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Netflix's Devil May Cry Ends with Third Season

6/5/2026

Summary

Netflix Ends DevilMayCry

U.S. Netflix announced Devil May Cry will end with a third season, the Force Edge Saga titled Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.
Season 1 premiered on April 3 2025 and earned 21.7 million views.
Season 2 debuted May 12 2026, logged 6.4 million views in two weeks, earned a 100 % Rotten Tomatoes rating and appeared in Netflix’s Global Top 10.
The English voice cast includes Johnny Yong Bosch as Dante, Scout Taylor-Compton as Mary and Robbie Daymond as Vergil.

Summary

Netflix Revives DevilMayCry

Netflix is positioning Devil May Cry alongside other video-game-based animated series.
The series streams exclusively on Netflix.
Studio Mir in Korea provides the animation.
Showrunner Adi Shankar, creator of Castlevania and Captain Laserhawk, oversees the adaptation.
Netflix renewed the show for a third season, emphasizing its commitment to multi-season, narrative-driven adaptations of gaming IPs.

History

Historical Context

Netflix launched its first high-budget video-game adaptation, Castlevania, on July 7 2017, delivering four seasons that concluded May 13 2021 and establishing a partnership with Konami. Building on that success, producer Adi Shankar announced a Devil May Cry series in November 2017, later pairing it with Castlevania and expanding Netflix’s transmedia push, a strategy echoed by the 2023 sequel Castlevania: Nocturne.

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Netflix Ends DevilMayCry

U.S. Netflix announced Devil May Cry will end with a third season, the Force Edge Saga titled Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.
Season 1 premiered on April 3 2025 and earned 21.7 million views.
Season 2 debuted May 12 2026, logged 6.4 million views in two weeks, earned a 100 % Rotten Tomatoes rating and appeared in Netflix’s Global Top 10.
The English voice cast includes Johnny Yong Bosch as Dante, Scout Taylor-Compton as Mary and Robbie Daymond as Vergil.

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