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When bloodsuckers metaphorical and literal descend on revolutionary France, there’s just one household you possibly can name: the Belmonts. And if the trailer for Netflix’s new Castlevania continuation is something to go by, the vampire-slaying household is sending their finest and most traumatized boy round.
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That’s as a result of Nocturne—a successor collection to the favored Castlevania animated collection with new writing expertise and a brand new story set tons of of years after the four-season anime—stars Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night time’s Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel), leaping from the worlds of basic Konami video video games and into 1792 France. Nocturne follows Richter, a younger man nonetheless haunted by the demise of his mom in a duel with the vampire Olrox (Zahn McClarnon), as he finds himself teaming up with the younger revolutionary Maria Renard (Pixie Davies) and a bunch of monster fighters and mages as they uncover a plot by the mysterious vampire Messiah to rule the world.
Nocturne is carrying is revolutionary setting on its sleeves, at the least, with numerous fancy wanting vampires standing in for the ruling courses they’ve allied themselves with to first crush the revolution, after which dominate the world no matter social standing. However in true Castlevania type, there appears to be like to be tons of frenetic, bloody motion alongside the best way between all of the delicate and not-so-subtle commentary—and if the trailer’s re-imagining of the Rondo of Blood basic “Bloodlines” is any indication, some killer tunes alongside the best way.
Castlevania: Nocturne begins streaming on Netflix a day sooner than deliberate, on September 27.
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