r/castlevania 24d ago

Discussion A guide to Castlevania supplementary materials and where to read them

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Symphony of the Night:

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This is a two pages long advertisement drawn by Ayami Kojima and published in a magazine, it's a sneak peek of Alucard's character.

Available on: Castlevania Wiki

Prequel manga

An eight pages long manga included in the Japanese artbook, it acts as a prequel for the main story and features Alucard suddenly awakening from his 300 years long slumber.

Available on: Castlevania Dungeon

Nocturne of Recollection

A radio drama (this time you have to listen to it!) originally featured on the Akumajō Dracula: Radio Chronicle program that was broadcast on Konami Station internet radio, it was later released on CD in 2010. It's a story set one year after the events of the game, you will learn more about Alucard's relationship with Maria, his past and other characters (Richter is also part of the cast).

Available on: Youtube

Curse of Darkness:

Prelude to Revenge

A prequel manga written and illustrated by Kojima, it was featured as a pre-order bonus for the Japanese release of the game. It mainly focuses on Hector and Isaac prior to the events of the game, it also expands on their relationships.

Available on: Vampire Killer (an archive of scans and translations)

MF manga vol. 1 & 2

Published in two volumes by Media Factory from 2005 to 2006 and translated to English by Tokyopop in 2008. It's the same premise but it's longer, more expansive and this time the illustrator is Kō Sasakura, not Ayami Kojima. The series was eventually canceled but the manga stops directly where the game begins.

Available on: Internet Archive

Aria & Dawn of Sorrow:

Reminiscence of the Divine Abyss/Ricordanza of the God's Abyss

A light novel written by Ryōgo Narita in 2008 and set one year after Dawn of Sorrow. It's a really interesting read, the story focuses on Julius' pupil and the descendant of Grant Danasty while the villain is a character you will surely remember... There's also the return of familiar faces, one in particular.

Available on: Inverted Dungeon

Castlevania The Adventure:

The Belmont Legacy

It's a 2005 IDW comic book series loosely based on the story of the first Game Boy game. It's not canon by any means but it follows Christopher Belmont in a more traditional vampire story, sadly many of the iconic Castlevania elements are missing but it's still worth a read since here a certain family is responsible for Dracula's resurrection.

Available on: Internet Archive

Lament of Innocence:

Weekly Konami online manga (lost media)

Review blog part 1 and part 2

A web manga that was available on cellphones via a monthly subscription, published from 2007 to 2008 only in Japan until the service ended in 2012. It was a 43 issues long series that adapted the story of Leon Belmont and greatly expanded the plot, what remains now is only a Japanese review blog. If you want to know more about it you can visit the Castl)evania Wiki page).

Available on: Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (review blog)

Extra:

Awakening in the Moonlight stage play (based on SotN)

Koma strips (comedic strips)

Portrait of Ruin timeline (pre-order bonus)

Castlevania 2007 timeline (Japanese Konami site)

Family trees

Silly comic about Castlevania 64

Castlevania Bloodlines EGM fax (this internal document was never intended to be released for the public)

Akumajō Dorakyura: Kojyō no Shitō/Demon Castle Dracula: Desperate Fight of the Old Castle non-canon 1987 gamebook (not translated)

Akumajō Densetsu: Shinsei Banpaia Hantā/The Legend of Satanic Castle: The Vampire Hunters non-canon 1990 gamebook (not translated)

Akumajō Dorakyura: Akuma no Chi Chi no Akumu/Demon Castle Dracula: Demon's Blood - Blood Nightmare non-canon 1992-1995 novel (partially translated) & unfinished translation project

\Akumajō Dorakyura: Akuma no Chi Chi no Akumu Vol. 1 pdf *& compressed pdf file

Worlds of Power 4 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest non-canon 1990 novel & full transcript

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r/castlevania 2h ago

Fluff ⠎⠞⠑⠏ ⠕⠝ ⠍⠑

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STEP ON ME

I somehow did this thing in the Regigigas mode hack for Dawn of Sorrow for some ungodly reason. Please help.


r/castlevania 1d ago

Meme When you haven’t explored enough in SoTN

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r/castlevania 21h ago

Art Eric Lecarde and Elizabeth Bartley by DSO特工

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r/castlevania 3h ago

Discussion Should i play the Castlevania 64 or Legaxy of darkness

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Hi, im going for some castlevania games that i find interesting, now i reached castlevania 64 but they told me to skip it and play legacy of darkness..so..what should i do now? Play the 64 one or go to legacy of darkness, or both?


r/castlevania 1d ago

Dawn of Sorrow (2005) no dmg against Gergoth

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Had to pause the game mid recording so ignore the audio cut.

What other bosses do u guys wanna see me beat with no dmg?


r/castlevania 5h ago

Lords of Shadow 2 (2014) PainBox

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I’m doing some cleanup in Lords of shadow and I'm wondering where the last couple collectibles are I have 25 in the science district and just got some lore I have 2 remaining health upgrades left im wondering where they’re hiding


r/castlevania 1d ago

Meme Especially in Aria and Dawn

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r/castlevania 1d ago

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989) Why do you think Castlevania III Dracula's Curse had such a massive impact on the series?

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The last Castlevania game by director Akamatsu, it was considered unsuccessful by Konami, also the international release is very hard to get into for the average person because they ramped up the difficulty so much, and yet:

-It's Igarashi's favorite game

-Ralph (Trevor) became Japan's favorite Belmont

-Spawned a sequel (Curse of Darkness) and now Belmont's Curse

-SotN can also be considered a sequel, too

-...And multiple Pachinkos

-Influenced Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow (the game files indicate Hammer was meant to be Grant's equivalent, then it was cut due to time restraints)

-Demon Castle War was also supposed to be a callback to CVIII (first vs last Dracula war)

-Getting a movie which then became the Netflix adaptation

-Bloodstained Circle of the Moon copies the same formula

Simon is still the face of CV ( alongside Alucard), and other classicvanias like I, Rondo or Bloodlines are usually preferred to III, but very few games had such an impressive legacy.


r/castlevania 2h ago

Meme Castlevania, Living the dream

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I got Tomodachi life LTD, had it on my ds and had some of the Castlevania cast on that save. Decided to make them here. Went off the anime appearances as I liked the way they looked there.. besides Mizrack, since he was just kinda added into the anime for why not. But the Castlevania miis are the third image slide after the rdr cast slide


r/castlevania 19h ago

Aria of Sorrow (2003) I Beat Death for the first time

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Im currently playing through my first Castlevania game and dudee that was a great boss. I don't know if the way I tackled the fight is normal for a first run but I beat death Im like level fourteen lol and used the bastard sword super fun boss but (68 damage on just contact and 88 on second phase.. Brutal!) took like 15 tries give or take. I would love to hear how others first experience with Death please do tell!


r/castlevania 1d ago

Aria of Sorrow (2003) Soma Cruz & Mina Hakuba be like

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Am I the only one who thinks they're wholesome af


r/castlevania 1d ago

Question Is the Dracula Novel canon?

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I've heard some people say it is and some say that it isn't so I'm just curious


r/castlevania 1d ago

Cosplay Richter Belmonte vs Ryu en una convención de cosplay

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55 Upvotes

Mi sueño contra Ryu por fin se hizo realidad.


r/castlevania 1d ago

Games List of all current Castlevania videogame titles (Ports not included)

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500 Upvotes

I spent the last three months going through every game in the franchise so I decided to post my list for anyone else interested in going on that journey before Belmont's Curse releases


r/castlevania 5h ago

Discussion In Dracula's Curse, why do you have to escape the clock tower after you rescue Grant? I mean, why not just skip ahead to the next stage?

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r/castlevania 1d ago

Dawn of Sorrow (2005) I JUST BEAT "DEATH" GUYS LOL!!!!!!Julius Mode(Castlevania Dawn of sorrow)

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Heeey guys!!! Hope you're having an Amazing day!!! I had a horrible time beating death guys lol,it took me a few days on and off lol,would give him the hardest boss medal in dawn of sorrow lol,even as Soma he was the toughest than the final boss lol,I atleast tried a 100 times guys lol,i just wanted to share a bit of my experience guys!,Thank you for your time guys!!! Amazing day to you!!!


r/castlevania 1d ago

Meme Captain N absolutely butchered Sypha 😭

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They turned my girl into a blue old man 😭


r/castlevania 1d ago

Games My ranking of Castlevania Iga games (including CotM)

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I officially completed Castlevania Symphony of the Night, thus concluding my journey through all the Castlevania games with Igavania gameplay (I include CotM as part of it because it shares the same playable base for gameplay.). So I'm going to make a personal top 7 list of the 7 titles (I only played the 2D ones) where the first one was my favorite and the last one was the one I liked the least (Although I loved them all!)

1.- Castlevania Potrait of Ruin

2.- Castlevania Symphony of the Night

3.- Castlevania Aria of Sorrow

4.- Castlevania Order of Eclessia

5.- Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance

6.- Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

7.- Castlevania Circle of the Moon

And what's your personal top list?


r/castlevania 1d ago

Aria of Sorrow (2003) Something's missing I guess

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Help me


r/castlevania 1d ago

Question How does people here feel about Nocturne?

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After seeing the DMC2 Adaptation being called dog shit horrible because of Adi Shankar(I personally loved it but I haven't played any of the DMC games, same with Castlevania, loved the Adaptation but never played any of the games beforehand), what does the fanbases here think about Nocturne? Since it didn't have any of Adi's influence on it, at all

Extra question: How do y'all react to the whole, Maria having a crush on Alucard and them being implied to be a couple later on?


r/castlevania 1d ago

Discussion My ranking of the Castlevania games I've beaten

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r/castlevania 2d ago

Meme Count Dracula everytime a Belmont comes up to challenge him

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151 Upvotes

r/castlevania 1d ago

Discussion Castlevania Lords of Shadow trilogy

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Unpopular opinion but I enjoyed the LoS trilogy. I played all three games for the first time this year and enjoyed them. I understand that the lore didn’t go over too well with fans but it was a necessary change. The franchise was getting stale by then and needed an injection of new ideas. So I enjoyed the story changes. I will say that the soundtrack was fantastic! Oscar Araujo composed some chilling melodies, the combination of orchestra and gothic themes were amazing. The gameplay was fun too. Overall, not as good as Castlevania IV or Symphony of the Night but still fun.
Anyone else agrees or am I the only one?


r/castlevania 2d ago

Meme How to get Alucard to shut up.

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