the long-rumored adaptation of Zelda. Then again he could be talking about Super Mario Bros. or another title like that but The Legend of Zelda would seem like the safest bet.
Though it was originally rumored that The Legend of Zelda was going to be a live-action affair, Castlevania has shown that an animated series might be the best option when it comes to video game adaptations. Never forget the train wrecks that were Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter in the 90’s.
When Hypebeast reached out to Nintendo for comment a spokesman said they “have nothing to announce on this topic.”
What do y’all think? Should Netflix and Nintendo finally give fans that Legend of Zelda series they’ve been clamoring for ever since that golden video game cartridge dropped? Let us know.
