Yoshiko Sakakibara Joins Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 as Tengen in The Culling Game Part 1

Exciting News: Yoshiko Sakakibara Joins Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 as Tengen

Fans of the popular anime series Jujutsu Kaisen have a lot to look forward to. The official website for the anime revealed on Wednesday that Yoshiko Sakakibara will voice the character Tengen in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1. This announcement marks the first part of the third season of the anime. Additionally, Sakakibara will continue her role as the narrator, a position she has held since the anime’s second season.

The highly anticipated third season will premiere on January 8 and will air on the “Super Animeism TURBO” programming block on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide, excluding Asia.

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,” along with the first two episodes of the third season. The film opened simultaneously in Japan on November 7 on both IMAX screens and regular theaters. The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend, earning 639,785,800 yen (about US$4.13 million) in its first three days.

The cast for the third season includes a talented lineup of industry professionals. Shota Goshozono, known for his work on JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie and Ranking of Kings, will return to direct the series at MAPPA. Hiroshi Seko, who has worked on Ajin and DAN DA DAN, is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Animation directors Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Niwa will design the characters for this season. Yoshimasa Terui, known for his work on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX and Hi Score Girl, will compose the music for the season.

The first season of Jujutsu Kaisen premiered in October 2020 and consisted of 24 episodes. The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film opened in Japan in December 2021 and later in the U.S. and Canada in March 2022 with English subtitles and an English dub. The film also 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, including North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The company also streamed an English dub.

The second season aired for two cours (quarters of a year) for a continuous half-year run. The anime adapted both the “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” (“Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu”) arc and the “Shibuya Incident” arc of Gege Akutami’s original manga. The “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc aired from July-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 the manga digitally on its MANGA Plus service.

News Source: Animenewsnetwork.com