The streaming platform has renewed the animated series for a third season, which will also serve as its final chapter. The news confirms that the adaptation’s creative team always envisioned the story as a finite saga rather than an open ended franchise.
According to Variety, showrunner Adi Shankar said the production was structured around a three part narrative inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, with each part representing a different stage of that journey.
Adi Shankar Says the Series Was Always Built as a Three-Part Story
Shankar explained that the clues have been present throughout the show, particularly in the episode titles and overall structure. He described Season 1 as “Inferno,” Season 2 as “Purgatorio,” and the upcoming final installment as “Paradiso.” Together, the three chapters form what he calls “The Force Edge Saga.”
“For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time,” Shankar said. He added that the project was conceived as “Dante’s Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat.”
The showrunner also revealed that the entire saga was designed to function as “a movie trilogy disguised as a television series.” Rather than extending the narrative indefinitely, the creative team structured the adaptation around a beginning, middle, and end that would play out across three seasons.
Based on Capcom’s long running video game franchise, “Devil May Cry” follows demon hunter Dante as he battles supernatural threats while becoming entangled in a conflict involving the terrorist known as the White Rabbit, the military organization DARKCOM, and forces from Hell itself. The series features voice performances from actors including Johnny Yong Bosch, Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, Robbie Daymond, and the late Kevin Conroy.
The first season premiered on Netflix in April 2025 and was quickly renewed for a second season, which debuted in May. While critics have generally responded positively to the adaptation, reactions among longtime fans of the games have been more divided. With a final season now confirmed, viewers will soon see whether Shankar’s long planned “Force Edge Saga” delivers the ending he has been building toward since the beginning.
