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The official website for the Jujutsu Kaisen anime announced on Thursday that the 12th and final episode of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1, the first part of the third season of the anime, will air as an extended 27-minute episode on March 26. This is also the 59th overall episode for the series. The anime premiered with the first two episodes as a one hour special on January 8 on the "Super Animeism TURBO" programming block on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Asia.
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The official website for the Jujutsu Kaisen anime recently announced that the 12th and final episode of Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1 will air as an extended 27-minute episode on March 26. This episode serves as the conclusion to the first part of the third season and marks the 59th overall episode of the series. The season originally premiered with a one hour special featuring the first two episodes on January 8, airing on the Super Animeism TURBO programming block across MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Asia.
Season 3 continues under the direction of Shota Goshouzono, who previously worked on the Jujutsu Kaisen movie Hidden Inventory/Premature Death and Ranking of Kings. Hiroshi Sekou, known for Ajin and Dandadan, oversees and writes the scripts, while Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Miwa return as animation directors and character designers. The music is composed by Yoshimasa Terui, recognized for his work on Mobile Suit Gundam and High School Girl. The season features a new opening theme by King Nu titled "Aizo" and an ending theme by Joji called "Yuwoke no Uta" (Song of Dawn).
The current season adapts the manga arcs known as Hidden Inventory/Premature Death and the Shibuya Incident, both from Gege Akutami’s original work. The Shibuya Incident arc began airing at the end of August 2023 and consists of 18 episodes. Prior to the season’s premiere, a compilation film combining the second season’s Shibuya Incident and the first two episodes of the third season was released in Japan on November 7, performing well at the box office. The Jujutsu Kaisen manga itself launched in 2018 and concluded in September 2024, with digital and print versions published by Viz Media and Shueisha.
From the host’s perspective, Jujutsu Kaisen remains a standout anime series, and the extended final episode of Part 1 is an exciting development for fans. The host acknowledges the trend of anime being released in parts, which can sometimes feel like a way to extend the series for financial gain. However, they emphasize that good anime is worth the wait and investment, expressing some frustration with unnecessary compilation episodes or films that may not add value but are produced for revenue purposes. The host also reflects on the broader anime industry, noting that many series do not receive the funding or support they deserve despite their popularity.
They suggest that making money from anime can be lucrative but also challenging due to these production constraints. Overall, the host remains enthusiastic about Jujutsu Kaisen’s quality and looks forward to future parts of the series. In closing, the host encourages listeners to follow the podcast, sharing excitement about nearing 250 followers and inviting continued support. They sign off with gratitude and anticipation for what’s next in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime journey.
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The final episode of JJK is coming. This title article is called Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, The Culling Game Part 1. Anime ends with extended 27-minute episode. So that's basically two episodes in one episode before the finale of Part 1, which is very exciting. It goes to show that they are really pushing out towards the fans that they are here for us and they want us to be happy with the quality and the production of the series. If you're new here, make sure to follow the podcast. I'm Roose. I do everything manga, anime, comics, so on and so forth. Just follow the podcast because we're very close to 250 followers, if I'm being honest.
All right, it says here, the official website for the Jujutsu Kaisen anime announced on Thursday that the 12th and final episode of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, The Culling Game Part 1, the first part of the third season of the anime, will air as an extended 27-minute episode on March 26. This is also the 59th overall episode for the series. The anime premiered with the first two episodes as a one hour special on January 8 on the Super Animeism Turbo programming block on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Asia.
Shota Goshouzono, known for Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory slash Premature Death, the movie, Ranking of Kings, returns to direct the series at MAPPA Hiroshi Sekou, which is also known for Ajin and Dandadan, is overseeing and writing the series' scripts. Animation directors Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Miwa return, but this time to design the characters. Yoshimasa Terui, known for Mobile Suit Gundam or GQX, as well as High School Girl, will compose the music for the season. King Nu performs the new opening theme song titled Aizo, and Joji performs the new ending theme song titled Yuwoke no Uta, also known as Song of Dawn in English.
Jujutsu Kaisen Execution, known as Jujutsu Kaisen Execution Shibuya Incident, as well as The Calling Game, begins in Japan. It's a compilation of the second season's Shibuya Incident, along with the first two episodes of the third season. Before the season premieres in January, the film opened simultaneously in Japan on November 7 on both IMAX screens and regular theatres. The film ranked at number one in its opening weekend and earned 639,785,800 yen, which is about, in US dollars, 4.13 million in its first three. The first Jujutsu Kaisen Television Anime season premiered in October 2020 and had 24 episodes.
The Jujutsu Kaisen O Anime Film opened in Japan in December 2021 and opened with English subtitles and with an English dub in the US and Canada in March 2022. The film got 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 North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The company is also streaming an English dub. The second season aired after two calls known as Quarters of the Year for a continuous half year run.
The anime adapts both the hidden inventory slash premature death, also known as Kaigyoku and Gyokusetsu arc, and the Shibuya Incident arc of Gege Akutami's original manga. The hidden inventory slash premature death arc aired from July to August 2023. The Shibuya Incident arc started at the end of August 2023 and consisted of 18 episodes. The Jujutsu Kaisen hidden inventory slash premature death, the movie compilation film opened in Japan in May 2025 and ranked at number four in its opening weekend. 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. So that's the news for Jujutsu Kaisen. Personally, it's a banging anime series. It's coming down to its last finale of part one, so that means it's going to be maybe possibly part two and part three and so on and so forth. When it comes down to anime nowadays, they are definitely doing parts in terms of milking the series, but good anime is good anime and I can't complain about it. I only care when it starts to do things like compilations, which don't need to be done, do you know what I'm saying? And then putting that in formats such as movies or media form for TV series.
I think that's just a waste of production value and money. But hey, if they're doing it for cheap and they're getting some form of revenue from it, like a boost or something, then I guess that is what they're going to do. At the end of the day, making money from anime is probably one of the most lucrative jobs in the form of work in this particular area because most animes don't get the recognition slash popularity that they deserve. But that's also because behind the scenes, they're not being supported with the right amount of funds and production teams. This has been your boy Roose, Mr36. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode on the podcast.
Please, please, please, please, please make sure to follow the podcast, okay? We are very close to 250 followers, okay? We've hit the goal of 240. We're actually on 242. So let's just go and aim for 250. All right, let's get it. I'm out. Peace.