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Netflix Announces Trigger-Produced Delicious in Dungeon Season 2, October 2027

7/5/2026

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Netflix Announces Season2

Netflix announced in the U.S. that Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 will debut October 2027.
Studio Trigger will produce the season with returning cast while Netflix distributes it.
The October 2027 launch follows a three-year gap, as Season 1 ran 24 episodes, premiered January 2024 and ended mid-2024.
Season 1 earned a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, won Anime Series Premiere at 30th Manga Barcelona Awards, was featured in a 2026 visual displaying characters and chimera-form Falin.

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Delicious in Dungeon Returns

The “Delicious in Dungeon ~Dungeon Exploration Radio~” series resumed on KADOKAWA Anime’s YouTube channel, airing tonight at 9:00 PM JST.
Kentaro Kumagai (Laios) and Sayaka Sembongi (Marcille) host and will recap Anime Expo news.
The cast adds Mitsuho Kambe as Izutsumi’s voice and brings back Yu Kobayashi as Thistle, magician controlling the Chimera-turned Falin.
Composer Yasunori Mitsuda will score Season 2, as Ryoko Kui’s manga has exceeded 14 million copies worldwide.

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Ryoko Kui Unveils

The key visual illustrated by Ryoko Kui was unveiled at Anime Expo 2026, showing the upcoming season’s art style.
Mao Momiji, the anime’s food illustrator, explained how he designs the edible monsters and plating.
Since February 2014, Ryoko Kui has drawn the manga for Enterbrain’s Harta magazine, which ended after 14 volumes and underpins the 25-episode 2024 anime.
Yen Press secured the English-language license for the manga, expanding its readership outside Japan.

History

Historical Context

Netflix’s entry into anime began when it released the adult-animated series Castlevania on July 7 2017, a title that generated 23,175,616 demand expressions in its debut month and ran for four seasons through 2021. Building on that success, Netflix announced a partnership with Studio Trigger for Delicious in Dungeon Season 2, slated for October 2027, illustrating the platform’s shift toward financing high-budget Japanese productions.

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Netflix Announces Season2

Netflix announced in the U.S. that Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 will debut October 2027.
Studio Trigger will produce the season with returning cast while Netflix distributes it.
The October 2027 launch follows a three-year gap, as Season 1 ran 24 episodes, premiered January 2024 and ended mid-2024.
Season 1 earned a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, won Anime Series Premiere at 30th Manga Barcelona Awards, was featured in a 2026 visual displaying characters and chimera-form Falin.

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