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Updated · Bleeding Cool News · Aug 24

Graham McTavish Reprises Dracula in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Ahead of October 16 Launch

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Updated · Bleeding Cool News · Aug 24

Graham McTavish Reprises Dracula in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Ahead of October 16 Launch

Q: With the Netflix cast returning, does Belmont's Curse secretly bridge the gap between the animated series and original gaming timeline?

No. The returning Netflix actors suggest a stylistic and marketing overlap, not a hidden canon link. The strongest evidence is from the developers themselves. Coverage citing Konami and Evil Empire says *Belmont’s Curse* has “no canonical connection” to the Netflix animated continuity. Producer Tsutomu Taniguchi and creative director Emmanuel Nouaille have said the game was designed to feel welcoming to anime fans, and that the show influenced the game’s cinematography, mood, and presentation rather than its story continuity. The timeline also points back to game canon, not Netflix canon. *Belmont’s Curse* is set in 1499, explicitly 23 years after *Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse*, with Trevor Belmont and his daughter Rose at the center. That places it as an extension of the original game mythology. The official framing describes Rose as Trevor and Sypha’s daughter and positions the game within the established Belmont lineage. What the reused cast does accomplish is continuity of tone. Graham McTavish returning as Dracula, along with returning voices for Sypha and Isaac, helps evoke the Netflix series’ identity. But that is best read as a deliberate aesthetic bridge between audiences, not a narrative bridge between timelines. So the answer is that *Belmont’s Curse* is not secretly connecting the animated series to the original games. It is borrowing the anime’s performance and visual language while telling a separate, game-canon story.

3 articles · Updated · Bleeding Cool News · Aug 24

Konami and Evil Empire unveiled the English voice cast for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, with Graham McTavish returning as Dracula after voicing the character in Netflix's animated series.
Abby Trott leads the game as Rose Belmont, joined by JB Blanc as Trevor Belmont, Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades and Liam O'Brien, who returns as Isaac roughly 20 years later.
October 16 is the release date for PC and the three major consoles, alongside a new trailer showing Rose fighting through a burning 1499 Paris with whip combat, Arcana powers and gear customization.
The game centers on Trevor and his daughter Rose confronting monsters spilling from a looming castle, while bosses including Death, Medusa and Carmilla can be sealed into tarot cards and reused as abilities.