Castlevania: Nocturne

TV-MA

16 episodes2 seasons

US Release

~ I pray for you, Richter Belmont. ~

Overview:

As revolution sweeps France, Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire ruler.

Created by:

Clive Bradley

Status:

Returning Series

Language:

English

First air date:

9/28/2023

Last air date:

1/16/2025

Key words:

vampire
french revolution
vampire hunter (slayer)
based on video game
dark fantasy
complex
monster hunter
complicated

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

Season 2

8 Episodes

Cast

Edward Bluemel

~ as ~

Richter Belmont (voice)

Thuso Mbedu

~ as ~

Annette (voice)

Pixie Davies

~ as ~

Maria Renard (voice)

Zahn McClarnon

~ as ~

Olrox (voice)

Aaron Neil

~ as ~

Mizrak (voice) and 1 more

Elarica Johnson

~ as ~

Drolta Tzuentes (voice) and 1 more

Nastassja Kinski

~ as ~

Tera (voice)

Sydney James Harcourt

~ as ~

Edouard (voice)

Richard Dormer

~ as ~

Abbot Emmanuel (voice) and 1 more

Franka Potente

~ as ~

Erzsebet Báthory (voice)

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Reviews (1)

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sirdorius
Written 2 year(s) ago
4
"I was going to say something witty, but f*** it"

I liked the first Castlevania series. While it wasn't perfect, it did grow on me and had some amazing animations and memorable characters. This new series though, fails at all that, but works as a great sleeping pill.

First off, the obvious: the animations are a let down, except for maybe one fight. Gone is the gorgeous spell slinging from the first.

The writing is incredibly weak. You can tell that the writers are on strike and the story was written by chatgpt prefixed with "imagine that you are a teenager with Tourette...". The review title is an actual quote from the show, I kid you not.

The story is filled with cliches and there were so many deus ex machina and woman in the fridge tropes that I lost count. The French revolution should have made for an interesting background setting (and a much better story), except the show does very little with it. There's an amorphous "revolution" that apparently threatens vampires by listening to their teenage girl leader, and then running away when the fighting starts.

The only saving grace is the great, creepy music, but that's nowhere near enough to save this show from mediocrity.