Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Arc Reveals First Teaser Trailer and Visual for Theatrical Release
The first trailer and visual for the third season of Jujutsu Kaisen, covering the "Culling Game" arc, have been revealed during the 5th special anniversary program dedicated to the series. The first part of the anime is set to premiere in January 2026. Studio MAPPA is animating. Voice actors Junya Enoki (Itadori), Yuma Uchida (Megumi), and Asami Seto (Nobara) were present during the special program.
The staff for Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game includes:
- Director: Shota Goshozono
- Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Character Design: Hiromi Niwa, Yosuke Yajima
- Music: Yoshimasa Terui
The Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game also revealed that the episodes of the "Shibuya Incident" arc and the first two episodes of the "Culling Game" arc will be made into a movie, titled Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution - Shibuya Incident and The Culling Game Begins.
In addition, five major updates for the 5th special anniversary projects have also been announced. These include a special Shibuya Incident and Culling Game Arc advance movie screening on November 7th in Japan, the Jujutsu Kaisen animation exhibition, the Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade original story update, and the Juju Fest to be held in the summer of 2026 as the 5th anniversary finale event.
Check out the new Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade game teaser, featuring Itadori and Nanami in Cursed Hell Island:
GKIDS also revealed that the Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution - Shibuya Incident and The Culling Game Arc movie will be released in North America on December 5th, 2025:
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime premiered in the Fall 2020 anime season and ran for 24 episodes. It was followed by a prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, in 2021. The second season aired in 2023, covering the "Hidden Inventory/Premature Death" and "Shibuya Incident" arcs. The "Hidden Inventory/Premature Death" arc was also turned into a compilation movie, which was recently released in theatres.
The original manga by Gege Akutami was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2018 to 2024. It was compiled into 30 volumes. VIZ Media licenses the series in English.
Crunchyroll streams the anime outside Japan and describes the plot as follows:
Yuji Itadori eats a cursed finger to save a classmate, and now Ryomen Sukuna, a powerfully evil sorcerer known as the King of Curses, lives in Itadori’s soul. Curses are supernatural terrors created from negative human emotions. This cursed energy can be used as a power source by jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits alike.
Source: Official Website
© Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
