Netflix has released another rather good anime adaptation of a famed video game series, this time, Capcom’s Devil May Cry. The series just debuted this weekend, but has already landed high on the charts, placing at #3 instantly, a great debut.
Devil May Cry’s eight episodes are a breezy watch, all under thirty minutes apiece, but if you’ve seen the show you know that it ends on a pretty steep cliffhanger (spoilers follow), the reveal that Dante’s brother Vergil is alive and has been living in hell. This is no great surprise to game players, but obvious it begs for more story from here, and a season 2 must exist to deliver the rest of the storyline.
But is it going to happen? Some updates there. No official word yet, but all signs are already pointing to yes based on a number of factors.
Performance – As I said, an instant placement at #3 for a show like this is excellent in this genre, and better than some other animated series have managed in recent times that have been renewed.
Creator Interest – That would be Adi Shankar, who told IGN all the way back in 2021 (when he said the season 1 scripts were done ahead of this four-years-later 2025 premiere), that his vision was to tell the story over the course of several seasons. This was never meant to be a miniseries, and is not presented as such, hence the obvious cliffhanger introducing a huge new character and putting Dante, literally, on ice.
Quality – This one’s pretty straightforward. An excellent 94% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a solid enough 74% audience score. It may not be Arcane or Cyberpunk, but it’s really good.
Precedent – Netflix has allowed essentially all of its animated video game adaptations to have more than one season, and there’s no reason to think that would change here for Devil May Cry based on the above factors. To list them:
- Castlevania – 4 seasons
- Castlevania Nocturne – 2 seasons (3rd season in limbo)
- Tomb Raider – 1 season with a season 2 renewal
- DOTA: Dragon’s Blood – 3 seasons
- Arcane – 2 seasons, more universe shows planned
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners – 1 season meant to be a miniseries, more universe shows coming
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness – 1 season, cancelled
Looking at this list, the only series with one season are a miniseries which was planned to end, and what is unequivocally the worst show on this list in Resident Evil. By this metric, I’m going to say there’s a 99% chance that Devil May Cry is renewed for season 2, albeit we will likely have to wait at least a year in a half to see it. I don’t have any real doubts this is going to happen, so feel free to get invested and look forward to Dante and Vergil’s return.
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