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Netflix Adds Castlevania: Nocturne Animated Spinoff Series 2nd Season in India on January 16

The season will premiere worldwide on the same day and will have eight 25-minute episodes.

The series premiered in September 2023. Netflix streamed the season in India as well.

The series centers on Richter Belmont (a descendant of the original show's protagonists Sypha and Trevor) and Maria Renard. The series is set in France during the French Revolution in 1792, and it is an origin story for Richter.

Richter and Maria are protagonists in the Castlevania: Rondo of Blood game, and they also appear in other games in the series including Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Kevin Kolde is the showrunner, and Clive Bradley is credited as the creator and writer. Project 51 Productions is producing the series with production services by Powerhouse Animation.

Entertainment news website Deadline reported in April 2021 that Netflix was eyeing a new series set in the same universe with a new cast of characters. The original series' executive producer Kevin Kolde, director Sam Deats, and assistant director Adam Deats revealed in June 2021 that the spinoff series was in the works.

The first four-episode season of Castlevania premiered worldwide on Netflix in July 2017. The second eight-episode season premiered worldwide on Netflix in October 2018. Viz Media has released the series on home video. The third season premiered in March 2020 with 10 episodes. Netflix streamed the fourth season of the original series in May 2021. The season had 10 episodes.

Netflix describes the series:

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself. Inspired by the classic video games.

Sam Deats directed the series, Warren Ellis was the writer and executive producer, and other executive producers include Fred Seibert, Kevin Kolde, and Adi Shankar.

Source: Netflix