Netflix Reportedly Locks In Devil May Cry Season 3

Netflix seems pretty happy with how their animated Devil May Cry series is going. We haven't even seen Season 2 yet, but word is they've already renewed it for a third round, and the wheels are turning on production as we speak. Not too shabby, especially in the world of video game adaptations, where quality is all over the map.

You might remember that Netflix played it a bit more cautiously with the first season — they waited about a week after its April 2025 debut before giving the green light for Season 2. Now, they're so confident, they're not even bothering to wait and see how Season 2 performs. Frankly, that makes sense: the first season has a whopping 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is practically unheard of for a property like this. Apparently, Netflix agrees and wants to keep things moving at a brisk pace. If things go according to plan, we might actually get a steady annual drop for this show, which would be genuinely refreshing.

Quick Recap: Where We Left Dante

Season 1 set up the broad strokes of Devil May Cry pretty well, sticking close to the games. We got the whole demon hunter gig with Dante — half-human, half-demon, all snark — as he dealt with an invasion from the evil White Rabbit. The big cliffhanger? Dante's long-lost twin brother Vergil is still alive. If you've played any of the games, you know the Dante/Vergil dynamic is about as complicated as sibling rivalries get, and everything we've seen for Season 2 suggests it'll dig into that relationship.

Cast and Crew: Why the Show Looks and Feels So Good

• Animation studio: Studio Mir (The Legend of Korra, My Adventures With Superman, X-Men '97)
• Showrunner: Adi Shankar (yes, the same guy who did Netflix's Castlevania)

If you had a hunch the show looked a cut above most Netflix animated offerings, that's Studio Mir for you. And bringing in Adi Shankar as showrunner was a smart move — love him or hate him, the guy knows how to turn a video game into binge-worthy TV and isn't shy about hyping his work to absurd levels.

Shankar is Swinging for the Fences (Again)

Speaking of Adi Shankar, he's already talking up Season 2 as something that'll 'be different, stylistically and tonally, from Season 1.' Subtlety? Never heard of it. Here's a taste of his plans — and yes, it's as over-the-top as you'd expect:

Arcane is the Joker lighting cash on fire, and it's great. With season 2 of Devil May Cry, I want to beat that. Show up to a tank fight with a water balloon and destroy the tank. Because that's cool.

If you're not catching the reference, Shankar is basically calling his shot: he wants Devil May Cry to outdo Arcane, which is no small order. Arcane is one of the few animated video game series that's actually broken through to mainstream success, so this is either confidence or pure chaos — maybe both. But that's the Adi Shankar way.

Plenty of Source Material (If They Want It)

Let's be honest: it's not like they don't have plenty of canon to work from — between five main games (not counting the 2013 reboot or the mobile stuff), there's no shortage of wild plotlines and characters to adapt. If Netflix sticks with it, we might actually see more of the expansive, bonkers world the games built up over two decades.

Mark Your Calendars

For now, all eyes are on Season 2, which lands on Netflix Tuesday, May 12. After that? Looks like we'll have a lot more demon-slaying action to look forward to — whether the show can live up to its own hype (and actually 'body' Arcane) remains to be seen. At the very least, it's not going to be boring.