Topic: Non-game Castlevania media you would like to see?

[Nagumo]

Castlevania has been adapted in other media besides game—gamebooks, novellas, comics/manga etc.—with varying amount of success. Personally, I think Castlevania has a lot of potential to also be succesful in other forms of media instead of only video games and nothing else. 

What non-game Castlevania project would you like to see and why? Also, what would you like it to be about?   

Personally, when considering a large part of Castlevania's appeal is the look of its world, a visual format such as an anime would seem like a natural choice to me. If it were to be a long running series, I would definitely choose to create an original story, but still keep it faithful to the aesthetics of the series. If it were say a series of about 12 - 24 episodes, I would do an adaptation of CV3's plot and the events surrounding it, elaborate on the characters, and overall give a detailed account of that period in the chronology. I would prefer this over adapting any other game since it would serve as a good introduction to the series, and I find other periods in the timeline to be hardly as interesting.       

[crisis]

I would like to see more short-story Prologue mangas included with the games, typically drawn by Kojima. Like the ones she did for SotN & CoD. They add more details to the plot and are perfect opportunities to explore character motivations that wouldn't be revealed in the game otherwise. For instance, a prologue for HoD would've been cool, detailing Maxim's efforts that shows exactly how he became corrupted, Juste's training, etc. Stuff like that.

[Pfil]

I'd die of joy if they made a Castlevania anime!!!

[Gunlord]

Cool thread, Nagumo

Me too, Pfil...I'd honestly like to see more Castlevania animation. I liked the intro movie in Dawn of Sorrow.

[Dark Nemesis]

I'll buy it all!!! It could be a weekly series.

[Munchy]

A big ass artbook.

Can't think of much besides that.

[Pfil]

I'll buy it all!!! It could be a weekly series.

You bet the Blu-Ray Special Edition would be there from day 1!!!

Me too, Pfil...I'd honestly like to see more Castlevania animation. I liked the intro movie in Dawn of Sorrow.

Yeah! And the one from Portrait of Ruin is even better! (at least to me).
And you know what would be EVEN better? An anime with a 3D style of animation, like the cutscenes from Dead or Alive 5 for PS3, to name some recent HQ example of 3D animation.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I would love a castlevania anime!

I have no idea who made the DoS or PoR opening animations.
Anyway, I'm thinking that Aniplex or its subsidiary A1 Pictures can make the show. Production IG is also good.

[Nagumo]

Hmm, another good choice would be Madhouse. I think their visual style is absolutely gorgeous and very well suited for a series like Castlevania. They also did Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and No Longer Human. 

[Shiroi Koumori]

Oh yes. I forgot about them. hehehe.

[Odile Kuronuma]

I'd like to see a Castlevania manga illustrated by Kojima. I love the ones she did for Sotn and Cod. Maybe a manga based on Aos. And a Castlevania anime would be awesome too.

[chainsawmidget]

I was going to say that I wanted to see what Gene Colan could do with Castlevania, but when I looked up how to spell his name, I found out he died in 2011.  Now I'm sad. 

For those of you who don't know who the guy is, he was the artists on the Tomb Of Dracula comic and one of the guys that created Blade. 

[Pfil]

It's sad when that happens. It happened to me once when I was looking for my favourite composers most recent works and I found out that Michael Kamen had recently died.

[Dark Nemesis]

I'm storming my way through hyperdimension neptunia victory, when today i came across this:

This game has many references to other games.

[Kale]

Hentai! YEA!!!!!!