TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Canadian animation studio Wow! Unlimited Media is readying more Castlevania after Netflix ordered a second season of the animated series.
The new Netflix original series launched globally last week and is the first proprietary production of Frederator Studios under the umbrella of parent company Wow! Unlimited Media (formerly Rainmaker Entertainment). In addition, Netflix increased the episode order from four in the show’s first season to eight for the second season.
Inspired by the classic video game series from Japan's Konami, Castlevania (pictured) is an animated project written by best-selling author and comic book legend Warren Ellis. The mature-rated animation project is a dark medieval fantasy that follows the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepes himself.
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"Castlevania has been a world icon for 30 years. Wow! and Frederator are honored to have the privilege of bringing it to life as an entertainment series that will continue its story for years to come," said Fred Seibert, chief creative officer of Wow! Unlimited Media and CEO of Frederator Networks and Frederator Studios, in the news release.
