Many fans believe this could be the best DanMachi season yet, based on the source material. However, will the story end up being crammed?
How Many Episodes Will DanMachi Season 4 Have?
It has been widely reported through Japanese TV listings that DanMachi Season 4 will, initially, have 11 episodes. Before any episode count for DanMachi season 4 was discovered, each of the previous three seasons (four if you include Sword Oratoria) were either 12 or 13 episodes long, so this kind of length was expected. Another small piece of info pointing toward a single-cour run was HIDIVE’s announcement that the English dub of DanMachi Season 4 will be released in Fall 2022. This is likely designed so the dub is released once the official subtitled run has concluded, as is common with dub releases. However, unlike previous DanMachi seasons, there are widespread rumours that Season 4 will be a split-cour season with around 22-24 episodes in total. There is no official confirmation of the split-cour run yet, nor any speculation about when the second part might air in future. More information may be revealed when the initial cour has concluded.
What Will DanMachi Season 4’s Episodes Cover?
It’s expected that DanMachi Season 4 will cover the light novels 12, 13 and 14, after season 3 adapted novels 9-11. DanMachi Season 4 is also being referred to as the Labyrinth Arc which covers those light novels, with a particular focus on volume 14. There are some rumours that DanMachi Season 4 may also cover volume 15, which is a smaller story mainly involving the main characters reminiscing on their journeys so far. Whether volume 15 is adapted may come down to how many total episodes are confirmed, but that also may serve as a useful start to any potential next season.
Will There Be a DanMachi Season 5?
Currently, there is no word on whether DanMachi will return for a fifth season once season 4 has concluded. It’s uncommon for next seasons to be announced during a current series’ run, unless two seasons are announced together, such as with Shield Hero Season 3. Usually, seasons are announced just over a year before the new season airs. There tends to be at least one year’s gap between DanMachi seasons, so we wouldn’t expect any announcement on DanMachi Season 5 during or immediately after DanMachi Season 4. DanMachi Season 4 potentially being a split-cour season complicates matters further. However, given the usual single-cour length of DanMachi’s seasons, fans may consider the second half of season 4 just as good as a new run.
