It has been announced that the third season of the TV anime series Jujutsu Kaisen, based on the popular manga by Gege Akutami Akutami, titled " Culling Game Part 1," will air in January 2026. A Shibuya Incident for the third season has also been released, featuring scenes such as when Special Grade Sorcerer Yuta Yuta Okkotsu appears before Yuji Itadori , who is struggling in despair after the Jujutsu Kaisen was streamed on YouTube on August 31st, and the announcement was made.
It was also revealed that the " Jujutsu Kaisen the Movie: Shibuya Incident Special Edition x Culling Game Advance Screening" will be screened from November 7th. In addition to the special edition of the second season, "Shibuya Incident," the first and second episodes of the third season, "Culling Game," will be screened in advance. A key visual was also released, depicting Itadori with his fist clenched and Itadori with his back turned and a sword in one hand, against the backdrop of the devastated crater of Shibuya.
It was also announced that the "Animation Jujutsu Kaisen Exhibition," an exhibition where visitors can relive the events of " Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu" and "Shibuya Incident ," will be held at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from December 5th to 29th, and that the "Juju Fest" will be held in the summer of 2026 as the finale event for the anime's 5th anniversary.
" Jujutsu Kaisen" is a manga that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from March 2018 to September 2024. The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori, who is thrown into a world of battles over curses after a powerful "cursed object" is unsealed. The comic series has sold over 100 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2020 to March 2021, and the second season, "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu/ Shibuya Incident," aired from July to December 2023. The movie "Jujutsu Kaisen 0 the Movie," a prequel to the first season, was released in December 2021 and was a huge hit, grossing approximately 13.75 billion yen in Japan and approximately 26.5 billion yen worldwide. A compilation of the second season, "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu," titled "Jujutsu Kaisen: The Complete Movie - Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu," was released in May. A re-release of "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" will begin on October 17th.
