{"id":403807,"date":"2026-01-10T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403807\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:30:08","slug":"jujutsu-kaisen-season-3-hit-with-unexpected-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403807\/","title":{"rendered":"Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Hit With Unexpected Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter 2026 is off to an exciting start with the return of some of the most beloved anime series. The highly anticipated Season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen<\/a> has finally made its debut and crashed Crunchyroll right after it began streaming. Fans have been anticipating the anime since the second season ended with a massive cliffhanger in December 2023, and the series is all set to explain the unanswered questions. The third season will be released in two parts as fans await details about the second part. Season 3 kicks off with the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident Arc, where the anime features the horrifying effect the tragedy had on Yuji.<\/p>\n

As he fights the cursed spirits by luring them out in the open, he unexpectedly encounters Yuta Okkotsu, a second-year student at Jujutsu Tech High School and a special-grade sorcerer just like Satoru Gojo. The one-hour-long premiere, which released the first couple of episodes, adapts Itadori\u2019s Extermination Arc. The story will move on to the Perfect Extermination Arc, centering around Maki Zenin, before commencing the brutal Culling Game. The anime will drop new episodes on Crunchyroll every Thursday, while Netflix will take a while<\/a> before adding the series to its platform. The official X handle of the anime<\/a> released the episode schedule of Season 3, confirming a delay in the middle of the season.<\/p>\n

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Will Delay Its Episode 8<\/p>\n

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According to a post shared by the official X handle, the series will broadcast a special episode on February 19th, 2026, after releasing Episode 7. The special episode will be a recap of the events that took place in Season 3 up until Episode 7, as such a practice isn\u2019t uncommon in anime series. It will also include newly recorded narration to explain the events that took place. Episode 8 will be released the week after, and the rest of the episodes without any more delays. Here\u2019s a detailed look at the Season 3 schedule:<\/p>\n

Episodes 1 and 2: January 8th<\/p>\n

Episode 3: January 15th<\/p>\n

Episode 4: January 22nd<\/p>\n

Episode 5: January 29th<\/p>\n

Episode 6: February 5th<\/p>\n

Episode 7: February 12th<\/p>\n

Special Episode: February 19th<\/p>\n

Episode 8: February 26th<\/p>\n

Episode 9: March 5th<\/p>\n

Episode 10: March 12th<\/p>\n

Episode 11: March 19th<\/p>\n

Episode 12: March 26th<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been confirmed that the first part will release 12 episodes<\/a>, ending on a cliffhanger in the middle of the Culling Game. The Culling Game is the longest arc in the manga, and will likely be fully adapted in Part 2. The anime hasn\u2019t confirmed the episode count of Part 2, but it might be the same as the first part. While the third season begins with featuring the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident Arc, it won\u2019t take long before things go from bad to worse as the villain\u2019s true goal comes to light. It\u2019s the second final arc of the story, leaving only the Shinjuku Showdown Arc to be adapted for the story to conclude.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter 2026 is off to an exciting start with the return of some of the most beloved anime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,78267,22577,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-403807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-jujutsu-kaisen","12":"tag-regular-news","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}