Record of Ragnarok Season 3: Release Dates, Cast Lineup, Plot Teases — The Ultimate Guide
Gods vs humanity returns as Record of Ragnarok season 3 hits Netflix on December 10, 2025, thrusting the do-or-die tournament back into the spotlight as mankind races to clinch 7 of 13 battles and dodge extinction.
Netflix just circled a date for Record of Ragnarok Season 3, so mark your calendar and maybe your wall: the gods-vs-humans cage match picks back up on December 10, 2025. The tournament is dead even at 3-3, the rules are still brutal (humans need 7 wins out of 13 to not get deleted), and the next three rounds are stacked with names you actually learned in school... and also Beelzebub.
Quick rundown
- Premiere: December 10, 2025, on Netflix
- Tournament status: Tied 3-3 after six rounds; humans still need 7 wins total to survive
- Season 3 fights: Round 7 is Qin Shi Huang vs Hades, Round 8 is Nikola Tesla vs Beelzebub, Round 9 is Leonidas vs Apollo
- Studios and staff shake-up: Produced by Yumeta Company with MARU Animation; Koichi Hatsumi directs; Yasuyuki Muto writes; character designs by Yoko Tanabe and Hisashi Kawashima; composer Yasuharu Takanashi returns
- Theme songs: Opening is 'Dead or Alive' by GLAY; ending is 'Last Breath, Last Record' by Saori Hayami
- Episode details: Netflix has not confirmed a count; expect roughly 10-15 episodes at about 25 minutes each, potentially dropping all at once or split in two parts like Season 2
- Source material: Based on the manga 'Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok' by Fukui Takumi, Umemura Shinya, and Aji Chika
Where Season 3 picks up
The premise stays the same, and honestly that is the point: the gods voted to scrap humanity, and valkyrie shot-caller Brunhilde strong-armed a last-chance tournament into existence. Two seasons in, we have six bloody rounds on the board and a clean tie. Season 3 jumps straight into Round 7 with no cooldown lap.
And yes, the matchups are the kind of wild historical-mythology mashup this show lives on: Qin Shi Huang steps to Hades, Nikola Tesla tries to science his way past Beelzebub, and Leonidas squares up against Apollo. From the footage shown so far, the action looks punchier and the drama louder, which is exactly what you want when every single round now feels like a series decider.
Cast: who is back, and who is new
Returning voices include Miyuki Sawashiro (Brunhilde), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Goll), Tomokazu Seki (Lu Bu), Hikaru Midorikawa (Thor), Wataru Takagi (Zeus), Soma Saito (Adam), Kazuhiro Yamaji (Kojiro Sasaki), Takahiro Sakurai (Poseidon), Junichi Suwabe (Hermes), Ryotaro Okiayu (Hades), Daisuke Namikawa (Beelzebub), Kenji Nojima (Jataka), Tsuguo Mogami (Suddhodana), and Kaito Ishikawa (Qin Shi Huang).
New fighters and faces joining the fray: Shun Horie as Michel Nostradamus, Shiori Mikami as Alvitr, Makoto Furukawa as Nikola Tesla, Misako Tomioka as Gondul, Kenichi Suzumura as Apollo, Hiroshi Shirokuma as Leonidas, and Mai Todo as Geirolul.
Behind the curtain: notable changes
Season 3 arrives with a meaningful staff reshuffle. Yumeta Company is producing with MARU Animation, Koichi Hatsumi is in the director chair, and Yasuyuki Muto is handling series composition, replacing the previous writing setup. Character designs shift to Yoko Tanabe and Hisashi Kawashima, while Yasuharu Takanashi returns on the score. The trailer also plants a flag for the music: GLAY is doing the new opening 'Dead or Alive', and Saori Hayami closes episodes with 'Last Breath, Last Record'.
How many episodes we are actually getting
Netflix has not said. Season 1 landed at 12 episodes, Season 2 stretched to 15 across two drops, so the smart money is somewhere in the 10-15 range again with ~25-minute entries. Whether it is a single dump or another split release is still up in the air.
The big picture
If you have been waiting for the tournament to hit its second wind, this is it. A 3-3 tie means the next mistakes are fatal, and the show knows it. Between the fresh staff, the beefed-up animation teases, and a fight card that pairs world-history legends with top-tier gods, Season 3 looks set to be the messy, operatic midpoint this series has been building toward.
Record of Ragnarok Season 3 hits Netflix on December 10, 2025. If you are playing catch-up, both previous seasons are already streaming.