
Spy×Family Season 3 Streams Loid Forger: Past Arc's Promo Video
New arc begins on Saturday
TOHO animation streamed a new 41-second promotional video for the anime of Tatsuya Endō's Spy×Family manga on Saturday. The video previews the third season's upcoming Loid Forger: Past Arc, which begins on October 11.
<span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span>The season premiered on October 4 at 11:00 p.m. on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TV Kyushu. It also aired on BS TV Tokyo on October 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the new season as it airs in Japan worldwide excluding Asia.Past seasons' episode director Yukiko Imai is directing the third season at Wit Studio and CloverWorks, replacing second season directors Kazuhiro Furuhashi and Takahiro Harada. Yuki Takeuchi (Ishura, Witch Watch) and past seasons' episode art director Tomomi Sugimoto are now in charge of art setting, Keita Watanabe (Wind Breaker 3D director) is the CG director, and Rina Koguchi (Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc, YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) is the third season's editor.The new season also features returning cast and staff.Spitz performs the opening theme song "Hi o Mamoru" (Protect the Light).Lilas Ikuta performs the ending theme song "Actor."The first anime season's first half premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the first half as it aired, and it also streamed an English dub. The anime's second half premiered in Japan in October 2022, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. The anime's second season premiered in October 2023 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll again streamed the series as it aired.The SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film opened in Japan in December 2023 and topped the Japanese box office in its first weekend. The film is an all-new work with an original story. Crunchyroll opened the film in North America in April 2024. The film debuted at #5 at the U.S. box office.Viz Media is publishing Tatsuya Endō's original and ongoing manga in English, and it describes the story:Shueisha is simultaneously posting the manga in English on its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media added the manga to its app as part of its Shonen Jump subscription in September 2019. The company is also publishing the manga in print.The manga has also inspired a stage musical that ran in March-May 2023. The second stage musical runs from September to December this year.Sources: TOHO animation's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie