{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a8c9627839ebb6ff9442eb5a","clusterId":"c_b30e139d491ae076da8fa4c6","slug":"dorohedoro-season-3-teaser-trailer-debuts-at-mappa-15th-anniversary-event","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Dorohedoro Season 3 Teaser Trailer Debuts at MAPPA 15th Anniversary Event","summary":"MAPPA released a teaser trailer for the third season of the Dorohedoro anime during its 15th anniversary lineup livestream on June 19. The teaser opens with footage transitioning from the final scene of Season 2, episode 11, into a scene at a Chinese restaurant, where character Aikawa searches for \"something interesting.\" Storyboard footage hinting at the start of Season 3 production is shown. The second season of Dorohedoro premiered on April 1, 2026, and streamed through May 27, 2026, on platforms including Crunchyroll and Netflix. Season 1 debuted on Netflix in Japan in January 2020 and later streamed worldwide. The anime adapts Q Hayashida's manga, which ran from 2000 to 2018 across multiple magazines and was compiled into 23 volumes. Viz Media publishes the English edition. Alongside the trailer, a \"Best Pair Grand Prize 2026\" voting campaign opened, running from June 19 to July 2. The winning character pair will receive an illustration by Hayashida.","whyItMatters":"The teaser confirms that MAPPA is actively producing the third season while the second season is still airing, a rare overlap that suggests the studio is maintaining momentum on a series that had a four-year gap between its first and second seasons.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe teaser was shown during MAPPA\u0026#39;s 15th anniversary lineup livestream on the studio\u0026#39;s official YouTube channel. The footage starts with the final scene of Season 2, episode 11, then transitions to a Chinese restaurant where character Aikawa is seen leaving and searching for \u0026#34;something interesting,\u0026#34; according to Comic Natalie. Storyboard footage hinting at the start of Season 3 production is included.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeason 2 premiered on April 1 at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT) on various platforms \u0026#34;almost simultaneously worldwide,\u0026#34; Anime News Network reported. Crunchyroll and Netflix are both streaming the second season. Season 1 is available with English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Thai dubs worldwide, and with Japanese audio with subtitles in all regions except Japan and China. Season 2 also has an English dub. The second season was previously scheduled to debut in 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMAPPA is again handling animation production, with Yuichiro Hayashi returning as director. The Season 2 staff also included series composer Hiroshi Seko, character designer Tomohiro Kishi, and music production by (K)NoW_NAME. The voice cast includes Wataru Takagi as Caiman, Reina Kondo as Nikaido, Kenyu Horiuchi as En, and Subaru Kimura as Aikawa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u0026#34;Best Pair Grand Prize 2026\u0026#34; voting campaign opened on June 19 and runs until July 2 at 23:59 JST. The winning character pair will receive an illustration by Q Hayashida.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The teaser opens at the exact moment Season 2 ended, then jumps to a Chinese restaurant scene with Aikawa hunting for \"something interesting.\" MAPPA is treating the transition as a continuous narrative rather than a time skip.","twitterPost":"The teaser connects Season 2's final scene directly to a new Chinese restaurant setting, suggesting no narrative gap between seasons.","threadsPost":"The teaser trailer picks up right where Season 2 left off, then cuts to a Chinese restaurant where Aikawa is looking for \"something interesting.\" MAPPA is framing Season 3 as a direct continuation, not a fresh start. The storyboard footage also confirms production is underway.","newsletterBlurb":"MAPPA revealed a teaser trailer for Dorohedoro Season 3 during its 15th anniversary event, showing storyboard footage and a scene continuing from Season 2. A fan voting campaign for best character pair, with a prize illustration by creator Q Hayashida, runs through July 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-19/dorohedoro-anime-3rd-season-reveals-teaser-video/.238705\",\"title\":\"Dorohedoro Anime's 3rd Season Reveals Teaser Video\"},{\"source\":\"Comic Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/677000\",\"title\":\"\\\"Dorohedoro Season 3\\\" Promo Video Featuring Storyboard Footage Released, Best Pair Voting Also Held\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2606193k\",\"title\":\"Anime 'Dorohedoro' Season 3 Latest Footage Released: Kaiman, Nikaido, and Others' Story Heads Further into Chaos\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/dorohedoro-season-3-special-teaser-trailer-revealed/\",\"title\":\"Dorohedoro Season 3 Special Teaser Trailer Revealed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10872,"outputTokens":1362,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781879839,"createdAt":"2026-06-19T14:28:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-19T14:33:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T14:33:16.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b30e139d491ae076da8fa4c6","canonicalTitle":"Dorohedoro Season 3 Special Teaser Trailer Revealed","representativeArticleId":"a_654aa4d6022454194c353853","sourceCount":4,"writtenSourceCount":4,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Dorohedoro\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"MAPPA\"],\"people\":[\"Q Hayashida\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-19T12:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-19T13:39:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T14:33:16.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-19/dorohedoro-anime-3rd-season-reveals-teaser-video/.238705","title":"News\nDorohedoro Anime's 3rd Season Reveals Teaser Video"},{"source":"Comic Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/677000","title":"「ドロヘドロ Season3」コンテ映像流れる特報公開、ベストコンビの投票も"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2606193k","title":"アニメ『ドロヘドロ』Season3の最新映像が公開。カイマン、ニカイドウたちの物語はまだまだ混沌の先へ"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/dorohedoro-season-3-special-teaser-trailer-revealed/","title":"Dorohedoro Season 3 Special Teaser Trailer Revealed"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Dorohedoro"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["MAPPA"],"people":["Q Hayashida"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["MAPPA released a teaser trailer for Dorohedoro Season 3 during its 15th anniversary livestream on June 19.","The teaser opens with footage from Season 2, episode 11, and transitions to a Chinese restaurant where character Aikawa searches for 'something interesting.'","Season 2 of Dorohedoro premiered on April 1, 2026, and streamed through May 27, 2026, on Crunchyroll and Netflix.","The 'Best Pair Grand Prize 2026' voting campaign runs from June 19 to July 2, with the winning pair receiving an illustration by manga creator Q Hayashida.","Yuichiro Hayashi returns as director for Season 3, with MAPPA handling animation production."]}