LOS ANGELES, June 6 -- The announcement came with a literary flourish, not a press release.

Netflix confirmed Thursday that Devil May Cry, its animated series built on Capcom's long-running demon-hunting game franchise, will return for a third and final season. Showrunner Adi Shankar framed the renewal not as a business decision but as the natural conclusion of a design that has been in place since before a single episode aired.

"For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names," Shankar said in a statement reported by Variety, "I have been showing you the structure the entire time." Season 1 was titled Inferno. Season 2, which launched on Netflix on May 12, 2026, was Purgatorio. The final chapter will be Paradiso - ...