Castlevania TV series: Netflix release nostalgic trailer teasing Vengeance

A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan

Earlier this year, with absolutely no fanfare, Netflix announced they were working on a serialised adaptation of the video game series Castlevania.

Now, without any particular warning, the streaming service has revealed the first trailer for Castlevania, featuring a very retro aesthetic.

We see someone insert a Castlevania cartridge into an old NES, the console booting up with the Netflix logo appearing on screen in classic 8-bit style.

Netflix has also released the series official synopses, which reads: “Inspired by the classic video game series, Castlevania is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself.

“The animated series written by best-selling author and comic-book icon Warren Ellis and executive produced by Warren Ellis, Kevin Kolde, Fred Seibert and Adi Shankar.”

Speaking earlier this year, Shankar - who previously acted on executive producer on Dredd, The Grey, and Lone Survivor and directed a famous gritty Power Rangers short - revealed the series will be an animated adaptation of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.

"This is very much Castlevania done in the vein of Game of Thrones," Shankar said, adding: "[The series is] going to be R-rated as f***. [It’s going to be] America’s first animated series for adults.”

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse was originally released on the NES and follows Trevor Belmont - wielder of the Vampire Killer Whip - as he attempts to take back Europe from Dracula.

The first part of the series will reportedly consist of four 30-minute episodes, which will reach Netflix 7 July.