Castlevania | |
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Genre |
Adult Animation Horror Fantasy Action Adventure |
Based on |
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse by Konami |
Written by | Warren Ellis |
Directed by | Sam Deats |
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Composer(s) | Trevor Morris |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Producer(s) | Toshiyuki Hiruma Brad Graeber Jason Williams |
Running time | 23−25 minutes |
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Distributor | Netflix |
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Original network | Netflix |
Original release | July 7, 2017 | – present
Castlevania is a Canadian-American adult animated web television series based on the 1989 video game Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse by Konami. The series follows Trevor Belmont, who defends the nation of Wallachia from Dracula and his minions. Originally planned as a film with a script written by Warren Ellis in 2007, the project entered development hell until about 2015, where it was finally funded with help from animation studios Frederator Studios and Powerhouse Animation Studios, along with Netflix. Its art style is heavily influenced by that of Japanese anime and Ayami Kojima's artwork in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The series premiered on the Netflix streaming service on July 7, 2017, and was renewed for an expanded 8-episode second season on the same day.
When his wife is burned at the stake after being falsely accused of witchcraft, the vampire Count Vlad Dracula Tepes declares all the people of Wallachia will pay with their lives. His army of monsters and demons overruns the country, causing the people to live lives of fear and distrust. To combat this, the disgraced demon hunter Trevor Belmont takes up arms against Dracula's forces, aided by the magician Sypha Belnades and Dracula's son Alucard.