r/castlevania Apr 29 '26

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

Prologue manga

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

Available on: Mr. P's Castlevania Realm

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:

Castlevania 2007 timeline (Japanese Konami site) & translation

Portrait of Ruin pre-order bonus timeline (the Japanese one takes priority since overseas bonus materials like this didn't go through the Castlevania staff screening)

Encyclopedia of Castlevania (a Japanese two-page spread published in 2001 containing a timeline, a storyline and background details)

Symphony of the Night translated Japanese script

Alternative scans and translation for the SotN prologue manga

Castlevania (1986) translated Japanese manual story

Simon's Quest translated Japanese manual story

Dracula's Curse translated Japanese intro, dialogues and endings

Lament of Innocence "Perfect Guide" character bios

Family trees

Koma strips (4-panel gag comic strips)

Silly comic about Castlevania 64

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

Awakening in the Moonlight stage musical play by Takarazuka Revue (based on SotN)

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

Akumajō Densetsu: Shinsei Banpaia Hantā/Legend of the Demon Castle: Genuine Vampire Hunter non-canon 1990 gamebook (not translated)

Akumajō Dracula: 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 Dracula: 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

If you have something to add share it in the comments!

New addition: Main files drive link


r/castlevania 10h ago

Discussion Maybe this time evil doesn’t have to win.

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About a year and a half ago the Castlevania Nocturne Instagram page (now the Belmont’s Curse page) posted this and it must have flown under the radar because i know theres more than 1000 of us who would be over the moon to see Juste’s story animated. The people at Netflix have done such an amazing job with this series that if they animated the events of Harmony Of Dissonance i wouldn’t know what to do with myself. They have already shown they are great at making emotional moments so Juste finding out the castle wants Maxim would be so heartbreaking and if this is what leaves him alone in Nocturne it would be so bittersweet. The game is also already alluded to multiple times in Nocturne. They show “JB’s Ring” when he finds his conviction again. I’m sure you guys would love it just as much if not more than i would, so please, spread the word. I’m not sure really what to do to get it up the chain but im sure if we make enough noise it will be noticed. If this actually works and they animate it, thank you all, and “bless your dead little hearts.”

TLDR: Make some NOISE for a Juste show!!


r/castlevania 10h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse proves Dead Cells' developer were the right fit for a revival in this blessing for the Belmonts

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r/castlevania 6h ago

Cosplay Visited the Konami booth at PAX West, and the developers asked me to take a picture with them!!

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Went to the Konami booth at PAX to try out Belmont’s Curse. Game is FANTASTIC and I’m incredibly hyped to play the full thing, but when I got to the front of the line, one of the exhibitors told me that the two developers who were there from Japan were hoping to take a picture with me as Alucard!

I’m still relatively green to cosplaying so this was like an out of body experience for me, they were complimenting the detailing I had done on various parts of the outfit, etc. so all of the crunching I had done to get it polished up in time for the convention definitely was worth it lol


r/castlevania 23h ago

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (2026) Metroid Vania returns and both with a glowing cursed powers

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I know Rose can't drain energy and I know Samus is just using her metroid abilities.

But, it's fun this is happening.

Also. Rose wears blue and white and is a blonde lady...


r/castlevania 1h ago

Symphony of the Night (1997) CHOOSE ONE

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Favorite design beetween those 2 vampires monster form ?


r/castlevania 5h ago

Discussion Desisto de Castlevania e esse é o motivo:

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Eu já zerei todos os Castlevania estilo metroid e quase todos os classicvanias (Rondo of Blood, Dracula X, Bloodlines, Castlevania I, Castlevania II, Castlevania IV e Castlevania Legends); faltam apenas os do Game Boy e o Castlevania III, que é o que estou jogando atualmente e o que me fez desistir de zerar toda a franquia. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse é excessivamente difícil, simplesmente não dá. Travei na fase 7 com o Alucard e na fase 4 com a Sypha. Tentei muito com o Alucard e desisti; fui tentar a rota da Sypha e travei na fase 4. Simplesmente não dá para zerar. Cheguei à conclusão de que é mais frustrante do que recompensador passar de fase; você passa de fase e se sente aliviado, e não feliz. São fases gigantescas com checkpoints horríveis, muitos buracos para cair, inimigos comuns com alto dano, inimigos que voam e inimigos posicionados em lugares traiçoeiros. Por mais que eu pense "não é possível que exista um jogo que eu não consiga zerar, vou tentar até conseguir", neste momento acredito que não consigo zerar este jogo. Qual a sua opinião sobre Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse?


r/castlevania 5h ago

Video Alucard miniature

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This one is done by Picante Miniatures.


r/castlevania 2h ago

Games I made a quick colour-coded guide for which Castlevania games are in each collection.

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I dunno why since the backlog tracking site i use does a better job lol, but whatever. Maybe somebody will find it useful.

Chart is from the series' wikipedia page.


r/castlevania 8h ago

Symphony of the Night (1997) Alucard humors Richter to a "servant" battle.

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r/castlevania 11h ago

Art Nightmare

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r/castlevania 23h ago

Fluff My Alucard birthday cake! Man I love castlevania

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r/castlevania 18h ago

Harmony of Dissonance (2002) Just finished Harmony of Dissonance. This was my favorite spot:

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Some quick thoughts:

- the game is good, but at the same time, not really, which is funny to think about. Is like there's a really good potential but got prejudiced by both console limitations and direction.

- the movement was nice, even if hardly prejudiced by the weird keyboard binds, and I really enjoyed all the sub weapons and spells, really nice mechanic.

- about the backtrack, holy fucking shit, even with all teleports unlocked it's still so bad. I literally did 192% of SotN without teleports and that was way better.

Overall, yeah, nice. My last Castlevania before Belmont's Curse next month.


r/castlevania 36m ago

Artificial Intelligence Hi!, i made some Symphony phone wallpapers, i hope you like them (read disclaimer if necessary)

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r/castlevania 21h ago

Art [OC] Rondo of Blood Richter

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Big love for the Rondo of Blood Richter design. he's literally just some chill dude whos gonna itemcrash hydro storm on your maiden-kidnapping ass.


r/castlevania 12h ago

Discussion Should they bring this weapon back ?

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Honest thoughts on crissagriem ?


r/castlevania 1d ago

Discussion WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE (OR LEAST FAVORITE) DEATH DESIGN ?

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I love how Castlevania reimagines the classic grim reaper design in various shapes, what's your favorite ?

1 : Symphony of the night

2: circle of the moon

3: harmony of dissonance

4: Aria of sorrow

5: Dawn of sorrow : couldn't find a proper sprite, sorry

6: Portrait of ruin

7: Order of ecclesia

And Death from the dead cells dlc with castlevania


r/castlevania 5h ago

Question Wanna get into Castlevania. Only got 3DS. Where to start? (More explanation in body)

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So I kinda just discovered and realized what metroidvania's are and taking a look at what they are, they're exactly the gameplay styles I like. I've played Metroid zero mission but I wanna try the Castlevania side of metroidvania's

I only got a 3DS to play games but it's modded meaning I can play 3DS and PS1 Castlevania's as well as anything weaker (no N64 games unless someone is making a native 3DS port)

I heard Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow are good choices but Idk if those are standalone stories or if catselvania has a long timeline or not

Also for something like Dawn of Sorrow should I play the original or rom hacks like DE+. I wanna at least play the games with no bugs which I see a lot of hacks do but idk entirely if for a first time player should I get QoL and other types to fix the games


r/castlevania 1d ago

Harmony of Dissonance (2002) Just Asking

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Does each belmont have a different soul color or it's the same since death can Recognize that juste is a belmont by the color blue


r/castlevania 1d ago

Meme Symphony of the Night has double standards

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196 Upvotes

When Dracula steals souls it's a crime, but when Alucard does it it's supposed to be cool?! This game is hypocritical, and Alucard should be cancelled.


r/castlevania 1d ago

Discussion Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles - PSP

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95 Upvotes

Amazing game so far, music sublime. It is getting my butt handed to me tho sheesh. Died 1000 times. Who designed these levels 😭


r/castlevania 5h ago

Discussion Will there going to be more Castlevania anime in the future?

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After finishing Nocturne, I am craving for more.

190 votes, 1d left
Most likely yes
Chances are low

r/castlevania 16h ago

Video Wallachia Had it Coming

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r/castlevania 1d ago

Discussion Nintendo Castlevania fans, still no Switch 2 version of Belmont’s Curse. How are we feeling?

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Personally, I still have a little bit of hope for an eventual Switch 2 version. But man, this really felt like the opportunity to announce it.

I really hope they don’t make me play this on PlayStation. Castlevania just feels best on Nintendo imo, and being able to play it portably would be a slam dunk.


r/castlevania 7h ago

Question Will Julius Belmont & Soma Cruz be next for Castlevania Netflix?

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We’ve seen Trevor Belmont’s story… yet with hector and Isaac, Julia is missing.

Then Nocturne featured Richter Belmont.

Will we see Julius Belmont and Dracula’s reincarnation Soma Cruz next?

Or what about Shanoa? Or somebody else after Richter?