We were joined on the Popternative show by character design supervisor Katie Silva to discuss the new Netflix animated series, Castlevania: Nocturne, the next installment of the Castlevania universe. The series premiered on September 28th and has already been renewed for a second season.
Synopsis
France, 1792 – the height of the French Revolution. In a remote part of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying Vampire Messiah, who promises to ‘eat the sun’ and unleash an army of vampires and nightcreatures to crush the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette, a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont, last descendant of the long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance.
Castlevania: Nocturne stars Edward Bluemel, Thuso Mbedu, Pixie Davies, Sharon D. Clarke, Richard Dormer, Iain Glen, Sydney James Harcourt, Elarica Johnson, Nastassja Kinski, Zahn McClarnon, Aaron Neil, Franka Potente, and Sophie Skelton.
In our interview, Katie discusses working on such a large-scale project: “we’re very conscious that Castlevania has an enormous fan base, but sometimes it feels like we’re working in a little bubble and forgetting that millions and millions of people are going to see what we’re working on.”
She also tells us about how she got into her role as a character design supervisor: “I started out drawing anime, of course as many people my age do, but then didn’t think that would be a real job, so I leaned more into illustration and a lot more technical sides of art. The character design supervisor kind of just happened. I happened to get the job by having stuff on Twitter that my director found and the [position] grew from there.”
Watch the full conversation with Katie below.
Castlevania: Nocturne is streaming on Netflix.