Will My Dress-Up Darling get Season 3? — My quick take (80% likely)

@wiratama12 Yeah at first I didn't mention it despite being aware that something MDUD related will air tomorrow since it looked like a pretty irrelevant recap with voice actors being here but now that it's about to be live streamed on Aniplex Youtube (didn't expect that at all) and limited till October 4th it seems... Weird ? We'll see but Japan is notorious for hyping people up like this to just showcase anime merch at the end lol...

Official MDUD anime account also tweeted about this few hours ago : https://x.com/kisekoi_anime/status/1971516434171011477

Video Link just in case : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYaKlAMd2bs

If nothing happens tomorrow (extremely likely) I'd say don't expect anything MDUD related 'till Blu Rays are all released (in 6 months) especially since Manga is over, this franchise is basically dead over now without anime lol

@Saizo32 Looking in YouTube and X official account about this announcement, many replies want new sequel, but yeah I need to level down my expectations until I watch it next day. If anything doesn't happen, we need to see half years later after all volumes of Blu-ray disc for S2 were released (this is what happened when S2 announced). Hopefully Umehara team already in final stage for production of Bocchi the Rock S2 and Samurai Elusive S2.

They already started working on s2 when s1 ended. That's why we're able to get a new season rather quickly. I'd say there'd be one last movie. But there isn't any confirmation as of now.

Cloverworks is great but taking too many projects at once would ruin them.

@Yamada_Jakkun Not true at all , season 2 production announcement was 6 months after the end of season 1 in late September 2022 and the MDUD's director went to work on a few EPs of Bocchi The Rock S1 during that time too as he is credited on EP8 as episode director, this show aired late 2022.

Also... How is a 3 and half year wait "quickly" ? lmao , you can see here all the old threads where people complained about the complete lack of news between September 2022 and December 2024.

I'd say they actually started working on season 2 in early 2023, that would make sense as the chapter they ended this season on (before cutting it with the anime only scene) also released officially in January 2023 (chapter 86) they have to work on the script first before starting production so they couldn't do it too early as the Manga didn't even have enough material when S1 ended.

@Saizo32 Ah that makes more sense actually. I should've checked the old threads. Thanks for clarifying.

I listened to this :

The radio itself is still continuing but i don't think they'd confirm official announcement for s3 there. They didn't seem to hint on it either so im not really hopeful.

@Saizo32 Ah that makes more sense actually. I should've checked the old threads. Thanks for clarifying.

I listened to this :

The radio itself is still continuing but i don't think they'd confirm official announcement for s3 there. They didn't seem to hint on it either so im not really hopeful.

@Yamada_Jakkun

Yeah the Manga was VERY SLOW , like I said, no way they could've started directly after season 1 because director was busy with Bocchi the rock and by the time season 1 ended , the Manga just introduced Akira which is EP8 of season 2... They needed to wait for material to release , I still think the reason why season 2 happened is because the blu-rays sold incredibly well (10k first week which is CRAZY). Let's see how season 2 blu-rays do , I don't think they'll hit 10k again but if they somehow hit between 3k-5k (or more) I think it will be a good sign, Dandadan's blu-rays for example only sold 2k yet a sequel is confirmed (I know Science Saru and Cloverworks are not the same studio and Cloverworks's projects probably cost way more but still).

By the way I actually think the radio continuing is the only good sign we have atm for a potential sequel tbh lol when season 1 ended this radio show was completely shut down 'till season 2 aired but for some reasons now they'll do it ONCE A MONTH ? after both the anime and Manga ended ? It's kinda suspicious... There's nothing to promote or sell anymore outside of blu-rays or anime merch so...



This video will be deleted on October 4th so people won't be able to see it anymore but yes she did say that, I shared it on the Sono bisque doll reddit as well just in case people wanted to see it after it gets deleted.

@Saizo32 Did we get some data how much blu-ray sales for season 2? CMIIW but volume 7 (contains S2E1 and S2E2) just released 5 days ago, while volume 8(contains S2E3 and S2E4) already pre-sales promotion.

I still wonder why they take down video at 4th October, did after that we got some another video or else, we need wait again.

The radio show still broadcast also a good sign there's hope another sequel (surprised they immediately end it after S1 end), albeit only once a month update but no surprise since this radio hosted by Hina Suguta and Shota Ishige, VA behind Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo, they need to reduce the frequencies since both the host also had commitment in other projects.

Sorry for double posting but we have the official numbers now.

MDUD/Sono bisque Vol.7 = Blu-ray : 4865 / DVD : 561

Aobuta/Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Vol.1 = Blu-ray : 4006 / DVD : 539

Kaoru Hana/Bloom (Vol.1) = Blu-ray : 1366 / DVD : 505

Kaoru Hana/Bloom (Vol.2) = Blu-ray : 1374 / DVD : 341

Before someone says that seems low, remember that an insanely popular show like Dandadan who has a third season already planned only sold 2K of its Season 1 Volume 1 Blu-Ray + DVDs back in early 2025 :

https://x.com/Dandadanverse/status/1886786718994481454

So yeah... At this point Aniplex would make a very weird decision by not green lighting a season 3/movie to finish this series, these numbers are actually very solid for a season 2 and it performed the best out of the three shows they broadcasted this summer, I know it isn't the crazy 10k Blu-Rays sold first week that MDUD did back in its first season but still, very good numbers for a second season all things considered.

@Yamada_Jakkun Actually in Aniplex Official YouTube account there's video who talk about My Dress Up Darling had some hint about anime sequel



At 23:29 Hina Suguta, the VA for Kitagawa Marin, said "see you on anime sequel". So yeah that's the only hint about season 3. Let's not forget in ED S2 there's Marin in Haniel outfit and OP S2 there's moment Marin eat burger who should happened in S3 or beyond chapter 86.

Also keep in mind that both Samurai Elusive and Bocchi the Rock got season 2, the anime production team behind My Dress Up Darling is the same one who produced those two anime I mention before, both under production. The main director of My dress up darling also become director on one of episodes in Bocchi the Rock, the main writer of My dress up darling Yoriko Tomita is also the writer of Elusive Samurai, and one of the My dress up darling director on certain episodes Yusuke Yamamoto just got promoted become main director of Bocchi the Rock S2 (Yusuke Yamamoto directed some My Dress Up Darling episodes when the story swung heavily towards slice-of-life genre). So yeah the anime production team were very busy with other commitments right now. Perhaps once we know when Elusive Samurai and Bocchi the Rock got its airing schedule, then there's a huge chance My Dress Up Darling got anime sequel which would be the last one.

@Saizo32 Let's not forget My Dress Up Darling also pretty popular in Prime Amazon Japan. In era where anime also can be watch in online streaming platform, we also need consider data from streaming device. I remember Volume 1# sells were skyrocket due "fan service" in S1E2, but overall S2 pretty popular based on streaming platform and BD/DVD sales.

In the end it depends the team behind My dress up darling when they had empty schedule to made S3 since they pretty busy with Elusive Samurai S2 and Bocchi the Rock S2. My dress up darling S2 also didn't immediately announced when S1 finished due similar condition (Elusive Samurai S1 and Bocchi the Rock S1 were in production when My Dress Up Darling S1 start airing).

One thing I noted is Aniplex had commitment to finished the series when original franchise finished the series as long as its BD/DVD sales were pretty good. After saw Bunny Girl Senpai got its finale movie sequel and Kaguya got another sequel, I think My Dress Up Darling had a chance for final sequel. For the next 6 months it would interest to see every news from My dress up darling.