The highly anticipated Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1 is set to debut on January 8. This exciting announcement comes from TOHO animation, which revealed that the first part of the third season will air on the “Super Animeism TURBO” programming block on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates.
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll will also debut the anime on January 8, offering exclusive worldwide streaming outside of Asia. The platform will provide new episodes on the same day as they air in Japan, ensuring fans everywhere can enjoy the series simultaneously.
TOHO animation has released a video previewing Koji Yusa as Naoya Zen’in. This character appears in the Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution compilation film, which opened in Japan on Friday.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, known as Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The Culling Game Begins in Japan, is a compilation of the second season’s “Shibuya Incident” and the first two episodes of the third season. The film opened simultaneously in Japan on both IMAX screens and regular theaters. GKIDS will open the film in North America on December 5, featuring both the original Japanese and English dubbed versions.
Image courtesy of GKIDS
The cast for the third season includes Shota Goshozono, who returns to direct the series at MAPPA. Hiroshi Seko is overseeing and writing the series scripts, while animation directors Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Niwa are back to design the characters. Yoshimasa Terui will compose the music for the season.
The first Jujutsu Kaisen television anime season premiered in October 2020 and had 24 episodes. The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film opened in Japan in December 2021 and in the U.S. and Canada in March 2022. The film had revival screenings in five cities across Japan on October 24.
The second season premiered in July 2023 on MBS and TBS and 28 affiliated channels. Crunchyroll streamed the second season as it aired in Japan in various regions around the world and is also streaming an English dub.
The second season aired for two cours, adapting both the “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc and the “Shibuya Incident” arc of Gege Akutami’s original manga. The “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc aired from July to August 2023, while the “Shibuya Incident” arc started at the end of August 2023 and consisted of 18 episodes.
The JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie compilation film opened in Japan on May 30 and ranked at #4 in its opening weekend.
Gege Akutami launched the manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in March 2018 and ended it in September 2024. Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print, and Shueisha is also publishing it digitally on its MANGA Plus service.
News Source: Animenewsnetwork.com
