MAPPA Returns to the Hole
The Season 3 announcement dropped alongside Season 2's final episode — a fitting way to confirm that Q Hayashida's grimy, surreal manga still has more story to burn through on screen. MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man) will continue producing the series, with director Yuichiro Hayashi, series composer Hiroshi Seko, character designer Tomohiro Kishi, and music act (K)NoW_NAME all returning.
For the uninitiated: Dorohedoro follows Caiman, an amnesiac man cursed with a reptile head, as he hunts through the grim streets of the Hole for the sorcerer who did this to him. What starts as a revenge quest spirals into a layered dark-fantasy epic spanning sorcerer politics, dimension-hopping, and the best gyoza scenes in anime. The manga ran for 18 years across three different magazines before wrapping in 2018 at 23 volumes.
Hayashi marked the Season 3 greenlight with a commemorative illustration featuring the demon Haru singing — a small, characteristically weird celebration for a characteristically weird show.
Six Years, Then Instant Renewal
Oricon News reported the Season 3 confirmation alongside the release of an anime music video for Season 2's opening theme, "Zettai Must Danmen" by (K)NoW_NAME. The MV packages footage from both seasons, matching the band's offbeat energy to Dorohedoro's chaotic visual identity.
Season 2 ran 11 episodes from April 1 through May 27, 2026 — finally continuing the anime after a six-year gap following Season 1's 2020 debut on Netflix. That hiatus had been one of the more agonizing waits in recent anime memory, and MAPPA's decision to announce Season 3 on the same day Season 2 ended sends a clear message: Dorohedoro isn't getting shelved again.
Season 2 launched as a simultaneous global release on both Netflix and Crunchyroll, with Crunchyroll offering multiple dub options including English. The three-episode premiere on April 1 was followed by weekly Wednesday drops at 23:00 JST.
Looking Ahead
No premiere date or episode count has been announced for Season 3. The manga is complete at 23 volumes, and Seasons 1 and 2 combined covered roughly the first half of the story, so there's no shortage of source material.
Both seasons are currently streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll worldwide. Season 2's global simultaneous release model seems likely to carry over, though no streaming deals have been confirmed for the new season yet.
The manga is available in English from Viz Media, with all 23 volumes in print. For fans who can't wait, the full story is already there — but Dorohedoro's gonzo art direction and (K)NoW_NAME's soundtrack make the anime adaptation worth the wait on its own terms.