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Alice in Borderlands teases season 3 on Netflix

Alice in Borderland Teases Possible Season 3 on Netflix

While I’ll accept my colleague Jesse Lab’s argument that Alita: Battle Angel is the best live-action anime adaptation, I’d argue that Alice in Borderland deserves to be mentioned in the same breath, which is why recent hints of a possible season 3 are very exciting. Earlier this week, X user adbrex_, a street advertising specialist according to his bio, posted an image of a mysterious ad in Shibuya Station that hints at a return for the series.

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The ad consists of nothing more than an array of playing cards set against a black background with the Netflix logo:

Fans have drawn the Alice in Borderland connection from that because of the central role that playing cards have in the series in terms of indicating the difficulty of the games the participants are forced to play. Internet sleuths have gone further than that, however, and matched the number of each card with the name of their suit to spell out ‘Alice Three’. Plus, Shibuya Station is the place where protagonist Arisu and his friends first found themselves sucked into the Borderland, so there’s an intriguing ARG element to it as well.

While season 2 of Alice in Borderland put a lovely bow on the series by explaining the mysteries and wrapping things up, its final scene did leave a hint towards more. Likewise, the manga on which it is based has a couple of expansions. Alice on Border Road is a spin-off that follows a different set of characters trekking from Kyoto to Tokyo in the same desolated world. Later, a direct sequel, Alice in Borderland: Retry began, which sees Arisu once again in the Borderland and struggling to escape.

The second season of Alice in Borderland debuted on Netflix in December 2022 and, so far, the streamer hasn’t made any official announcements of a season 3. We’ll keep an eye out, though, so check back for more.


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Editor and Contributor of The Escapist: Damien Lawardorn has been writing about video games since 2010, including a 1.5 year period as Editor-in-Chief of Only Single Player. He’s also an emerging fiction writer, with a Bachelor of Arts with Media & Writing and English majors. His coverage ranges from news to feature interviews to analysis of video games, literature, and sometimes wider industry trends and other media. His particular interest lies in narrative, so it should come as little surprise that his favorite genres include adventures and RPGs, though he’ll readily dabble in anything that sounds interesting.