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Castlevania: Nocturne premiered on Netflix on September 28, 2023. The series received critical acclaim, with praise for its animation, directing, writing, themes, and voice cast, while its pacing and character development drew some criticism.
Sep 27, 2023 · While the show differs from the games, one constant is that it revolves around Richter Belmont and his role as a vampire hunter. A couple of years following the series finale of Castlevania, Netflix is producing a spinoff of the popular adult animated television show — Castlevania: Nocturne.
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Updated: Sep 28, 2023 7:05 am
Posted: Sep 28, 2023 7:01 am
This is a spoiler-free review of Castlevania: Nocturne, which is now streaming on Netflix.
While Nocturne’s historical backdrop is far more intriguing than its plot – which doesn’t amount to much more than a revenge tale – it all works. The Belmont family’s ancient war against the vampires has entered a new phase, which means new characters, new villains, and fresh emotional baggage. The Belmont we meet this time is a 19-year-old hothead named Richter (voiced by Edward Bluemel), who travels from Boston to France to help a ragtag group of freedom fighters exterminate vampires participating in the French Revolution.
Erzsebet Báthory (Franka Potente), the real-life noblewoman and suspected serial killer plucked from the history books and fitted with fangs for this interpretation, is eager to make a case for herself as the next big bad. Dubbed the “Vampire Messiah,” Báthory revels in the weight her presence carries, and laps up her victims’ despair as greedily as she siphons the blood from their throats. Even more chilling than her bloodlust is Potente's voice performance, which drips with an almost nonchalant cruelty characteristic of only the most depraved creatures.
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The monsters of Castlevania: Nocturne are every bit the toothy wraiths we've been conditioned to root against; impressively, though, they reinforce the beautifully on-brand good vs. evil binary underpinning these kinds of stories without ever feeling devoid of presence or purpose. The Vampire Messiah exhibits power and cruelty that justify and explain the hype surrounding her arrival, even if by every other token she's a sloppy copy of every power-hungry final boss ever conceived. Put a tad more simply: They’re shamelessly one-note and it works for them.
"While four seasons is arguably too short a lifespan for a series as consistently great as Castlevania, better the series end now in top form rather than overstaying its welcome. Season 4 delivers the proper finale the series deserves, deftly working through a great deal of material and giving every major character a clear ending. It's safe to say the upcoming spinoff series will have very big boots to fill." – Jesse Schedeen
Score: 9
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I’d be remiss not to mention the action sequences, which were a highlight in the previous series and quickly establish themselves as some of Nocturne’s strongest elements. Its best fight sequence, a set of claustrophobic duels in an underground cell block, showcases the animation’s fluidity while ratcheting up the tension and pushing certain characters toward important junctions in their respective arcs. The showrunners understand the importance of action as kinetic character development and reinforcement. That doesn’t, however, detract from its surface-level appeal. The art style never looks better than when it’s used to throw impossibly fast, preternaturally skilled characters into combat, and that’s almost certainly by design.
Castlevania: Nocturne fires on just about every cylinder it needs to. Action, horror, and period-specific turmoil coalesce in a sequel series of comparable quality to the first season of Castlevania.
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Castlevania: Nocturne is a disarmingly potent, relentlessly violent follow-up to one of the best animated video game adaptations ever.
- Hayden Mears
Castlevania: Nocturne is an American horror action-adventure animated series distributed by Netflix. The series is a spinoff of the Castlevania animated series, based on the video game series of the same name.
Sep 15, 2023 · Does 'Castlevania: Nocturne' Have a Release Date? Castlevania: Nocturne is coming to the streamer on September 28.
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Castlevania Nocturne: Cast, Release Date, Trailer - Netflix Tudum. Vampire hunters and magic users join forces to stop powerful vampires from blotting out the sun and bringing forth the reign of the Vampire Messiah, all set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
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Jul 28, 2023 · Netflix has announced that "Castlevania: Nocturne" will be released on September 28, 2023. However, there are still a lot of details about the season that have yet to be revealed. Primarily,...
