Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Episodes, Ending & Season 4

The story continues: the official anime site has confirmed Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4: Culling Game Part 2. It has not announced a release date or release window. This guide was checked against the production committee, Crunchyroll, and VIZ on September 16, 2026.

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 at a glance

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When did Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 come out?

Season 3 began on January 8, 2026. The production committee scheduled it for Thursdays at 24:26 on the MBS/TBS network of 28 Japanese stations. In standard calendar notation, 24:26 means 12:26 a.m. on the following day, while the program remains attached to Thursday's late-night television block.

Crunchyroll listed a different clock for its own service: Thursday at 9:30 a.m. PT for both subtitles and the dub. These are two distribution records, not conflicting premiere times. The official Japanese announcement owns the broadcast slot; Crunchyroll's Winter 2026 lineup owns the platform time and territory list.

The Japanese run ended on March 26. That makes pre-premiere pages saying the season “will arrive in January” historically accurate but stale as a current answer. The season is available as a completed 12-episode part.

How many episodes are in Season 3?

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 has 12 episodes. The production committee identifies the finale as overall series episode 59 and Season 3 episode 12, titled “Sendai Colony.” It aired in an expanded 27-minute slot on March 26 at 24:26 in Japan.

The numbering can look confusing because the official site continues the count from earlier television seasons. A page labeled episode 59 is therefore not a 59-episode third season. The official notice supplies both numbers:

The official finale notice explicitly uses final-episode language. That first-party label is stronger evidence than estimating the total from a streaming interface, database row, or disc package.

Where can you watch JJK Season 3 legally?

Crunchyroll listed Season 3 for North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India, and Southeast Asia. Its seasonal schedule gave Thursday at 9:30 a.m. PT for subtitles and the dub.

The list is broad but bounded. Sign in with the country and account you actually use, open the Jujutsu Kaisen season selector, and verify the audio, subtitles, plan, and playback buttons shown there. Catalog rights and language options can differ even when two countries appear in the same regional list.

Use the site's legal anime viewing guide if the season is missing from your account. The anime streaming service comparison helps compare plans, devices, downloads, and language support after local title availability is confirmed.

What happens in Culling Game Part 1?

Season 3 starts in the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident. Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro face a ritual engineered by Kenjaku: barriers called colonies have been established across Japan, sorcerers are drawn into a lethal contest, and the game's rules make withdrawal dangerous.

The immediate plan has two practical goals. The group needs points to add rules that can protect unwilling participants, including Megumi's sister Tsumiki. They also need to find Angel, a sorcerer whose technique may help release Satoru Gojo from the Prison Realm.

That is the spoiler-light setup. The season moves through Yuji and Megumi's attempts to recruit allies, Maki Zen'in's changed role after Shibuya, and battles inside the Tokyo and Sendai colonies. The finale centers on Yuta Okkotsu in Sendai, where several powerful players have produced a four-way deadlock.

Readers looking for later character outcomes should move to the separate Jujutsu Kaisen manga ending explanation. The dedicated strongest Jujutsu Kaisen characters guide handles cross-character power comparisons. Keeping those spoilers out of this section makes the season guide useful before watching.

Why is the Culling Game confusing?

The arc introduces many names, rule changes, colonies, revived sorcerers, and competing objectives quickly. The easiest way to follow it is to separate four layers:

1. Kenjaku's objective: use the colonies and accumulated cursed energy for a larger transformation plan.
2. The game rules: players earn points and can request additional rules, subject to the game master's limits.
3. Yuji and Megumi's objective: protect Tsumiki, change the rules, and create a route toward freeing Gojo.
4. Each colony's conflict: local opponents and alliances change, while the larger objectives remain active.

Do not try to memorize every rule before episode 3. Track who wants points, which rule they want to add, and which colony they have entered. The details become easier once each fight has a clear tactical purpose.

For genre context, the best shonen anime guide explains why a Shonen Jump adaptation can also be supernatural action and horror. The best action anime list compares Jujutsu Kaisen's technical fight system with other styles instead of treating every battle series as interchangeable.

Who made Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3?

MAPPA animated Culling Game Part 1. Shota Goshozono directed, Hiroshi Seko handled series composition, Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Niwa received character-design credit, and Yoshimasa Terui composed the music. These credits continue key parts of the Season 2 production team.

The returning Japanese cast includes Junya Enoki as Yuji Itadori, Yuma Uchida as Megumi Fushiguro, Megumi Ogata as Yuta Okkotsu, and Mikako Komatsu as Maki Zen'in. Season 3 also expands the cast around Kinji Hakari, Hiromi Higuruma, Hajime Kashimo, and the colony players.

The credits belong to Season 3. Season 4 has a changed leadership record: Takeshi Sato is announced as director, while Goshozono is listed as chief director.

Is Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 confirmed?

Yes. The production committee announced the fourth television season as Culling Game Part 2 on June 19, 2026. It published a teaser and named Takeshi Sato as the new director. A second official update on August 29 added a super teaser visual and story introduction.

Neither update gives a premiere date, year, month, or seasonal window. “Confirmed” therefore means the project and its story part are official. It does not establish when the season will arrive.

The current status ledger is:

Any page assigning an unannounced seasonal window is forecasting rather than quoting the production committee. This guide will add a date only when the official anime site or the licensed platform responsible for that field publishes one.

Where should manga readers continue?

VIZ Media provides the licensed English Shonen Jump chapter and volume route for Gege Akutami's completed manga. Its official Jujutsu Kaisen chapter page is the safest place to check which chapters are free, included with a subscription, or sold in volumes in your region.

This guide does not assign an exact post-finale chapter. The anime can rearrange, combine, or extend scenes, and the first-party season records checked here do not publish a precise handoff. Readers who want a seamless transition should compare the last adapted Sendai material with the surrounding official chapters rather than relying on an unsupported single number.

Collectors can use the manga box-set comparison to distinguish complete-series sets from partial arcs and preorders. Readers avoiding all future spoilers should watch the season first and stop before the manga ending guide.

What remains unconfirmed?

Season 3 itself is settled: 12 episodes, a January 8 premiere, and a March 26 finale. Season 4 is confirmed as Culling Game Part 2.

The release date, release window, international platform schedule, episode count, and exact adaptation endpoint for Season 4 remain unannounced in the checked official sources. A teaser visual or production credit does not fill any of those fields.

This page is reviewed weekly and sooner when the production committee or licensed platform changes a schedule, staff, or availability field. Browse the anime news and release hub for the site's other maintained season guides.

Sources Checked

• Official Season 3 Japanese premiere schedule
• Official Season 3 finale notice
• Official episode 59 story page
• Crunchyroll Winter 2026 lineup
• Crunchyroll Season 3 production announcement
• Official Season 4 teaser announcement
• Official Season 4 August update
• VIZ official manga chapter page

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 out?

Yes. It premiered on January 8, 2026 and completed its Japanese television run on March 26.

How many episodes does JJK Season 3 have?

Season 3 has 12 episodes. The official anime site labels overall episode 59, “Sendai Colony,” as Season 3 episode 12 and the finale.

Where can I watch Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3?

Crunchyroll listed the season across North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India, and Southeast Asia. Account catalogs and languages can vary.

What time did new Season 3 episodes stream?

Crunchyroll listed Thursday at 9:30 a.m. PT for subtitles and the dub. The Japanese television slot was Thursday at 24:26, which belongs to a separate broadcast record.

What arc is Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3?

Season 3 adapts Culling Game Part 1. The official fourth television season is titled Culling Game Part 2.

Is Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 confirmed?

Yes. The production committee confirmed Season 4 on June 19, 2026 and published another visual and story update on August 29.

When does Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 come out?

No release date or release window has been announced in the official sources checked on September 16, 2026.

When was this guide last checked?

The finale, episode count, Crunchyroll regions, production credits, and Season 4 status were checked on September 16, 2026. The next scheduled review is one week later or sooner if a first-party source changes.