Castlevania returns to Netflix

A SECOND season of Castlevania, an animated series based on the classic video game of the same name, is on course to arrive later in 2018.

After its four-episode first season debuted in July 2017, an expanded eight-episode season two was immediately announced afterwards, with a third season reportedly recently greenlit as well.

Now, as its first anniversary is fast approaching, writer Warren Ellis has assured fans that a second season is still on track.

It’s still eight episodes long, as originally announced, and “out sometime later this year”, Ellis wrote on his Twitter account.

“I don’t have the release date yet – these things are decided by people other than me,” he continued.

“Lots and lots of great animators are working incredibly hard on it. You’ll have plenty of warning of the date.”

The four-episode first season was announced by Netflix in February 2017, with a trailer and release date revealed in late May, ahead of launch six weeks later.

The storyline for the animated series is based on the 1989 video game, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse by Konami.

The series follows Trevor Belmont, who defends the nation of Wallachia from Dracula and his minions.

Richard Armitage, James Callis and Graham McTavish are among the actors who lent their voice to the characters in the animated series.

The Castlevania Japanese video game franchise, which took inspiration from Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror Dracula, debuted on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.

Twenty-four core series entries have been released since, plus nearly a dozen spin-offs and, in the company of fellow 1986 debutant, the formation of a Metroidvania genre. – AFPRelaxnews