Castlevania: Nocturne First 7 Minutes Focuses on Richter as a Child

During the September 27, 2023 Drop 01 event, Netflix shared the first seven minutes of a Castlevania: Nocturne episode starring Richter Belmont and his mother, Julia. It reveals she’s a vampire hunter as well. In the segment, we see what happens when the two of them end up running into the vampire Olrox. 

In the games, Richter’s exact parentage is a bit vague, but the Castlevania: Nocturne clip shows him as a child with his mother Julia Belmont. The two are in Boston in 1783. That’s the year the American Revolution ended. The duo are heading to the harbor to a ship while fireworks happen overhead. Richter isn’t happy that Julia is sending him to France to live with his aunt, Tera. He suggests it isn’t safe, because she isn’t a vampire hunter, and that he needs to fight alongside her. 

It’s then that Olrox interrupts the two while she attempts to explain things. After Julia tells Richter to go ahead of her, her and Olrox fight one another. We see that she’s wielding the trademark Belmont whip during the battle, as well as fire magic. 

Here’s the full Castlevania: Nocturne Netflix video showing Richter, Julia, and Olrox:

This is one of two shows tied to Adi Shankar to appear during Drop 01. The other was a Devil May Cry adaptation.That is in development and doesn’t have a release window. There was also footage of a new Tomb Raider show that will follow the events of the 2013 reboot, which will appear in 2024. 

Castlevania: Nocturne will appear on Netflix on September 28, 2023, and the four seasons of the original anime style series are now live on the service.