The Duke of Death and His Maid Anime Gets 3rd Season in 2024

Sep 25, 2023 09:51 AM

The second television anime season based on Koharu Inoue's The Duke of Death and His Maid (Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid) manga ended on Sunday with an announcement of the third season in 2024.

©Inoue / Shogakukan, The Duke of Death and His Maid Project

The second season debuted on July 9. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs and is also streaming an English dub.

The staff of the anime describes the season:

“Kill anyone he touches”… A young noble boy, “Bocchan” was once bewitched.
He has always been rejected because of the curse but he has never been lonely.
He was supported by his maid Alice and an old butler Rob who has been taking care of Bocchan since he was little. Recently he made a witch friend and his rather distant relationship with his own family has improved a little. But he still can't figure it out because he has no clue how he lift the curse that will allow him to touch someone who he loves…
But finally, Bocchan and Alice start to figure out how to solve the situation and their destiny has moved dramatically. They can't touch each other even if 1they want to… the romance story between two begins now!

Natsuki Hanae and Ayumi Mano performed the opening theme song “Kimi to Revue.” Nasuo☆ performed the ending theme song “Hoshikuzu Requiem.”

The staff included:

Director: Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Series Script: Hideki Shirane
Character Design: Michiru Kuwabata (SMDE)
CG Director: Hiroya Ishihara (SMDE)
Character Model Director: Yūya Hatano (SMDE)
Art Director: Akira Suzuki
Color Design: Miho Kimura
Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo
Editing: Kentaro Tsubone (REAL-T)
Sound Effect Director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Gen Okuda, Takeshi Watanabe
Animation Production: J.C.STAFF
CGI: SMDE

The television anime's first season premiered in Japan in July 2021, and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Inoue launched the manga on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry web manga site in October 2017. The manga ended in May 2022, and Shogakukan published the 16th and final volume in July 2022. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English.

Sources: The Duke of Death and His Maid anime's website, Comic Natalie

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