This article contains spoilers from Solo Leveling and Jujutsu Kaisen.
With 2025 entering its last months, the most exciting anime releases of the year are behind the fans, with MHA’s final season also approaching its end fast. While 2025 had some incredibly huge anime releases, among all the big drops, Solo Leveling was definitely a standout series. Solo Leveling returned with its second season in early 2025 and broke a plethora of records worldwide.
Solo Leveling Is Making A Comeback in November
Solo Leveling is returning, and very soon. As early as November.
However, with no new Solo Leveling season for 2026, the series is about to lose its title as the anime King of Crunchyroll, especially as a major hit is making a comeback. Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the biggest shonen series for quite some time now, and its third season is coming soon, on January 8, 2026. This new season of Jujutsu Kaisen will dethrone Solo Leveling, especially with its incredible art direction, and some of the most exciting and intense battles fans will have witnessed in a while.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Is Coming For Solo Leveling’s Throne In January 2026
JJK Season 3 Will Be 2026’s Biggest Anime
- Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 releases on January 8, 2026
- Solo Leveling Season 3 is reportedly not coming
Solo Leveling made quite an incredible impact on the anime community in 2025. During the Crunchyroll Awards, its first season was crowned the Anime of the Year, and on top of that, it also won a bunch of other awards, including the Best MC of the year. Solo Leveling Season 2 also broke quite a few records on the Crunchyroll platform, including being its most reviewed anime series ever. It’s easy to say that Solo Leveling has become extremely popular, competing with big, already established series.
However, Solo Leveling Season 2 concluded in early 2025, and since then, no new information has been revealed about its third season. Now, recently, new information suggests that Solo Leveling Season 3 won't happen at all. Instead, the studio appears to be going for a Solo Leveling movie in 2026. Fans were hoping for an anime comeback in early 2026, but that's extremely unlikely now.
Crunchyroll’s Biggest 2026 Anime Officially Has A Release Date
2026's biggest anime finally has a release date, and fans are hyped.
While Solo Leveling isn't getting a new season next year, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 is making its grand return, and no matter which way fans look at it, JJK is the true King of anime series at the moment. Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 is being released on January 8, 2026, and fans can’t wait. Fans have already seen trailers and early screenings of the Culling Game Arc has confirmed that the series looks better than ever before and features incredible action the likes of which surpasses even Season 2. JJK Season 2 already won Anime of the Year, so an even better Season will go even beyond and dethrone Solo Leveling for good.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Will Be The Biggest Yet
Crunchyroll Has Its Big 2026 Hit Already
Jujutsu Kaisen fans are stoked for the content that’s to come in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, and based on everything that's been revealed about it so far, it will inevitably become the greatest season of the franchise.
Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 is going to give the fans a new take on the series, featuring stunning art and direction. From the trailers that are already out, the animation and art look to be incredibly fluid, and fans can’t wait.
Art and animation aside, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 is also about to adapt some of the best parts of the manga, kickstarting the Culling Game arc. The Culling Game is about to be intense, and from here onwards, fans won’t get a second to breathe in between events.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 officially premieres on January 8, 2026. Fans can watch the series on Crunchyroll. Jujutsu Kaisen also has a sequel, called Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, which runs in the Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 10 will be released on November 9, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.
- Release Date
- October 3, 2020
- Network
- TBS, MBS, CBC, Tulip Television, BSN, tys, NBC, HBC, RKK, i-Television, SBS, IBC, BSS, MRO, OBS, TUF, RSK, TUY, tbc, RKB, SBC, KUTV, RBC, UTY, RCC, MRT, atv, MBC
- Directors
- Ryohei Takeshita, Masataka Akai, Chie Nishizawa, Daisuke Tsukushi, Tomomi Kamiya, Kakushi Ifuku, Ken Takahashi
Cast
-
Junya EnokiYuji Itadori -
Yuichi NakamuraSatoru Gojo
WHERE TO WATCH
Based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Mappa's battle shonen anime envisions a world where Jujutsu Sorcerers battle against entities born out of Cursed Energy. One day, a teenager named Yuji Itadori is dragged into this conflict when he eats a possessed finger.
- Studio
- MAPPA
- Creator
- Gege Akutami
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu
