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Bootleg Multiverse

Animated franchise adapting video games with anime style.

Adi Shankar created the Bootleg Multiverse, an American animation franchise named after his Bootleg Universe project of satirical, unauthorized works. The franchise adapts various global video games, with each series employing an anime-inspired visual style from different artists.

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Creator
Adi Shankar
Owner
Bootleg Universe; Netflix

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List of featured animated TV series

After his wife is falsely accused of witchcraft and burned alive, the vampire Count Dracula vows to make all of Wallachia pay. He calls forth a demon army that overruns the land, plunging the people into fear and suspicion. In response, the outcast monster hunter Trevor Belmont, joined by the magician Sypha Belnades and Dracula's own dhampir son Alucard, takes up arms against the forces of darkness. This story comes from Konami's video game series, adapted for television by writer Warren Ellis. Production companies include Frederator Studios, Powerhouse Animation Studios, Shankar Animation, Project 51 Productions, and Mua Film. The first season, four half-hour episodes, dropped on July 7, 2017. An eight-episode second season followed on October 26, 2018. A ten-episode third season arrived on March 5, 2020, and the series concluded with its fourth season on May 13, 2021. On May 11, 2021, Netflix announced a new series set in the same universe but with different characters. This sequel focuses on Richter Belmont, a descendant of Trevor and Sypha, and Maria Renard during the French Revolution. Its eight-episode first season debuted on September 28, 2023, and an eight-episode second and final season was released on January 15, 2025.

A separate series takes place in an alternate 1992, where the United States has become Eden, a dystopian technocracy run by a megacorporation of the same name. This world is populated by humans and artificially created anthropomorphic animals called Hybrids, who are treated as slaves, livestock, and beasts of burden. Dolph Laserhawk, a supersoldier modified by Eden Tech Military, escapes and goes on the run with his boyfriend Alex Taylor. During a final heist, Taylor betrays Laserhawk, who is captured and sent to Eden's black site prison, Supermaxx. The warden implants an explosive device in Laserhawk and forces him to lead a team of other captive rebels, known as the Ghosts, on covert missions to undermine Taylor's plans. Announced in June 2021, the series is inspired by Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and features remixed versions of several prominent Ubisoft properties. It was released on Netflix on October 19, 2023.

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Art books have been released for Castlevania — The Art of the Animated Series, Castlevania: Nocturne — The Art of the Animated Series, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix — The Art of the Animated Series, and Devil May Cry — The Art of the Animated Series. A comic book one-shot titled Captain Laserhawk: Mega City Blues was published on November 8, 2023, supervised by Adi Shankar, written by Faouz.b, with art by Grelin, and published by Glénat Éditions. A manga titled Captain Laserhawk: Crushing Love was published on March 12, 2024, supervised by Adi Shankar, written by GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer Ben Kahn, with art by Bayou Kun. The album Devil May Cry The Season 1 Soundtrack was released on April 3, 2025, and includes the original song 'Afterlife' by Evanescence.

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