Quick Facts
| Format | TV |
| Status | Finished |
| Started | 2025-10 |
| Finished | 2025-12 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Runtime | 24 min |
| Score | 8.2 / 10 |
| Popularity | #130,252 |
Synopsis
Season 3 continues Operation Strix while examining the experiences that shaped Loid Forger and his determination to prevent another war. Alongside this wartime history, Yor Forger unexpectedly befriends Melinda Desmond, opening a new social route toward the politically powerful Desmond family.
The season's principal school storyline places Anya Forger, Damian Desmond, and their classmates aboard buses seized by the Red Circus. Its concluding arc returns the focus to WISE and Ostania's State Security Service as a compromised intelligence operation develops into a pursuit through Berlint. These stories deepen the series' treatment of childhood, conflict, and the fragile peace underlying the Forgers' everyday comedy.
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Highlights
- Season 3 aired for 13 episodes from October 4 through December 27, 2025, continuing the overall numbering with Mission 38.
- Wit Studio and CloverWorks again shared animation production duties.
- Yukiko Imai became the season's director after previously contributing direction and storyboards to the series.
- Spitz performed the opening theme “Hi wo Mamoru,” marking the band's first opening theme for a television anime.
- Lilas Ikuta, also known as the vocalist of YOASOBI, performed the ending theme “Actor.”
- (K)NoW_NAME returned to produce the score and supplied the insert songs “Bus Stop” and “Break a Neck.”
- The season adapted material ranging from Twilight's childhood memories through the Red Circus and mole-hunt storylines.
New Characters
SUPPORTINGBilly Squire
SPY x FAMILYBilly Squire is the leader of the Red Circus and the main antagonist of the Bus Hijacking Arc.
SUPPORTINGVadim
SPY x FAMILYVadim is a member of the Red Circus. Together with Billy Squire, the group hijacked two Eden Academy school buses while on a field trip and took the students inside hostage.
SUPPORTINGChloe
SPY x FAMILYChloe is an officer in Ostania's State Security Service and Yuri Briar's junior officer.
SUPPORTINGWinston Wheeler
SPY x FAMILYWinston Wheeler is an Ostanian communications agent affiliated with the State Security Service and the titular main antagonist of the Wheeler Arc.
Filler Guide
13 episodesEpisodes13 ep
Berlint Panic / The Informant and Nightfall
Avoid Getting Tonitrus Bolts / ■■■■'s Memories
■■■■'s Memories II
Behind the Scandal / The Path to an Imperial Scholar
The Mommy-Friends Scheme
White Jealousy / The Eden College Busjacking Incident
The Red Circus
Take Down the Busjacker
Anya's Era Has Come
Austin's Trouble / A Normal Mixer / Moon Landing
Extreme Level 3 Situation
Battle to the Death in the Sewers
A World Where We Cannot Survive