Dracula | Part 1: Life After Life | Animatic 

So vampires won the last poll, and this is going to be fun ;)

Dracula: *a Drama Queen* Hyde: WHAT’S THIS?! A RIVAL?!

Dracula: You are the first of my kind Brides: Are we a joke to you

The three brides: "Oh God dammit, he's brought another one. What is this, collect the set?"

"(Another) Lucy" *_Ah shit, here we go again_*

2:52 Lucy: I HAVE NO MORTAL SOUL TO SAVE Dracula: Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you can just go jumping off buildings. So chill.

Right at 2:54 Lucy leans all the way off the wall singing "I have no mortal soul to save!" and Dracula grabs her arms so she doesn't fall off. He looks so done in that second. "That's not your soul, you will land on your face. Your wings aren't spread, got it? Here, I'll adjust you again, it's like riding a bicycle. Couple of false starts, and here.....we.....go."

"First of my kind," immediate cut to the Brides. Yeah, Drac, what are they? Chopped liver?

She looks so small and delicate...absolutely no one would expect her to be a vampire. In this storyline, Dracula turning her was an act of genius.

Nice touch how Dracula doesn't emote. His heart is long dead, after all.

Another Lucy... I’m starting to think that name just asks for trouble, huh

The third season of Castlevania is taking a musical turn that I’m intrigued to see more of!

For some reason, I thought the woman in the thumb nail was jekyll and legitimately thought "is this gonna be a weird slash fic about jekyll and dracula getting together?"

I just imagined Dracula saying "ain't" instead of "isn't" and now the entire tone of the song is ruined because my brain has morphed them into Southern vampires who turn into giant mosquitoes instead of bats :(

Oh shit the Gothic animatic master has returned

I love how Dracula looks when she starts singing Like OH fine i guess it can be a duet whatever

I really like how the meaning of the phrase “Life After Life” changes between the beginning and end of the song. At first it refers to their new lives as vampires, but by the end it refers to their slaughter and feasting on humans.

You know, adding the giant bat wings makes Dracula seem even more demonic, so nice touch

WHEN WAS DRACULA A MUSICAL AND WHY DIDNT I KNOW ABOUT IT TILL NOW?!?!?

My favorite part is 2:54 He's just like "hold up, I know your excited but I just gave u eternal life, so chill for a minute." Its beautiful.

SHE SO SMOL LIKE HE HIS SO MUCH TALLER THAN HER ITS HURTING MY SOUL WITH A WOODEN STAKE OF CUTENESS

Ok but I love the fact that whenever Lucy was next to Dracula her dress faded into his cloak idk if that was on purpose or not but i like tho think it’s a reminder that she came from him (her new life)

Everyone pokes fun at the first 3 brides, but look at how animated Lucy is, she's into it, she's still 'alive' enough to enjoy her new unlife. I can see that being a reason to turn a new bride often, to enjoy that manic energy that you don't see in Drac or the brides.

Lucy sounds and looks so joyful. But Dracula sings and looks like he is just stating the facts. Well, to me it does.

I really like the implications of "you are the first of my kind." The others are not like him. She is the first person/vampire that matches his... non-soul? What a smack in the face to the other vampires that they're basically failures to him LOL

Hmm, i was thinking she'd go *flop and falls* with Dracula going, "Oh SHIT I forgot to teach her how to fly" at the end

“Listen To Them The Children Of The Night What Music They Make”

Have you thought about animating The Count of the Monte Cristo musical?

Right when I'm out you pull me back in.

“This is just a beginning, it isn’t an end.” I mean...factually you’re correct, Vlad

Annnnd we’re back at it again 🥀🥰 I can already sense the drama from the other “brides” 😈

This song is genius, it took me a couple listens to realize it transitions from using "Life after life" meaning life as an undead vampire, then "Life after life" to mean living souls fed upon, one after another, adding to their kind. That's good writing.

1:31 your boyfriend's exes be like: 😠😡👿

When she flies off into the night, I keep imagining her getting struck by lightening and then plummeting to Earth xD Dracula: Oof, maybe having her fly off in the middle of a thunderstorm wasn’t such a good idea...

I think my new fav head canon is that Jekyll and Hyde the Musical and the Dracula musical happen in the same universe one after the other and poor London just gets bombarded with horrors like...every other century. Like at this point the citizens are just sitting thinking: what next untold monster of sorts is coming to plague us this time?

The character design is so gorgeous and the animatic is smooth and stunning as always! Keep doing amazing work! ❤️❤️❤️

I can tell he doesn’t give a crap about her because he really loves Mina and his expressions say it all

I like the detail of the ribbon choker she is given to wear, it's the same as the three other brides.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES IM SO EXCITED. Dracula the musical does not have enough content love on RU-vid. I’m so happy you’re going to be making these

I was just starting to get past my vampire obsession. Then I heard something knocking at my window Like a small bird or some other animal And when I looked, a pair of red eyes looked back. *its back!~* Anyhow, Amazing work as always! Especially wiTh the lightning effects, absolutely gorgeous touch, and the wings look quite on point (been working at trying to give wings to creatures recently)

Somewhere in the quite moon lit streets of London, Edward Hyde is going "I take it back, that's what I call being alive" while Jekyll is going "No shit"

*THE QUEEN HAS UPLOADED* I LITERALLY SCREAMED

As someone who is playing Lucy in Dracula the Musical, I found this extra beautiful 😊 fantastic job!

First Jekyll and Hyde, then Dracula, will you do Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn’s best and most under appreciated musical imho) next?

Holy crap, this is the highlight of my entire month.

Ok was no one going to tell me that this musical existed??

Whoooo! I had a very strong feeling that you would go for this musical! I admit I voted vampires myself and I instantly got the feeling that this musical was going to be the score. Well, guess who's day you made today?! XD I utterly LOVE Dracula's design and the idea for the wings is genius. Can't wait for part 2!

I'm getting the impression that the brides are his older sisters lmao who disapprove of everything he does basically...I'm that older sister ahaha

I'm ready to go on another emotional roller coaster

Me: *Sees Dracula* *Goes Before him and exposes my neck* Bite me.

Yay! A little part of me was suspecting that this was going to be the next one and I'm so happy because this is one of my favorite Frank Wildhorn musicals. Also ONE OF THE BRIDES IS BLONDE!!! I dont know why that always makes me so happy in Dracula adaptations. Already can't wait for the ones that you'll (hopefully) make for Its Over and Whitby Bay Reprise!!! Edit: AND MASTER'S SONG!!! That's the best song on the cast recording!

2:54 dracula "easy there tiger"

YEESSS this musical is one of my favorites and i absolutely adore the German production! Are you gonna do The Master's Song, Fresh Blood, The Mist, or Forever Young?!?!

Life after life at the beginning of the song simply refers to undeath Life after life at the end refers to the body count they will stack to maintain that undeath and it made me laugh out loud when I realized that

Simply amazing....I just played Lucy last week in our musical production in Germany. This is fantastic! Same feeling as on stage!

This is good. I remember it was almost a year ago that I discovered these great musical. The animation and character design look amazing. The three brides look pissed.

*shivers* So perfect, love Dracula's look Hope the others songs will be 'The Master's Song' n 'Finale: There's Always Tomorrow'

I love your choice for the character desings! I cannot wait to see the mist, and please don't make me love you. Too bad they don't have mina's seduction in english.

I'm stuck between wanting my hair like Lucy, and wanting my hair like Lucy... :P

3 sec in : "oh no hes hot" What a man

I almost screamed when i saw this Amazing as always!

Will the musical finally get the recognition it deserved? What a time to be alive!

OMG! I love the Dracula musical! James Barbour did an amazing job! ❤️

That was epic! I love Dracula acting like a mentor while the new vampire tries their powers and enjoys them 🖤🖤🖤

Those three gals be hating. LOL This was very good but how come Dracula isn't smiling about the start of this new future

Anyone notice that the Brides, and now Lucy, are all wearing the same lacy collar? And the Brides' expressions as Dracula awakens Lucy? Implies a lot about their actual role to Dracula (chattel).

“No need to wear black” and yet both Dracula and Lucy are wearing black clothes

I'm loving this design for dracula you made, he has this aura if both power and wisdom, and actually looks like he could seduce someone without trying Great job

He fuckin said "the first of my kind" and the other 3 brides were like 'eXCUSE TF OUTTA ME???' 🤣🤣🤣

I always knew Dracula has a "vein" personality.

In the last clip, is that Jekyll? It looks so much like him!

The fact that he always looks mad is actually kinda cute but funny

I saw this and saw Dracs cheek bones and have realised I'm aroused by an illustration

The singing voices in the dracula and jekyll and Hyde musicals are absolutely amazing and your animations go perfect along with them. Great job

I half expected her to fall-

I love this so much!!! You have a beautiful gift, and I hope you are continuing with it! I absolutely fell for this musical after giving it listen, and to see how much care you gave to this fills me with joy!

Wow 😍😍😍. I am speachless!!!

Me, having been obsessed with the Jekyll and Hyde animatics and knowing full well that I’m going to love this: ah shit, here we go again

Commenting again after months. This still absolutely terrifying. Vampires always terrified me more in mental capability than physical. I mean yes physically still but that's more like the cherry on top. Unlike other monsters that are obvious and feral Vampires are discreet and have class. They lure prey at night men and women late at night most likely. A single vampire could have most of a neighborhood turned within a week or two before anyone noticed anything strange. Probably what's more horrifying that being caught by a vampire is catching one in the act. They wouldn't want you spreading the word and would want to silence you at the earliest opportunity. Even if you miraculously escaped an encounter they'll always know your face and your scent. Each night they would B-line straight to your latest location to try to kill you. You would have to literally chase the sun in a endless race against the night to keep them from reaching you. Every day your travel to get ahead of the sun just to sleep at morning of the next day. If you couldn't keep up and had to survive a night you'd probably have to take a plane or boat early in the day so when you get off it should be reaching morning. Hell probably a sea apart wouldn't keep you safe from them. They wouldn't get tired a single bit since they can't die, so they'd gladly chase your ass across the earth to kill you if you saw them. They'd probably deadass treat it like a game. Probably leaving little notes or pictures to show how close they are to killing you to drive your fear factor up so you'd run faster to keep the game entertaining for them. Not to mention it'd be a community hidden in ours in plain sight. You'd probably have one in your face from evening one and not notice. What terrifies me about Lucy in this case is how quickly she shed her humanity. She was recently turned and didn't even bother to question or wonder about her old life. She was up for be a blood drinking serial killer within seconds. *Shudders* Omg Vampires are way more horrifying the more thought you put into them.

0:54 Me waking up for school in the morning like..

why are these victorian dudes so dramatic IM LIVING FOR IT

WHY AM I NOW FINDING OUT THAT THERE IS A DRACULA MUSICAL WHEN IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NOVELS?!?!

Ah, yes. A vampire. The sparkling drama queen we all need. Thank you. Let the sparkling commence.

Chills as always! Can't wait to see the fate of this other Lucy, though past experience tells me not to get too attached to her (damn you Hyde!)

When she started singing I put my hands up and pulled a surprised pikachu face lol

Lucy Wisteria ey? I thought you'd put Mina instead.

You know aside from removing the moustache and downsizing his nose, Dracula in this video doesn't look too far off the historical original.

Oooh, new series. I'm excited to see where this goes. This was definitely a good starting song, full of energy to get the audience interested.

Yo this is so aesthetically pleasing~ I’m feeling the spooks

His brides are soooo pissed 😂😂

Ok but I can't take him seriously when I see the bow in his hair, it's so adorable!

Okay, even though I’m not a big fan of this musical, I do love this song, and I think you did a *beautiful* job depicting it. Mostly what I object to is the “love” story between Drac and Mina that they cooked up, because to me it feels like trying to ship Count Olaf and Violet Baudelaire, or Frollo and Esmeralda: extremely wrong on multiple levels.

Cool new animations!

the other brides look so done, like you know they've seen this bs about ten million times already

I gotta know how that man tied that perfect bow with those long ass claws

Alrightttt, read the novel and looking forward to this!

First frame & already my breath is taken away!

I love vampire and that is so very very impressed

Yes, more Frank Wildhorn musicals!!

LYRICS: This is just the beginning, it isn't an end This isn't a funeral, more of a christening There's no need to wear black This is just what I came here for And the war has begun I'm creating my dynasty The dark side of the sun Life after life, you won't need flowers on your grave You won't need prayers, you have no mortal soul to save No one should mourn, no one should ever shed a tear The rewards I am offering, shine brighter than gold Life after life You are only the spirit, the first of my kind It's a matter of time before London belongs to us Every night someone new, every victim a midnight feast They will fall one by one and our empire will quickly grow The dark side of the sun Life after life, this is the prize I give to you Find your new world and see what damage you can do Together we will prowl these quiet moonlit streets Choose our prey carefully and let it begin Life after life Go and quench your new thirst, drink the blood of the innocent Those who are without sin, taste the sweetest of all Life after life You (I) Won't need flowers on your (My) Grave You (I) Won't need prayers You (I) Have no mortal soul to save Together we will prowl these quiet moonlit streets Choose our prey carefully and let it begin Life after life, after life, after life, after life After life, after life, after life, after life After life