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MAPPA's highly anticipated Season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen premiered to enormous viewership, adapting the Culling Game arc from Gege Akutami's manga. The season continues where the Shibuya Incident arc left off, with Yuji, Megumi, and Yuta navigating the deadly new rules imposed by Kenjaku's plan. Early episode ratings have matched those of the record-breaking Shibuya arc.
The Blu-ray release of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2's Shibuya Incident arc included an extensive behind-the-scenes documentary showing how MAPPA's animation team produced the Thunderclap sequence and the Mahoraga battles. Episode 40's production alone required over 1,200 unique animation cuts, making it one of the most labor-intensive single episodes in modern anime history.
Three years after its original broadcast, Jujutsu Kaisen's 'Thunderclap' (Episode 40 / Season 2 Episode 17) retains its position as the highest MAL-rated anime episode of 2023 with a score of 9.7. The episode features Nanami's final moments, Nobara's confrontation with Mahito, and Yuji's psychological collapse — a convergence of emotional beats executed with animation that continues to be studied in the industry.
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