Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4: When’s the release date, and what’s Sukuna up to?
MAPPA still hasn’t announced Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4, leaving the anime’s return timing up in the air for now.
Studio MAPPA gave the next chapter of Jujutsu Kaisen its first on-stage moment at the studio’s 15th Anniversary Event, unveiling a teaser for Season 4 on June 19, 2026. The new run is officially titled The Culling Game Part 2 and is already in production, but an exact premiere date still hasn’t been announced.
MAPPA premiered the first Season 4 teaser on June 19, 2026.
There’s no U.S. release date yet; industry chatter points to a window in late 2026 or early 2027 . A stateside streaming home hasn’t been confirmed either, though prior seasons and the prequel film stream on Crunchyroll in the U.S.
Where the story picks up
Season 4 moves deeper into the Culling Game, adapting the Tokyo No. 2 Colony and Sakurajima Colony arcs starting with manga Chapter 181. Expect the spotlight to swing toward Kinji Hakari, Hajime Kashimo, and Maki Zen’in as those battles unfold.
Need a refresher?
If you’re catching up before The Culling Game continues, these chapters and arcs do the most groundwork:
- Season 2 — Hidden Inventory: the Gojo/Geto backstory that sets the stage for the Culling Game
- Season 3 (early episodes) — rules, key players, and the Sendai Colony fights
- Season 1 — Ten Shadows and Chimera Shadow Garden foundations
- Shibuya Incident — Sukuna’s rampage and Megumi’s Mahoraga showdown
- Movie: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 — Yuta Okkotsu, Rika, and Yuta’s link to Gojo
Episode count and broadcast plans are still under wraps. Current projections point to a premiere in late 2026 or early 2027.