Castlevania: Nocturne was first announced in August 2021, but it wasn’t until this past summer that Netflix shared the first teaser for it including the first look at Trevor Belmont’s great-great-grandson, Richter. Led by veterans from the original Netflix animated series co-directors Samuel and Adam Deats, writer Clive Bradley and showrunner Kevin Kolde, this sequel certainly has the makings to reprise the success of Castlevania, which is still widely regarded as one of the streamers best adaptations.
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It was precisely Samuel Deats who shared this holiday treat in the form of a short animated clip of Maria Renard, Richter’s companion in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, that seems to be more inspired from her design in The Dracula X Chronicles, a PSP remake of that same titled. The key difference is that version of Maria was always depicted to be a 12-year-old child, whereas this rendition appears to have aged her up quite a bit, at least to her late teens, since she is 17 in Symphony of the Night.
Suffice it to say, fans on Twitter were quick to express their excitement over Maria’s makeover which definitely takes after the animation style used in the Castlevania anime, despite only seeing 5 seconds of total footage. In the images, Maria can be seen sporting a green ribbon on her blonde hair, and if one pays close attention the color of her dress matches the pink color on both Rondo of Blood editions, as opposed to Symphony of the Night where her outfit is mostly green.
This tiny clip is much less informative than the official announcement teaser put out by Netflix, since Richter design was already shown to blend elements from several of the character’s appearances in Castlevania titles and their respective artworks. Castlevania: Nocturne will be set during the French Revolution in the late 1700s, mixing plot lines from the Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night, hence why Alucard will be coming back for the sequel along with his everpresent father.
While Konami has left Castlevania games dormant for the past 7 years, save for pachinko machines and mobile games like Grimoire of Souls, the franchise indeed has found new life in anime form or even in Brawlhalla crossovers.
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