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Castlevania: Nocturne Renewed For Season 2

Castlevania: Nocturne Renewed For Season 2

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There are a lot of games in the Castlevania series, which means Netflix has a LOT of material to mine for its anime based on it. Slowly, they’re getting there: they adapted Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse over four seasons, and they’ve started a new series based on Rondo of Blood, which made its debut last week. The streamer confirmed today they are working on a second season. Castlevania: Nocturne takes place during 18th century France, which as any high school history class will teach you, was a time of great upheaval and conflict. There’s a revolution going on and the aristocracy is looking for anything that can help them cling to power. In the world of Castlevania, that means some of them now seem to be sporting fangs and a taste for blood. Richter enters this chaos on a mission to aid the resistance, spurned by the death of his mother to a vampire. There he meets spell-slinging Maria Renard, and the pair team up to find and stake Dracula

Castlevania: Nocturne Will Debut On Twitch And YouTube

Castlevania: Nocturne Will Debut On Twitch And YouTube

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Conceivably, Netflix’s Castlevania anime could go on for a long time, given how many games there are in the series, and the fact they got four seasons out of just ONE game. But they’re about to take new inspiration from a different installment, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, which introduced vampire killer Richter Belmont. That game and its protagonist will serve as inspiration for the latest series, Castlevania: Nocturne. It’s 18th century France. There’s a revolution going on! Heads are literally rolling, and the aristocracy is looking for anything that can help them cling to power. And we do mean “anything,” as some of them now seem to be sporting fangs and a taste for blood. Richter enters this chaos on a mission to aid the resistance, spurned by the death of his mother to a vampire. There he meets spell-slinging Maria Renard, and the pair team up to find and stake Dracula once again. Castlevania: Nocturne was created by showrunner Clive Bradley and producer Kevin Kolde. Previous showrunner Warren Ellis

Crack That Whip! Castlevania Nocturne Hits Netflix In September

Crack That Whip! Castlevania Nocturne Hits Netflix In September

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In terms of Castlevania cartoons, Netflix has been good to us. They let the original Castlevania anime go on for four seasons and tell its entire story (and they even let us have a Blu-Ray of it). Now the same team (Powerhouse Animation) has returned to tell a new Castlevania story, subtitled Nocturne. There’s plenty of lore to draw from in the Castlevania series. Everything about the original show came from ONE game (on the NES, no less): Castlevania III Dracula’s Curse. Castlevania Nocturne will take inspiration from Rondo of Blood, the game where you played as Richter Belmont, descendant of Trevor from III. It’s 18th century France. There’s a revolution going on! Heads are literally rolling, and the aristocracy is looking for anything that can help them cling to power. And we do mean “anything,” as some of them now seem to be sporting fangs and a taste for blood. Richter enters this chaos on a mission to aid the resistance, spurned by the death of his mother to

Blood Curse: A Tribute To Castlevania 3

Blood Curse: A Tribute To Castlevania 3

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Whether you’ve played Castlevania 3 or not, it continues to be one of the most influential and iconic installments in the series. Subtitled Dracula’s Curse, it firmly established the lore by revealing the origin of the Belmont family’s crusade against Dracula, and it introduced important characters like Alucard for the first time. It was Castlevania 3 that Netflix adapted into a four-season anime. Castlevania 3 was also very advanced for the NES, using special chips to enhance the graphics and sound. The USA got the graphics chip, but the enhanced sound chip was left out to save on cost. Sindravania Projects feels they can do better anyway. Their new arrangement album, Blood Curse, is one giant tribute to the  third Castlevania game (as well as the third album Sindravania has put out themselves). Blood Curse features the work of over two dozen various musicians and composers from the video game music scene, including Grant “Stemage” Henry (Metroid Metal, Steven Universe,) Alexander Brandon (Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex), Dan “Danimal Cannon” Behrens

Scarlet Moon Presents a Metal Tribute To Castlevania

Scarlet Moon Presents a Metal Tribute To Castlevania

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The general goth aesthetic of Castlevania would seem to blend well with the aesthetic of metal considering the similarities in the art that adorns both genres. Yet it’s only now that we’re hearing about a metal album that ties itself directly to Konami’s long-running video game franchise. It was a long wait to see the obvious happen, but it’s here: Encuentro de Sangre: A Metal Tribute to Castlevania. The album is the collaborative effort of four arrangers: Thennecan, Ferdk, ThePlasmas, and Pokérus Project, under the guidance of game music label GameGrooves. Together, they slapped a metal edge on twelve melodies from Castlevania’s dawning days on the NES. “It’s an honor to work with such incredible musicians, and I quite literally could not have pulled this off without Thennecan’s help,” comments GamesGrooves producer Allen Brasch. “I already knew that the Latin American metal VGM community was tight, but now I see just how close they really are. The musicianship on this album is beyond words, and this is the first album

Couch Command Podcast – The Suicide Squad vs. Suicide Squad

Couch Command Podcast – The Suicide Squad vs. Suicide Squad

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powered by Sounder [Scrub to the 52 minute mark for the Review and use this link until the Player is Fixed: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1465456/episodes/9245213 ] What’s crackin’ Commandos?  So, we have our second VERSUS podcast where we take two different movies and put them head to head.  This time around we’ll be talking about the much reviled (except by me, I actually liked it…) David Ayer’s DC Movie: SUICIDE SQUAD and put that up against James Gunn’s second go at the movie: THE SUICIDE SQUAD.  It’s a great conversation and we had a lot of fun.  So, drop in and enjoy! What We’ve Been Geeking On: All Tomorrows Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS CASTLEVANIA STAR WARS: BAD BATCH JOEL HAVER ALIENS M41A Pulse Rifle KINDRED: The Embraced NUKES Top 5 CHAINSAW MAN THE DC ANIMATED MOVIE TOUR: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Justice League: War Son of Batman Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Batman vs. Robin Batman: Bad Blood Justice League vs. Teen Titans Justice League Dark Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

Couch Command Podcast – Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS

Couch Command Podcast – Masters of the Universe: REVELATIONS

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powered by Sounder   (Scrub to the 48 minute mark for the Review) (Download Links work.. investigating the Player) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1465456/episodes/9236639 Welcome back Couch Commandos!  Sorry it’s been a while. Lotsa life and whatnot but we do have some backlogged podcasts for your listening pleasure.  Me and Vangelus sat down to talk about the pretty freaking controversial new Masters of the Universe: Revelations cartoon from legendary geek, Kevin Smith and released on the Netflix Platform. This is yet again more “Last Jedi” levels of going back and forth over this version of He-Man.  He liked it.. I was not a fan and, uhhh.. things get spirited! Click on in and I hope you enjoy. What We’ve Been Geeking On: YouTube Star Wars Discussion Rian Johnson Following Art “Creative to Creative Team” Space Empire: 4X CASTLEVANIA Power House Animation Separate Art and Artists TOMORROW WAR Masters of the Podcast’verse: Keith Justice Hayward (Twitch, Instagram, Facebook) Chris Vangelus “Mind Feak” (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter)     Intro and Outro comes from the one and only, Starcadian! You can download

Limited Run Reveals Massive E3 Release List

Limited Run Reveals Massive E3 Release List

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It’s that time of the year again….the time when Limited Run Games reveals everything they’re planning to publish in physical form over the next few months. This time there were a few surprises, but nothing as earth-shattering as in years past. Maybe Limited Run peaked with Scott Pilgrim. Another thing that was different: they refused to attach a release date or even a release window to any of the revealed games. This makes our job more of a pain. We normally sort the list in release order, but this time we can’t do that…we’ve chosen to catalog the games in order of announcement instead. When they show up, no one knows. Keep watching the Limited Run website; they’ll all be announced eventually. Zombies Ate My Neighbors / Ghoul Patrol — Switch Both the beloved 16-bit classic and its lesser-known sequel will be sold in one package. It’s just weird to see the Disney logo on it now. Superhot — Switch Double Dragon & Kunio-Kun: Retro Brawler Bundle — Switch, PS4

Viz’s November Lineup: Transformers, Castlevania And More

Viz’s November Lineup: Transformers, Castlevania And More

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Here’s what Viz Media plans to release this November. Start your holiday wish list now…. Viz’s biggest release of the reason is Transformers: A Visual History, a large and heavy volume covering just about everything in Autobot history. The hardcover book contains artwork, animation models, video game designs, comic book pages, and it even covers all six of the crappy Bayformers movies (well, Bumblebee wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t technically Bay’s). But Transformers isn’t the only property getting such a treatment….also look for Dragon Ball: A Visual History to debut on the same day (November 12)! Unlike the all-encompassing Transformer book, it sounds like this one sticks directly to the manga, but it’ll have plenty of art to gawk at, plus promotional material and commentary from creator Akira Toriyama. Both the Transfomer and Dragon Ball Visual Histories come in large collector’s boxes with gorgeous artwork on the side. Season Two of Netflix’s Castlevania anime will make its Blu-Ray premiere on November 5! It joins Season One which was released

Vs. Castlevania Emerges From The Lost Catacombs

Vs. Castlevania Emerges From The Lost Catacombs

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Hamster Co. has been doing great work converting both classic and obscure arcade titles to the Nintendo Switch. More recently they’ve been resurrecting Nintendo’s little-known “Vs” series of arcade cabinets. Between the days of direct arcade involvement (Donkey Kong, Punch-Out) and passive bone-throwing (Playchoice 10, Super System) we got a hybrid of sorts where the company would release “arcade” versions of upcoming NES games to test them in the market. These games weren’t the same as their home console counterparts…they often had adjustments to make them more “arcadey,” or sometimes new graphics or levels. The Vs. series hasn’t been seen since the arcade glory days, and they’ve never been officially released for consumer purchase before now. Today, Hamster presents Vs. Castlevania — a game that, despite its title, has no two-player mode. Where it differs from the NES Castlevania is in challenge….Vs. Castlevania is a lot more difficult, in an effort to part kids from their quarters. The time limit per stage is shorter. Enemies can take you out in

Castlevania Anniversary Collection Coming Next Month

Castlevania Anniversary Collection Coming Next Month

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There are few retro experiences more satisfying than grabbing a whip and heading into Dracula’s Castle to smite the Lord of Darkness and hundreds of his minions, And next month Konami will be reprinting eight memorable outings for the Belmonts and their associates in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Last month when the collection was announced, Konami revealed half its lineup: Castlevania (NES), Castlevania 2: Belmont’s Revenge (Game Boy), Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse (NES), and Super Castlevania 4 (Super NES). The back half was revealed today, and is somewhat less spectacular: Castlevania The Adventure (Game Boy), Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest (NES), Castlevania Bloodlines (Sega Genesis), and Kid Dracula (Famicom). That last one has actually never been released outside of Japan. This will be the first time the US and Europe get this goofy NES spinoff starring a chibi Dracula, though a Game Boy version did cross the Pacific. You might be asking, “Where’s Symphony of the Night? Where’s Rondo of Blood?” Those two games were released last year in an earlier

Konami Turns 50; Announces Anniversary Collection

Konami Turns 50; Announces Anniversary Collection

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Japanese pachinko manufacturer Konami will be 50 years old this year, and while they’ve burned all their bridges regarding modern games and the community that supports them, there is still plenty of love for the old days. Might as well lean on it, ’cause it’s all they’ve got. Introducing the Konami Anniversary Collection! Three digital compilations of the best the 80s and 90s had to offer. Castlevania, Contra, and arcade collections are on the way this year, and there could be more after that. Konami has revealed half the lineup for the first two: the Castlevania collection will have Castlevania (NES), Castlevania 2: Belmont’s Revenge (Game Boy), Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse (NES), and Super Castlevania 4 (Super NES). The Contra collection will have Contra (arcade), Super Contra (arcade), Super C (NES), and Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Super NES). These collections will contain eight games in all, which seems like too little for Castlevania and too much for Contra. There simply aren’t eight good Contra games, but Castlevania needs Symphony

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