‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Finally Returns With a Fight-Fueled Season 3

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen wrapped at the tail end of 2023, and MAPPA been quite silent on season three. With other projects fully wrapped or close to coming out, the studio’s ready to go back to Yuji Itadori and crew, and they’ll be back for more supernatural action in January 2026 on Crunchyroll.

In case you’ve forgotten, last season ended with Sukuna taking over Yuji’s body to kill a lot of people in Shibuya. If that weren’t bad enough, several Jujutsu sorcerers were killed or badly hurt, and Yuji’s mentor Gojo was sealed away in the Prison Realm. Season three picks up in the immediate aftermath of that, with Yuji sentenced to death by the heads of Japan’s Jujutsu society and ordering teen sorcerer prodigy Yuta Okkotsu to take him out.

The only thing Yuji, Yuta, and Fushiguro can do is gather their remaining friends to save Gojo from the Prison Realm. But that comes with its own catch: more sorcerers have emerged in the wake of the Shibuya Incident, and they’re all forced into a fighting tournament called the Culling Game. That means more fights with new characters with their own wacky abilites and personalities and some fan-favorites getting to step up and show out now that they’ve got the bigger spotlight.

Before Jujutsu Kaisen comes back to your TVs, the Execution compilation film will recap last season’s “Shibuya Incident” arc and shows the first two episodes of the upcoming season. That’s coming to Japan on November 7, followed by December 5 in North America. For the North American crowd, tickets will go on sale “soon.”

⚔️ JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution ⚔️

Catch your first glimpse at the all-new season along with the fiercest battles of the Shibuya Incident in one epic exclusive theatrical event!

Opens in North America December 5
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