Picture: Jujutsu Kaisen – Mappa
Only 4 months after its broadcast ended in Japan, the latest season of Jujutsu Kaisen is headed to Netflix on July 23, 2026. The new season, titled ‘The Culling Game’, features the sorcerers facing their toughest challenge yet as they fight off Kenjaku and attempt to free Satoru Gojo from the Prison Realm.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese anime series and adaptation of the manga of the same name by author Gege Akutami. The franchise has one of the best-selling manga of the past decade, with over 150 million volumes sold.
Produced by Mappa, the same studio with which Netflix recently signed a strategic partnership promising to deliver brand-new projects exclusively to the streaming service. While the announcement did not confirm that licensed Mappa titles would be coming to Netflix, it’s evident that the evolving relationship between the two companies will see more titles from the Mappa catalog land on Netflix.
The first season of Jujutsu Kaisen was first added to Netflix US back in May 2024. The Culling Game, effectively Jujutsu Kaisen season 3, was first available to stream on Crunchyroll, where it was simulcast with the Japanese broadcast. Dubs in multiple languages became available later, but the new season will land on Netflix with the English dub.
When is Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 coming to Netflix?
Netflix has confirmed as part of its July 2026 preview that Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 will be released globally on July 23, 2026.
What is the plot of Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1?
The full detailed synopsis has been sourced from MyAnimeList:
“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.”
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