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Netflix is developing a live-action Persona series and a Devil May Cry animated series that will end after three seasons, while its Gas Man series premieres on July 2, 2026, and The One Piece remake arrives in February 2027.
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Netflix's video game adaptation slate continues to expand. The company is developing a live-action television series based on Atlus and Sega's Persona franchise, with Christopher Monfette attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. The project brings together 21 Laps Entertainment, the production company behind Stranger Things, and Story Kitchen, founded by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson. Sega's Toru Nakahara, who produced the Sonic movies, will also executive produce. The adaptation's specific game source was not disclosed.
On the animated side, Netflix's Devil May Cry series, produced by Studio Mir, has been confirmed for a third and final season. Showrunner Adi Shankar said the series was always planned as a three-part story modeled after Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, with Season 1 representing Inferno, Season 2 Purgatorio, and the upcoming Season 3 as Paradiso. Season 1 debuted in April 2025 with eight episodes and accumulated 21.7 million views that year; Season 2 reached 6.4 million views in its first two weeks after its May 12 premiere.
Netflix and Toho's eight-episode series Gas Man, a reboot of Toho's 1960 film The First Gas Man, streams worldwide on July 2. Directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho, the series stars Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi as detectives pursuing a killer who can turn his body into gas. Filming ran from September 2024 to April 2025 across about 120 locations, including the first full closure of Tokyo Station front for a Japanese film shoot. WIT Studio's The One Piece remake will stream on Netflix starting February 2027 with seven episodes released at once, adapting roughly the first 50 chapters of the manga through the Baratie arc.
Key facts
- Persona live-action series writer and showrunner
- Christopher Monfette is attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. ↗
- Persona series production companies
- 21 Laps Entertainment and Story Kitchen are producing the series. ↗
- Gas Man premiere date
- The series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2. ↗
- Gas Man director and executive producer
- Shinzo Katayama directs, with Yeon Sang-ho as executive producer. ↗
- Devil May Cry final season confirmation
- Netflix announced a third and final season for the animated series. ↗
- Devil May Cry Season 1 views
- Season 1 accumulated 21.7 million views in 2025. ↗
- The One Piece release window and episode count
- The series streams on Netflix starting February 2027 with seven episodes. ↗
- The One Piece adapted content
- The season adapts roughly the first 50 chapters of the manga through the Baratie arc. ↗
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Netflix is developing a live-action television series based on Atlus and Sega's Persona video game franchise, according to a report from Variety. The project has Christopher Monfette attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Monfette's credits include the final two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys, and 9-1-1. The series will be produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, the company behind Stranger Things, and Story Kitchen, the production outfit founded by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson. Sega's Toru Nakahara, who produced the Sonic movie series, will also serve as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Shawn Levy, Robert Atwood, Dan Levine, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson. Variety's report did not specify whether the adaptation will follow the story of a specific Persona game. The Persona franchise, which launched in 1996 as a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The franchise includes six numbered titles and multiple spin-off games. Netflix declined to comment on the report. The series would join Netflix's growing catalog of video game adaptations, which includes The Witcher, Arcane, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Jun 8
Netflix and Toho have released the main trailer and key art for the eight-episode series "Gas Man," a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film "The First Gas Man." The series, directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho, follows detectives Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) as they pursue a killer who can turn his body into gas. The trailer shows the Gas Man, played by debut actor UTA, announcing a press conference where he will reveal his methods and next target. Suzu Hirose and Kento Hayashi play video streamer siblings, and Yutaka Takenouchi plays a former yakuza-turned-company president. Filming ran from September 2024 to April 2025 across about 120 locations, with location scouting covering over 1,000 sites. The production achieved the first full closure of Tokyo Station front for a Japanese film shoot after 18 months of negotiations. The series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2.
Jun 4
Netflix announced on Thursday that its animated adaptation of Capcom's Devil May Cry video game franchise will receive a third and final season. The announcement follows the May 12 premiere of Season 2, which entered Netflix's Global Top 10 list. Showrunner Adi Shankar revealed that the series was always planned as a three-part story modeled after Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. He stated that Season 1 represented Inferno, Season 2 Purgatorio, and the upcoming Season 3 will be Paradiso, together forming what he calls the "Force Edge Saga." Shankar described the project as "a movie trilogy disguised as a television series." The first season, produced by Studio Mir, debuted in April 2025 with eight episodes and accumulated 21.7 million views in 2025. Season 2 has reached 6.4 million views in its first two weeks. The English voice cast includes Johnny Yong Bosch as Dante, Scout Taylor-Compton as Mary, Hoon Lee as White Rabbit, the late Kevin Conroy as VP Baines, and Chris Coppola as Enzo. Shankar first announced his acquisition of the series in November 2018.
May 16
WIT Studio's The One Piece will stream on Netflix starting February 2027, the production committee announced on the series' official X account. The first season consists of seven episodes that run roughly 300 minutes in total, and all seven will be released at once. The season adapts about the first 50 chapters of Eiichiro Oda's manga, covering Luffy's early journey through the East Blue saga and ending at the Baratie arc where he meets Sanji. Ahead of the premiere, the team released concept art from episode 1 that shows Luffy as a child in Windmill Village at Partys Bar with Shanks, Benn Beckman, and Makino. The remake was first announced at Jump Festa '24 in December 2023. Director Masashi Koizuka leads the production, with assistant director Hideaki Abe, series composition by Taku Kishimoto, and character design shared by Kyoji Asano and Takatoshi Honda. Animation producer Ryoma Kawamura oversees the project. In a recent interview with the YouTube channel Ai Show, producer Shinji Wada said Oda supported revisiting the anime to connect with newer audiences.