Alucard looks like his father's son, but also like his worst enemy | #castlevania

[djordjekrsmanovic]

Those 300 years of beauty sleep between games did him well

[filipvadas]

1. Also note that while both Dracula and Alucard dress regally, the former dresses comftorably like a proper lord, while the latter dresses almost like a hunter. Another nice contrast.

2. I love how both Alucard and his father are, for all terms and purposes, ghostly pale, but whereas Dracula look like an actual undead, Alucard has an almost angelic quality to him. Its really cool how just a few colour changes can make two characters with an eerily similar aesthetic give off two completely different impressions.

[Khelzugah]

Seeing the pictures of Castlevania 3 Alucard makes me wish they made a joke with that in the Netflix Series. Like Trevor stumbling over a family portrait and little Alucard just looks like that.

[ridori]

Also while Dracula's pale skin and white hair make him look extra ghostly and vampiric Alucard gets the blonde hair from his mother, which makes him look more angelic in comparison.

[minichad]

I really like Alucards design, especially how it was adapted in the show

[Sam-deqx]

His weapon of choice is also important! While Dracula prefers Minions, Monsters, Magic or even his bare hands in monster form, Alucard uses a Rapier. A weapon for quick slashes, jabs and close combat in tight area. Meant to used with grace and purpose. Not mindless force or flashiness.

[MolochMekkane]

You take in how he looks, and then he actually speaks in game and the voice they gave him is deep and commanding. It works very well for him.

[phiphi]

He looks like he could fit into bloodborne PERFECTLY, like the kind of character you could see covered in blood from head to toe and somehow find them even more gorgeous

[chester]

Alucard is the ONLY Japanese designed character who can justify having that many belt buckles

[omegabet]

Also, I think it can't be understated how much Alucard resembles his mother, the only piece of humanity Dracula had.

[mas]

It does feel like Alucard either became or at the very least took the role of the protagonist of the series after SOTN. Yeah, you might find a guy with a whip somewhere, but the son of Dracula usually isn’t too far behind. They really knew how to make him shine and become just as iconic as his father.

[Pyre]

So, this is also worth noting. Alucard, SPECIFICALLY bishounen Symphony of the Night Alucard, is a homage to Vampire Hunter D.

Both extremely pretty, eternally young men. Long-haired, wearing flowing coats or cloaks. Both hunters of the undead (it's in the name), favoring longswords as their primary weapon. Both dhampir, half-vampire, sons of Dracula.

And if this seems like I'm stretching? D has in his possession a blue amulet. It seems like magic, but is actually a piece of incredibly advanced tech used for unlocking sealed doors.

The first item you usually get in Symphony of the Night is a blue amulet, which unlocks a door.

[Ketharuil]

Ayami Kojima is honestly just one of the greatest video game artists of all time. Her designs are FLAWLESS

[sirensong]

Alucard is what i aspire to be in life. aesthetic on point, gender immaculate, spends most of the time sleeping except for when its REALLY IMPORTANT and sometimes not even then.

[slicessenpai]

Psychiatrist: "Lawful Black Griffith isn't real."

Lawful Black Griffith:

[luckymushroom]

I always loved how the shoulder of the coat is falling off in his default portrait for Sotn. Gives him an aura of aloofness too, or perhaps reflects on how he’s just woken up and is still perhaps a bit out of it

[merlinhot]

I appreciate that the Netflix show took designs from Symphony of Night instead of the earlier games.

[TheLanach]

Fun fact: Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards.

An obscure bit of trivia, but I assure it is true.

[jamesbiggs]

The man that took a hardcore platforming series and turned it into an action RPG to the delight of many & pioneered an entire genre.

[shinyagumon]

That Castlevania 3 Alucard looks like Count Choccula`s love child