Anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" Season 3: King Gnu to Perform OP Theme! New Cast Information Including Kazuya Nakai as Hakari and Tomokazu Sugita as Higuruma

At the Jump Super Stage held during "Jump Festa 2026" on December 20th, new information about the TV anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" Season 3 "Culling Game: Part 1" was revealed, announcing that the OP theme will be "AIZO" by King Gnu. This marks King Gnu's continued involvement in providing theme songs following "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" and Season 2's "Shibuya Incident."

The "Jujutsu Kaisen" anime series has garnered significant attention both domestically and internationally since the broadcast of Season 1 in 2020, including "Jujutsu Kaisen 0," which recorded a worldwide box office of 26.5 billion yen, and Season 2's "Hidden Inventory/Premature Death/Shibuya Incident" in 2023.

In 2025, the release of "JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie" and revival screenings of past works have been rolled out, and starting January 8th, 2026, the broadcast of TV anime Season 3 "Culling Game: Part 1" has been confirmed. The broadcast is scheduled to air nationwide simultaneously every Thursday at 0:26 AM in the "Super Animeism TURBO" slot across 28 MBS/TBS affiliated stations.

Additionally, "Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution,'" which has been screening since November 7th, has surpassed a worldwide box office revenue of 5.7 billion yen (calculated at 1 USD = 140 yen), including both Japan and overseas markets, according to announcements made as of December 10th. The film is currently being screened in over 70 regions worldwide, and in the North American market, where it began screening on December 5th, it ranked 4th in the weekend box office rankings.