The third season of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime television series is based on the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami. An animated adaptation of the manga was originally announced in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, which was published in November 2019.
Following the conclusion of the second season, an unspecified anime sequel covering the "Culling Game" story arc from the manga was announced. In August 2025, it was revealed that the sequel would be the series' third season, titled The Culling Game: Part 1 (死滅回游 前編, Shimetsu Kaiyū: Zenpen), which premiered with a one-hour special featuring the first two episodes of the season on January 9, 2026. Shōta Goshozono returned from the previous season to direct, with Hiroshi Seko and Yoshimasa Terui respectively returning as series composition writer and music composer. The fourth and twelfth episodes of the season received an extended length of 27 minutes; the rest of the episodes were 23 minutes in length. The third season concluded with its twelfth episode on March 27, 2026. Immediately following its broadcast, a fourth season, titled The Culling Game: Part 2 (死滅回游 後編, Shimetsu Kaiyū: Kōhen), was announced. Takeru Satō, the third season's assistant director, will replace Goshozono as director for the fourth season.
The season adapts the first half of the manga's "Culling Game" story arc. The plot follows the Jujutsu Sorcerers entering the Culling Game with the main objective of fighting off Kenjaku and freeing Satoru Gojo from the Prison Realm. A compilation film of Shibuya Incident, which also featured the first two episodes of The Culling Game: Part 1, premiered in Japanese theaters on November 7, 2025, under the title Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution.
The season is licensed by Crunchyroll for streaming outside of Asia, and began streaming an English dub on January 22, 2026. It became available to stream in Canada and in parts of Europe in Asia on Disney+ with English subs and dubs starting July 10, 2026.
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The opening theme song is "AIZO," performed by King Gnu, who also created the opening song for the Shibuya Incident Arc of Season 2.
The ending theme song is "Yoake no Uta" (よあけのうた; lit. 'Song of Dawn'), performed by Jo0ji.