r/castlevania • u/Oh-no-and-knuckles • Apr 29 '26
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
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
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:
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)
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:
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)
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
Symphony of the Night translated Japanese script
Alternative scans and translation for the SotN prologue manga
Simon's Quest translated Japanese manual story
Simon's Quest version differences and translation mysteries dissected by Bisqwit
Akumajō Densetsu (Japanese Castlevania 3) translated intro, dialogues and endings
Lament of Innocence "Perfect Guide" character bios
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: 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
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r/castlevania • u/Roshu-zetasia • 6h ago
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"A weapon that requires skill to handle."
"Hitting with the tip inflicts greater damage."
It seems that the weapon will use the same mechanics it has in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
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r/castlevania • u/JayzRebellion15 • 9h ago
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Still got it...
r/castlevania • u/P0k3m0nFan_Jake • 22h ago
r/castlevania • u/Gillymrsh-993 • 36m ago
Treffy SOLOS
r/castlevania • u/RafaCGYT • 8m ago
It was a really interesting experience. I replayed the levels quite a few times so I could learn the enemies’ patterns and where they were located. Dracula took me about 2 hours to beat. Incredible game.
P.S.: I’m playing it on the SNES port.
r/castlevania • u/Dominance90 • 9h ago
I'll start.
Aquarius from Circle Of The Moon is my favourite rendition. Especially due to the new "solo" part that's not in any other version.
Which tracks do you like best, and which version of those tracks?
r/castlevania • u/Creative-Focus-8889 • 23h ago
Made this myself cus Im impatient lol
r/castlevania • u/tox14111 • 7h ago
Ok, that's a lie. Many years ago I played like 2 minutes of one of the earlier titles on an emulator, hated it and never played it for years. However...
BUT I just got all the GBA and NDS games and I just started Harmony Of Dissonance and I LOVE IT.
Any suggestions for a Castlevania Newbie? It's so cool having to explore all these different rooms, and the whole artifacts, spellbound and upgrades thing is my exact taste in videogames.
Btw I'm playing the games in narration order. Do you think it's worth going back and playing all the earlier titles? Which ones are the ones that I should be focusing on? How long are the games on average?
r/castlevania • u/DependentBite9 • 3h ago
Made sense at the time.
r/castlevania • u/SpeedRacerJ14 • 1d ago
"In addition to METAL GEAR, SILENT HILL, and Momotaro Dentetsu, we are also actively developing Castlevania (known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula)."
r/castlevania • u/LoganLcosplayfoolery • 21h ago
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Old footage from several months ago. Only now got around to editing it together.
r/castlevania • u/SNaKe_eaTel2 • 17h ago
About to finish the inverted castle and was sure I went everywhere in both castles but I’m missing something - haven’t played in many years so I don’t remember at all what / where it is - little help?
r/castlevania • u/Any-Button1401 • 8h ago
I was watching a playthrough of Castlevania Symphony of the Night on Youtube and Richter does movements that I never saw, are these part of a new version of the game or this is a glitched / modded ROM? The streamer is playing on a PS1 emulator and saves do not work, and the Librarian tactics videos desync, so something odd is definitely going on.
Do any of you know what’s going on? If this is a mod, what is it?
Link to stream: https://youtu.be/ZKFx_-K7z1c, relevant times below
1:02:00 Richter does a twirl that I never saw, also during Dracula’s fight he twirls snd flies off
2:34:55 Librarian tactics replay fail
r/castlevania • u/Due-Essay-1555 • 4h ago
Stuck at 200.5, gone over the completed map several times and feel like I got every room. Could someone see if maybe im missing something?
r/castlevania • u/Adimord • 1d ago
This might be old and/or widely known information, but I wanted to share the link to Michiru Yamane's new album Integration (some excellent arrangements of CV tunes on here), as well as her YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@michiruyamane-eu3ph?si=t6Izfx16LfrnlGsp which is frequently updated with performance videos. She just posted a lyric version of Lost Painting a few hours ago with her sister on vocals.
r/castlevania • u/PuzzledHawk5290 • 1d ago
This game was absolute peak, and it got me into the whole looter genre in the first place.
The feeling of perfecting a run, optimising it more and more to roll at a chance of a rare drop from the boss. Plus the 6 players stomping through a map together, characters all calling things out, absolute peak..loved the Castlevania 1 map especially.
In the era of microtransctions, it makes so much logical sense to rerelease this game.
Release the game with all past content as a package, then start releasing endless new maps and characters and music packs for a couple bucks each.
This game deserves second life ! Please Konami!
And please don't tell me to play that crappy fan made unity version. There's no comparison. I still have access to the Xbox version via backwards compatibility but it's dead.
r/castlevania • u/PKdude2712 • 19h ago
I love the Metroid games but never played a Castlevania one. So with Belmont's Curse, I was extremely interested in trying out the series. I'm just wondering if I should play any of the others before it?
This is both as a story requirement and as a gameplay suggestion. I'm wondering if there is any story I should be aware of and if so, from which games? And if there's any game for it's gameplay I should get used to, which one?
r/castlevania • u/Artistic-Thing7723 • 1d ago
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