Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen
Alternative Titles
Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen, Jujutsu Kaisen 3rd Season, 呪術廻戦 「死滅回游 前編」 and Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: January 9, 2026 to March 27, 2026
Premiered: Fall 2023
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:26 (Asia/Tokyo)
Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, TOHO animation, Shueisha, dugout, Toho Music and Sumzap
Licensors:
Studios: MAPPA
Source: Manga
Genres: Action and Supernatural
Theme:
Demographic: Shounen
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Statistics
Score: 8.58 (scored by 69,780 users)
Ranked: #116
Popularity: #679
Members: 395,884
Favorites: 2,529
Score
8.58
Ranked #116 Popularity #679 Members 395,884
Synopsis
Kenjaku, the one known as Noritoshi Kamo and most recently as Suguru Getou, has initiated the next step in his destructive, thousand-year plan of ordinary humans' evolution and eventual eradication. The jujutsu world higher-ups reinstate 15-year-old Yuuji Itadori's execution, as Satoru Gojou is incapacitated as a result of Kenjaku's master plan in Shibuya. While Yuuji is unaware of this, he patrols the abandoned Tokyo streets with Chousou, exterminating any and all cursed spirits in his way. Meanwhile, the bigoted and arrogant Naoya Zenin's pride takes a hit when Megumi Fushiguro is selected as the Zenin Clan's next head. To draw out Megumi and eliminate him, he goes after Yuuji—but Yuuta Okkotsu is set on being Yuuji's executioner. Kenjaku's "Culling Game"—a rigorous battle royale spanning throughout Japan and forcing the jujutsu competitors to kill each other—is set in motion, and the young jujutsu sorcerers join the fray to settle old scores, free Gojou, and liberate the jujutsu world from the threat that is Kenjaku. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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