Update: The Cuphead Show Renewed For A Second Season

Update, 3/3/22:

Only two weeks have passed since the premiere of Season 1 on Netflix. Cuphead ShowA second season of the series has been added to its streaming service. Official Netflix Geeked account revealed the renewal with an updated image, possibly from Season 2. The best part is, it will arrive on Netflix this summer. What to expect is anyone’s guess, but it will most likely carry on the same story that started in Season 1. 

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Original story published 1/18/22

Cuphead and his trusty drink-holding brother will hit Netflix next month. 

The first trailer, called “The First Official Trailer for Series” was shared with this announcement today. The Cuphead Show.The trailer for the new show comes seven months after we first got a glimpse. Cuphead Show will be about the titular character and his brother, Mugman, traversing the Inkwell Isles. 

The show seems to be less about the central story than the game which asks you to pay off some Devil debt. Instead, it focuses on episodes that are interconnected and may have been hijacked or manipulated by devilish acts from the Devil. But the trailer does reveal a number of Cuphead’s locations as well the faces of our heroes in the game. 

“Based on the award-winning video game that smashed onto the scene with a gorgeous retro animation style, Cuphead Show is a character-driven comedy series following the unique misadventures of loveable, impulsive scamp Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman,” a press release from Netflix reads. “As the two scour their surreal homeworld of the Inkwell Isles in search of fun and adventure, they always have each other’s back.” 

The show features, as you would expect from a retro-style animated game. It also has the same comedy and antics of the 1920s as in the original. 

“Cuphead Show combines nostalgic delights, side-splitting gags, and a healthy dose of the heebie jeebies – espeically when a ridiculously weird nemesis, The Devil himself, arrives on the scene to toy with our heroes.” 

Netflix Animation has produced the 12-episode series. Every episode will be twelve minutes long. Executive producers are Chad and Jared Moldenhaur, creators of Cuphead. They hail from Studio MDHR. The voice cast includes Tru Valentino (Psychonauts 2) as Cuphead, Frank Todaro (Jojo’s Bizarre AdventureJoe Hanna (Dishonored 3) as Elder Kettle; Luke Millington Drake (Devil) as the Devil; Grey Griffin (Batman Arkham City) to play Ms. Chalice and Wayne BradyWhat’s the Line Anyway?) as King Dice. 

Cuphead ShowIt was first announced in 2019 and can be found here. You can read our opinions on the game the show is built on here. Game Informer’sYou can read our Cuphead review next. Cuphead ShowThe launch of, is scheduled for June.

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