Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 – Release date, trailer, latest news

For one thing, co-showrunner Kevin Kolde recently told Tudum that season 2 features "the biggest, craziest Castlevania fight scene ever", which is quite the promise given what has preceded it.

This new season will see Richter and co joined by Alucard, as they race to stop Erzsebet Báthory's dark and terrible plans for the world.

The series is loosely based on the popular Castlevania games, and like its predecessor has been praised for its visual style and its willingness to lean into some pretty gnarly violence.

But when will season 2 be releasing on Netflix, and what can fans expect? Read on for everything we know about Castlevania: Nocturne season 2.

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 release date

It was confirmed in December 2024 that the second season of Castlevania: Nocturne would debut on Thursday 16th January 2025.

Seeing as the original Castlevania series was widely acclaimed as one of the best anime projects Netflix had produced in a while, and thanks to the rave reviews of the first season, Netflix officially announced on 6th October 2023 that Castlevania: Nocturne would be returning for a second season.

The show was initially announced to be in development on Deadline on 16th April 2021, with reports stating that the show would be set during the French Revolution and would feature new characters, rather than continuing with the original troupe from Castlevania.

Almost a full year later, at Netflix's 2022 Geeked Week, the title was unveiled as Castlevania: Nocturne.

Another year later, we had the official cast announcement on 27th July 2023, and finally, the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne released onto Netflix 28th September 2023. This second season is arriving around 16 months later.

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 plot

The official logline for Castlevania Nocturne season 2 is: "Now joined by the legendary Alucard, Richter Belmont and his band of vampire hunters are in a desperate race against time.

"Erzsebet Báthory, the Vampire Messiah, who already seems invincible, seeks the full power of the goddess Sekhmet so she can plunge the world into endless darkness and terror."

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 cast

There was a bit of a change-up behind the scenes for Castlevania: Nocturne – Clive Bradley has replaced Warren Ellis as the new writer for the series, with Kevin Kolde, who also was the co-executive producer on the original series, stepping in as the new showrunner.

In terms of the cast, the following are expected to return for season 2:

• Edward Bluemel as Richter Belmont
• Pixie Davies as Maria Renard
• Thuso Mbedu as Annette
• Sydney James Harcourt as Edouard
• Nastassja Kinski as Tera Renard
• Zahn McClarnon as Olrox
• Franka Potente as Erzsebet Báthory/Sekhmet
• James Callis as Adrian 'Alucard' Tepes
• Richard Dormer as Emmanuel / The Abbot
• Iain Glen as Juste Belmont
• Aaron Neil as Mizrak

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 trailer

You can watch the latest trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 right here:

Castlevania: Nocturne season 1 is available to watch on Netflix. Season 2 will release on Thursday 16th January 2025. You can sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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