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Dorohedoro Anime Gets Third Season

The renewal confirms that MAPPA and TOHO are committed to adapting the full story of a cult-favorite manga that has remained niche compared to the studio's larger commercial hits.

Reporting from 13 sources: Anime News Network, The Hollywood Reporter Anime, Crunchyroll News, Comic Natalie, and 9 more.

Dorohedoro Anime Gets Third Season

TOHO has announced a third season of the Dorohedoro anime, following the finale of the second season on May 27. Director Yuichiro Hayashi shared a commemorative illustration of the demon Haru singing to mark the renewal. Studio MAPPA returns for animation production, with Hayashi again directing. The second season premiered on April 1 across multiple platforms including Crunchyroll and Netflix, running for 11 episodes. A music video for the opening theme "Zettai Must Danmen" by (K)NoW_NAME was also released alongside the finale. The first season debuted in January 2020 on Netflix Japan and later globally. The manga by Q Hayashida ran from 2000 to 2018 across 23 volumes. No release date or distribution details for the third season have been announced yet.

Director Yuichiro Hayashi's illustration shows the demon Haru singing, described by Comic Natalie as expressing "passionate feelings for Season 3." The illustration was released alongside the season-two finale on May 27.

An animated music video for the opening theme "Zettai Must Danmen" by (K)NoW_NAME was also released to mark the finale. Cinema Today notes the MV combines footage from both seasons. The theme song played across all 11 episodes of season two.

Key staff returning for season three include series composer Hiroshi Seko, character designer Tomohiro Kishi, and music production by (K)NoW_NAME. Anime Corner lists additional season-two staff: worldbuilding concept designer Shinji Kimura, art director Miho Sugiura, color designer Iku Onishi, 3DCG director Fuminori Nomoto, compositing director Park Hyo gyu, editor Masato Yoshitake, creative producer Yusuke Tannawa, and sound director Akiko Fujita.

The voice cast includes Wataru Takagi as Caiman, Reina Kondo as Nikaido, Kenyu Horiuchi as En, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shin, Yu Kobayashi as Noi, Kengo Takanashi as Fujita, Miyu Tomita as Ebisu, Hisao Egawa as Vaux, Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Kasukabe, Mayu Udono as Kikurage, Soungdok as Risu, Tetsu Inada as Tanba, Shin-ichiro Miki as Turkey, Hozumi Goda as Asu, Anri Katsu as Chota, Ryohei Kimura as Jonson, Yuki Kaji as Thirteen, Subaru Kimura as Aikawa, Koki Uchiyama as Dokuga, Daiki Hamano as Tetsujo, Yuichi Koshimura as Saji, Katsuhito Nomura as Ton, Atsushi Imaruoka as Ushishimada, and Sara Matsumoto as Natsuki. Ami Koshimizu joined the cast for season two as Haru.

The first season was nominated for Anime of the Year at the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. It lost to fellow MAPPA title Jujutsu Kaisen.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 13 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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