T5W#493-Top 5 Ideas for Castlevania: Nocturne Season 3 (or future franchise entries)

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 dropped this weekend after two years of anticipation and…I’m not gonna lie I wasn’t a fan.  The first season was already pretty uneven for me and Season 2 did nothing to make the show worthy of the praise of it’s near perfect predecessor.  Still I’ll save more thoughts on that for a future full series review.  Today on Top 5 Wednesday, I’m talking about ideas of where Nocturne could go should it be renewed for a third season.  And even if it isn’t, the Castlevania video game franchise is pretty big and could always try again with a new story or adapting another game.  So let’s take a look at my Top 5 Ideas for Castlevania: Nocturne Season 3 (or future franchise entries).  Also I’ll be diving a little bit into Season 2 Spoilers, so here’s your SPOILER WARNING!!

 
#5-Olrox and Mizrak

One of the more notable relationships in Nocturne has been between Aztec Vampire Olrox and devoted Holy Knight Mizrak.  Despite walking two different sides of faith and darkness, somehow love blossomed between these two.  In the Season Finale, a near death Mizrak is bitten by Olrox to save his life.  Now a creature of the night like his lover, where does Mizrak go from here?  I’m betting these two could get into some fun and crazy adventures while navigating their new relationship status.  Hopefully they don’t have anybody as crazy as Erzsebet hovering over them. 

 
#4-History of the Belmonts

I’ll be honest, I know little about Castlevania lore beyond the TV Series and I’ve barely played any of the games.  I do know that the Belmont line is long and seemingly never ending.  Aside from one particular individual I’ll bring up later, I think the Animated wing of the franchise could test the waters of possible projects with a Halo Legends/Animatrix style anthology that picks various descendants and ancestors of Trevor Belmont and follows them on a singular adventure.  Like I said, some could prove more popular than others and lead to more future spin off titles for the franchise.

 
#3-Another Trevor, Sypha and Alucard Adventure

If Nocturne has lacked one crucial component to it’s predecessor’s success, it’s a strong core trio.  Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades and Alucard are a tough act to follow.  Their chemistry dynamic formed the heart of Castlevania and they did more than just kick all kinds of ass together.  Seeing as how they managed to survive a battle with Death itself, how about we see some of what happened to this trio after the original series.  Or better yet, just have the three of them saddle up once again for another monster slaying journey?  Honestly when Alucard did show up in Season 2 of Nocturne I was hoping to see Trevor and Sypha in some kind of flashback.

 
#2-A Prequel with Richter’s Mom

While we only got to see her briefly in the very first episode, Julia Belmont, Richter’s mother, left one helluva impression.  It’s a shame she was killed off so soon cause this woman, voiced by the talented and beautiful Sophie Skelton of Outlander fame, deserves her own animated adventure.  Being part of one of the longest line of Vampire Hunters in history, it’s right to assume Julia did plenty of slaying of her own, some likely alongside her father, Juste, who was a major player in most of Nocturne.  Perhaps we could even tie it further into Nocturne and see how Julia first crossed paths with the Vampire who would ultimately end her life, Olrox.
 

#1-Alucard’s World Tour

Personally, I think Alucard was woeful underutilized in Season 2 outside of action sequences.  What always had my attention more was his little hint drops about the adventures he’s been on since his time with Trevor and Sypha.  He went to Japan, India, Alucard’s voice indicates he loved looking at the growing of the new world.  Any chance we can see some of this little World Tour too?  Especially Japan, Alucard’s had some pretty interesting experience with Japanese vampires in the past so it’d be awesome to see him square off with Vampire Samurai or Ninjas.  Who else does he meet?  How does his world view grow or lessen?  I’d rather have a series of this than listen to Erzsebet pretend to be the poser Goddess she is.