The highly anticipated third season of the anime series Record of Ragnarok is officially set to premiere in December 2025 exclusively on Netflix. The announcement was made during Anime Expo 2025, accompanied by the release of a new trailer that offers a glimpse into the upcoming battles.
Production Details and Staff Changes
Record of Ragnarok Season 3 will feature a significantly altered production staff. Koichi Hatsumi, known for his work on Tokyo Revengers, is taking over as director, succeeding Masao Okubo. Yasuyuki Muto will serve as the main writer, replacing Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and Yuta Yamada. Character designs will be handled by Yoko Tanabe and Hisashi Kawashima, a change from previous designer Masaki Sato. Yasuharu Takanashi, however, will continue as the music composer for the third season.
The animation production for Season 3 will be a collaboration between Yumeta Company and newcomer MARU Animation. Notably, Graphinica, which was previously involved in the first two seasons, is no longer listed in the production credits.
Featured Battles and Storyline
The new season is expected to continue the epic tournament between humanity and the gods, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. The trailer teases three major battles. The crucial seventh fight, which aims to break the 3-3 tie between gods and humans, will be a focal point. This will see Qin Shi Huang, the King of the Beginning, take on Hades, the King of Hell. Additionally, the season will feature the highly anticipated confrontations involving Nikola Tesla, Beelzebub, Leonidas, and Apollo. The manga authors, Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui, have expressed their excitement for the upcoming animated battles, particularly for Nikola Tesla’s techniques.
Background of the Series
Record of Ragnarok is an anime adaptation of the manga series written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui, with illustrations by Azychika. The manga began serialization in Monthly Comic Zenon in November 2017 and has since sold over 18 million copies. The series centers on a tournament where humanity’s greatest historical figures battle powerful gods to determine whether the human race will survive or be annihilated. The first season premiered on Netflix in June 2021, followed by the second season, which was released in two parts in January and July 2023.
