The original Castlevania show, which ran before the release of Castlevania: Nocturne season 2, ran for four seasons. In the show, Dracula was the main antagonist of the first two seasons and his arc came to a natural conclusion as well. However, he still maintained a presence at least thematically throughout the series.

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 sets the stage for the animated franchise to finally adapt the most acclaimed Castlevania video game, Symphony of the Night.

Castlevania: Nocturne quickly cemented itself as one of the more phenomenal video game adaptations, and this new season makes clear that season 1 was in no way a fluke. A smidge of the surprise is gone, but it continues to play to its already impressive strengths well, and Netflix would be foolish not to bring it back for more.

Castlevania: Nocturne returns to Netflix with a larger than life second season where Richter Belmont teams up with Alucard to battle the forces of evil.

Netflix's Castlevania series was a bloody good time, an animated adaptation of Konami's long-running monster-fighting video game series that was long on action,

Nocturne sees Alucard join Richter Belmont and his allies in a battle to protect Paris from the Vampire Messiah.

I'm talking about the animated series on Netflix, which found its groove in Season 2 by combining surprisingly articulate conversations between murderous vampires and ruminations on loss and legacy with explosive action sequences.

Castlevania Nocturne Season 2 makes an epic return with another thrilling story and exploration of themes. Throughout the Castlevania series, the metaphor of the knife symbolizes the struggle between power and agency.