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• Peter // Feb 2, 2007 at 11:36 am

  This is great! Dracula’s cowl reminds me of a blooming flower or veiny poinsettia leaf. Excellent.

• Vampire Killer // Feb 2, 2007 at 11:44 am

  Pretty awesome image. I am curious to know why they are decidedly going with a CV3 movie ranther than any of the other game inspirations.

  But, I might withdraw my question considering the richness of the characters and the story line.

  So… cool!

• Brandon Cook // Feb 2, 2007 at 1:31 pm

  Suffice to say, they have chosen the correct game to adapt. This is generally regarded as the best of the original Castlevania trilogy and really sets the stage for the entirety of the series. If this venture goes well and they decide to launch other projects, there’s a lot of untapped potential in the games. The most interesting of these I think would be Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night, the latter of which is a direct sequel to not only the former but also to Dracula’s Curse. Simon’s installments didn’t really have much in the way of a story by comparison, and there was no supporting cast to speak of.

  Also, Lament of Innocence would probably translate into this medium famously. It wasn’t the best game by any stretch, but as an origin story it would make a great distant prequel, especially with Warren at the helm.

  I’ve seen this image floating around in the ether for some time now, but I had no idea it was related to a movie production. Awesome work!

• Jen Zee // Feb 2, 2007 at 5:07 pm

  Wow, I totally missed Alucard and Sypha the few times I’ve looked at this piece on Jean’s site… Nice :)!

• Garou // Feb 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm

  I like this churchwindow-like art!

• Richter Belmont // Feb 5, 2007 at 4:27 am

  Hmm….I love the designs of Sypha, Grant and specially Trevor and the mosters.

  However, Dracula…The cowl is pretty original, but his face is too Nosferatu style, too old fashioned…

• Franco // Feb 5, 2007 at 1:36 pm

  Ahh… If I had a couple more years I dare say I could have blagged my way onto the art team. Alas.

  For the time being I would suggest simply that you keep nice and faithful to the old character designs; between the *original* official artwork (as opposed to this new CoD Kojima crap), the original sprites, and the updated sprites from SotN.

  So, I feel (while I suppose you know) that this concept image strays somewhat. I mean for one thing, leather armour is really just as good as metal armour in light of the power of the Vampire Killer… IT’S ALL IN THE WHIPS am I right!? Come to think of it, I may have totally assumed that it was leather.

  Anyway, I am Castlevania crazy and quite totally pumped about this, so I really really hope that it goes well.

• David Looney // Feb 5, 2007 at 6:28 pm

  >Pretty awesome image. I am curious to know why >they are decidedly going with a CV3 movie >rather than any of the other game inspirations.

  Two reasons jump to mind quickly: It is the first chronologically in the original trilogy. Meaning they can move forward in the time-line if it does well. And even if it just does okay, they can announce a SotN sequel, which will do well.

  I’m so hyped for the movie, which is why I have to ask: Is there any chance we can get a high res version of the art? I’ve got plans.

• Umeko // Feb 9, 2007 at 11:43 am

  Gorgeous work. It is very exciting to be able to watch it come together while you work to breath life into it via animation. I’m looking forward to seeing more!

• Conn // Feb 12, 2007 at 5:21 pm

  Will James Jean be drawing the actual movie too, or is it just the concept art? I hope he’s drawing the movie, because his art is awesome!

• Nadia // Feb 18, 2007 at 8:00 am

  I loved James’ work for The Black Parade. He’s a great fit.

• Kristian // Mar 4, 2007 at 6:14 am

  Keep the good work !

• Pacco // Mar 10, 2007 at 5:28 pm

  w00w! is fantastic

• leon belmont // Mar 25, 2007 at 11:20 pm

  is it a 3d film?

• leon // Mar 27, 2007 at 9:27 pm

  will the characters going to look like this in the film?

• samuraigundam // Nov 4, 2007 at 3:29 am

  Is this movie going to be influenced by Ayame Kojimas art?I hope so,I think she has some of the best character art I’ve seen.Her redesign of Alucard,as well as the older characters,is one of the high points for me when I play these games.Well,I hope alucard at least retains his effeminete look(yes,I am a straight man),I mean just because your good looking,doesnt mean you cant also be a bad-ass.

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