‘Alice in Borderland’ Lands Season 3 Renewal at Netflix

It’s official: Netflix has renewed its hit Japanese sci-fi thriller drama Alice in Borderland for a 3rd season. Followers of the present observed late Wednesday that Netflix had unceremoniously dropped a teaser for a 3rd season, resulting in on-line hypothesis that extra episodes of the live-action present have been formally within the works. On the APOS leisure and media business convention in Bali, Indonesia, Netflix’s vp of content material in Asia Pacific, Minyoung Kim, made the information official by asserting the renewal throughout a keynote discuss from the stage.

Following its second season debut in December 2022, Alice in Borderland grew to become Netflix Japan’s most-watched title ever, even together with anime titles. It shot as much as the Prime 10 in over 90 nations, claiming the No. 1 spot in 17 of them, and clocked 200 million viewing hours worldwide.

With Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya reprising their roles as Arisu and Usagi in Season 3, Netflix says followers can look ahead to witnessing the evolution of their characters within the ever-dangerous panorama of Borderland. Director Shinsuke Sato can even proceed helming the collection, making certain that it maintains its trademark depth and aesthetic.

Primarily based on the manga collection of the identical identify by Haro Aso, Alice in Borderland follows the story of Arisu after he’s transported to a parallel universe wherein he has to play and win video games to stay alive. The video games are divided into 4 classes represented by fits on a deck of taking part in playing cards.

The second season launched extra forged members, together with Tomohisa Yamashita as “King of Golf equipment” Kyuma, Yuri Tsunematsu as Heiya, Hayato Isomura as Banda, Kai Inowaki as Matsushita, Katsuya Maiguma as Yaba and Honami Sato as Kotoko. Final season ended with a cliffhanger involving the Joker card — resulting in a lot fan hypothesis in regards to the coming third season.