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Netflix's 'Devil May Cry' Series Will End With Its Third Season

Whether you’re an unironic fan of the show or hate-watch it, you can either take comfort in or be afflicted by the news that Netflix’s anime adaptation of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series will end with its third and final season. As if referencing Vergil’s tagline as the Alpha and the Omega in Devil May Cry 5, Netflix’s announcement that the Adi Shankar show would be coming to an end came in tandem with the announcement that it’d been greenlit for a third season. Included in the press release, with quotes from trades that reviewed its second season favorably, was a quote from Shankar. Ever the showman, Shankar hyped up the show’s journey to its third and final season as a part of his grand plan from its inception. “For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time,” Shankar wrote in the press release. “This was always Dante’s Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat. Season 1 was Inferno. Season 2 was Purgatorio. Season 3 will be Paradiso. These three seasons make up ‘The Force Edge Saga.’ Since inception, ‘The Force Edge Saga’ was designed as a movie trilogy disguised as a television series.” More Dante, more Ver

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The popular animated series will be coming to a close Dante is coming back for a last hurrah. Netflix announced that the animated series Devil May Cry will be returning for a third and final season. In a press release, showrunner Adi…

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Netflix’s dark fantasy show is so good it’s already been renewed for season 3

The popular animated series will be coming to a close Dante is coming back for a last hurrah. Netflix announced that the animated series Devil May Cry will be returning for a third and final season. In a press release,…

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Netflix's 'Devil May Cry' Series Will End With Its Third Season

Whether you’re an unironic fan of the show or hate-watch it, you can either take comfort in or be afflicted by the news that Netflix’s anime adaptation of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series will end with its third and final…

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The popular animated series will be coming to a close Dante is coming back for a last hurrah. Netflix announced that the animated series Devil May Cry will be returning for a third and final season. In a press release, showrunner Adi…

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Whether you’re an unironic fan of the show or hate-watch it, you can either take comfort in or be afflicted by the news that Netflix’s anime adaptation of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series will end with its third and final season. As if…

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