In less than two months, fans of Netflix’s Devil May Cry animated series will be reunited with Dante and Lady as they attempt to intercede in the coming conflict between Earth and Hell. Despite some controversial deviations from the source material, Adi Shankar and Studio Mir’s adaptation of the popular Capcom franchise was enough of a success to warrant a continuation, and from the glimpses we’ve been given so far, it looks like it’s listening to criticisms and trying to align more closely with the games.
The first season saw Dante (a half-human/half-demon bounty hunter unaware that he and his brother Vergil descend from the honorable demon warrior Sparda) on the run from Dark Realm Command, an anti-demon organization controlled by theocratic fascist William Baines, while a demon-sympathizing terrorist named the White Rabbit raged against humankind. By the end of Season 1, the White Rabbit had been killed, prompting Baines to proceed with a full-scale invasion of Hell, while Dante prepares to search for his long-thought dead twin, who now serves Mundus, the King of Hell. Dante and Vergil’s complicated relationship is the centerpiece of the Devil May Cry games, and based on the new teaser for the show’s second season, it’s finally time to dig into that sweet, sweet family trauma.
