Feb 23, 2017 After years of being stuck in developmental h--- Netflix has picked up Castlevania as an R-rated animated series. Showrunner Adi Shankar (Power/Rangers, Punisher: Dirty Laundry) has revealed the first poster for his show that's expected to drop in 2017. The original Castlevania games centered on the Belmont family, a clan of vampire hunters, their fight with Dracula and his horde of monsters and ghouls.