Devil May Cry Season 2 is sure to get going, Who’s making it
If you binged Netflix’s Devil May Cry and immediately wanted more Dante, good news: Netflix officially renewed the show for Season 2, and the first-look trailer teases a brutal Dante vs. Vergil showdown.
Netflix published the renewal on its Tudum/news channels and the show’s official pages shortly after Season 1 dropped — industry outlets (The Hollywood Reporter, Animation Magazine) covered the confirmation too. Season 1 premiered April 3, 2025, and Netflix green-lit Season 2 within a week of its release because the show performed strongly on the platform. The production’s first official trailer / first-look clips were released later and explicitly call out a 2026 window while showing Dante and Vergil charging toward a sword clash, a clear signal the series is moving into classic Devil May Cry sibling rivalry territory. Season 1 established a new, serialized take on Dante with an original season villain and worldbuilding that mixed political thriller beats with supernatural horror. Season 2’s focus on Vergil indicates the adaptation is leaning more directly into the game-series lore and the emotional core that made the games iconic: family, power, and obsessive rivalry. That’s a huge draw for long-time fans who’ve been waiting to see Dante/Vergil’s conflict adapted at scale. The trailer’s motif (sword clashing, mirrored silhouettes) strongly implies Season 2 will adapt or at least borrow storylines from the classic Dante-Vergil beats found in the games (notably Devil May Cry 3 energy) while weaving it into Adi Shankar’s own serialized plotline.
Studio Mir, the South Korean studio behind acclaimed projects like The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and Dota: Dragon’s Blood — is the animation house on the project, and Adi Shankar (of Castlevania fame) is the showrunner/producer. That pairing explains the series’ cinematic, action-first approach and the quick decision to expand into multiple seasons. Studio Mir and Netflix first announced their collaboration on the anime in 2023 and have been building toward a multi-season plan. Studio Mir’s involvement suggests high-end 2D/3D blended work with a focus on choreography and dynamic camera moves (their previous work shows they can deliver cinematic fight staging). The Season 1 opening and credit sequence (notably featuring Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’” for the intro) signaled the show’s early-2000s tone; Season 2 will likely keep that high-energy soundtrack approach while leaning into heavier, guitar-driven fight cues for the brotherly clashes.
Trailer analysis — The Season 2 first-look trailer is short but telling: Dante and Vergil lock blades in a dramatic shot, the animation frames lean into cinematic slow-motion exchange, and the editing emphasizes impact-event beats over dialogue. The aesthetic chooses visceral rhythm, quick cuts, big hits, and close-ups that sell the brothers’ rivalry as both personal and operatic. It’s a clear pivot toward more pure-action spectacle than Season 1’s more serialized mystery pacing. Watch the official first-look clip if you want the pure visual signal.
Netflix’s official messaging and the trailer say Season 2 will arrive in 2026, but no specific date has been set yet. Keep an eye on Netflix Tudum and the show’s official channels for premiere dates, episode counts, and a full trailer. Production for Season 2 reportedly ramped up quickly after the renewal, so we should expect more concrete publicity (PV, poster, exact premiere) as 2026 approaches.
Image Credit Studio Mir
