Netflix's Alice in Borderland season 3 live-action series reveals 2025 release window

Modified Nov 30, 2024 16:24 GMT

Monday, November 18, 2024, saw Netflix’s Alice in Borderland season 3 live-action manga adaptation series announce its general 2025 release window. The series was confirmed for a general 2025 release window alongside the reveal of several other upcoming shows and movies for the streaming platform.

The Alice in Borderland season 3 news also confirmed several cast and staff members, including some returning from the previous season(s). The series is incredibly popular in Japan, being the most viewed live-action series in Japan in 2020. It also ranked in Netflix’s top 10 in 40 different countries and territories worldwide.

Alice in Borderland season 3 confirms returning cast & staff alongside release window

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Confirmed returning cast members for Alice in Borderland season 3 include leads Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tscuhiya. Director Shinsuke Sato also returns from previous seasons. Netflix’s Kazutaka Sakamoto is serving as executive producer for the series, with Akira Morii and Tomoki Takase listed as producers. Robot is planning and producing the third season in collaboration with The Seven.

The series is generally regarded as a faithful adaptation of Haro Aso’s original manga series despite some changes existing. While opinions vary, most fans agree that Netflix’s changes are not incredibly significant. Similarly spoken of are Netflix’s One Piece live-action series adapting Eiichiro Oda’s manga, as well as its live-action series adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga.

The incredibly successful first season began streaming on Netflix in December 2020, with the second season coming two years later on December 22, 2022. As mentioned above, the third season is currently set for a 2025 release window. Netflix has yet to release any promotional material for Alice in Borderland season 3 beyond a key visual. This visual was shared alongside the third season’s production confirmation news in September 2023.

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Aso’s original manga series of the same name follows Ryohei Arisu, which is pronounced the same as “Alice” in Japanese. Arisu is a high school student irritated with his intolerable daily life. One night when out with friends Karube and Chota, the town is suddenly covered in giant fireworks.

Upon waking, he sees no one else around aside from his two friends. They soon learn that they’re in a different world than their own, forced to participate in survival games or choose to die immediately. All three decide to play the games in an effort to live and return to their own world, with the series chronicling their efforts and what they learn along the way.

Aslo’s original manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Shonen Sunday S from November 2010 to March 2015. It then switched to Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday, running there from April 2015 until its end in March 2016. The manga was collected into 18 compilation volumes, all of which are translated into English.