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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#4301: Sep 16th 2024 at 3:04:34 PM

Can't wait to see the crazy magic shit Ricter is going to pull out this season.

Man really went all out last season with fire fists and an ice whip.

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Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#4302: Sep 16th 2024 at 9:26:25 PM

Skipping the other Belmonts can't be helped. Only Trevor and Richter have much of a supporting cast

This show tends to make up storylines and characters whole cloth. The other Belmonts not having a supporting cast doesn't really hold water as a reason for skipping everyone else.

Especially since the setup of "lone badass travels the land getting into adventures and righting wrongs" has been a tried and true storytelling staple since the dawn of...well, storytelling. I don't think many would object to an animated installment that can be described as "Samurai Jack: Castlevania Edition", for instance. And if any Belmont would be a perfect fit for that recipe, it'd be Simon.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#4303: Sep 16th 2024 at 9:36:50 PM

They wanted to do a show with Richter, there doesn’t need to be anymore reason than that.

If they wanted a Soma show they would skip all the way to him or if they wanted a story about Leon they would make it a prequel.

Instead they made a show about Richter because they wanted Ricther to be the star. There’s no complicated reason or justification for it.

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 16th 2024 at 9:37:03 AM

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#4304: Sep 17th 2024 at 7:54:49 AM

I'm a little confused by the assumption that they have been skipped, have the showrunners said that? Because if they haven't, there's no law that they can't go back in time and write about one of the other Belmonts.

If anything going back in time is more likely then the alternative, the later the timeline gets the harder it is to have a narrative similar to what we've had. A WW 1 or 2 Castlevania would be a little weird, I don't know if they'd want to go with it.

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#4305: Sep 17th 2024 at 8:44:46 AM

I expect that to end up being... not so much the long-term plan as just... what happens.

The way I figure it, they'll probably hit the Sorrow games after they're done with Richter's show. But, chronologically, that's the most distant future of the CV timeline. From there, they'll have two options.

  1. Call it a complete trilogy and walk away.
  2. Go back and start doing interquel spinoffs featuring other characters and game ideas from across the CV timeline.

If these shows were being made by a single auteur acting on a unifying creative vision, there'd be a strong change of doing option 1. But they fired the auteur and gave the show to a new creator for Richter's series, implying that producing content takes precedence over artistic vision; In which case, they'll probably keep right on going until Castlevania stops being marketable brand.

So there is a pretty decent chance we will see a Simon show or Shanoa show or Jonathan Morris show or something. In, like, 2035.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 17th 2024 at 9:46:16 AM

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#4306: Sep 17th 2024 at 8:47:39 AM

Do you think it is likely that this next season will end the Nocturne storyline? Or is it just going to get cut off and we'll have to wait for a third season to finish the story?

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#4307: Sep 17th 2024 at 8:48:56 AM

Well, the original show ran for four seasons. And there's a lot of stuff that happened to Richter in the games that they can draw on for story content.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#4308: Sep 17th 2024 at 12:49:23 PM

Yeah, Dracula died at the end of Season 2 but the remaining two seasons were spent dealing with other Dracula-related things and plot threads from the rest of the show. Nocturne is taking place entirely in one town, though, so it’s likely that that won’t happen, in my opinion.

Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
#4309: Sep 18th 2024 at 7:50:01 PM

They can roll into Symphony, that's also what I assume they're going to do.

Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#4310: Sep 18th 2024 at 9:34:05 PM

Re: skipping to Soma

Richter is the last major Belmont to use the Vampire Killer and, in the games anyway, take on Dracula before Julius in '99. After him are John Morris and his son Jonathan. I picked up the Dominus Collection and I'm playing Portrait of Ruin right now so admittedly both recency bias and a desire to see the World War II backdrop explored in the Castlevania setting makes me want to see an adaptation of it. Unfortunately, someone high up in the creative process has a thing for Alucard so that's probably not happening.

Edited by Hashil on Sep 18th 2024 at 9:36:33 AM

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#4311: Sep 19th 2024 at 5:00:04 PM

I mean Alucard is one of the series most popular and iconic characters, it makes sense to have him in the forefront regardless, especially since his presence can connect multiple adaptations in different time periods.

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#4312: Oct 21st 2024 at 7:21:12 PM

I made a Creator page for Sylpha’s VA, Alejandra Reynoso because she was long overdue.

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KiraKiwi410 Since: Jun, 2024
#4313: Dec 10th 2024 at 8:33:19 AM

Season 2 of Castlevania Nocturne comes January 16. I'm not sure if there's a thread specifically for this show, so I put the trailer here.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#4314: Dec 10th 2024 at 9:42:15 AM

Hoping Maria gets revenge on her crappy dad.

He deserves it.

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lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#4315: Dec 10th 2024 at 11:24:03 AM

I called Maria's dragon being her big cinematic limit break move [lol]

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#4316: Dec 10th 2024 at 11:47:51 AM

The biggest issue would be creating more chararter since nearly all castlevania games the plot is more or less "the big ass nerd owe you money, get to kick his ass"(well not like that but you get it) so they need other big bags since they cant reused dracula

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#4317: Dec 10th 2024 at 11:50:51 AM

Yo, Konami, Metal Gear animated show in this style wheeeeeeeen.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#4318: Dec 10th 2024 at 12:16:18 PM

Any word on the number of episodes?

We see what Trevor and Richter are like, though I can't help but wonder what Simon was like. I keep picturing him as being gruff and serious, but that's pure speculation, mostly based on him taking his job seriously, and since that job is killing the undead, I just picture him not being super upbeat.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#4319: Dec 10th 2024 at 12:30:59 PM

It is a shame we'll probably never actually see Simon.

Juste, who's one of the least notable Belmonts, is getting face time, but not Simon?

Then again Simon is the Belmont. The one that most people with only a minor bit of knowledge of the franchise know about, so I guess you could argue he doesn't need it.

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TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
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#4320: Dec 10th 2024 at 12:59:55 PM

How could you even top the first animated Simon?

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Kiobi20 Since: Sep, 2016
#4321: Dec 10th 2024 at 1:01:11 PM

[up] that simon was jhonny bravo as a vampire slayer

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#4322: Dec 10th 2024 at 3:01:18 PM

I'm not sure that Metal Gear would benefit from an animated adaptation anyway. There's a lot of room in Castlevania's thin story to write characterization and your own plots. Metal Gear is so full of story that it's practically bursting. A faithful adaptation would have much less time to do it justice, too.

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#4323: Dec 10th 2024 at 5:00:07 PM

This trailer came out of nowhere but that’s to be expected of Netflix. My memory is still hazy from the first season of Nocturne, I’ll probably watch it again.

KRider Desire Grand Prix Entry from Origin System Since: Feb, 2021
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#4324: Dec 10th 2024 at 7:49:51 PM

The trailer's so far so good. Looking forward to Season 2.

Regarding Simon, been thinking of him as Conan the Vampire Hunter minus the Austrian accent.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#4325: Dec 10th 2024 at 8:45:55 PM

Yeah hopefully they can make Bathory into a better villain or bring in someone actually intimidating.

Seriously, I can't stop laughing at her fursona.

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