The Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Ultra Romantic season 3 finale will be extended for an hour long duration as special preview releases online.
As we move closer and closer toward the end of the Spring anime broadcasting slate, fans around the world are preparing themselves to say goodbye to some truly iconic shows.
Arguably the biggest finales of this week will be the conclusion of Spy x Family part 1 and Kaguya-sama season 3.
However, amazing news for fans of the latter series is spreading like wildfire online; the last broadcast of Kaguya-sama’s third season will be extended for an hour-long duration!
Kaguya-sama season 3 finale extends runtime to one hour
The Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Ultra Romantic season 3 finale has just been confirmed to be one hour long!
However, fans should note that this is not a single one-hour long episode and is in fact, two episodes edited together for a big finale following confirmation that season 3 consists of 13 total episodes.
The announcement was accompanied by a special preview video of the finale, a 2-minute 20-second video on the Aniplex YouTube channel which also featured some of the highlights from season 3 so far.
The video featured the tagline “Goodbye romantic comedy —— To all those in love. The legendary episode that dyed the world in love, finally animated.”
A new key visual was also shared, see end of next section.
Kaguya-sama season 3 finale: Release date and time
The season 3 finale of the Kaguya-sama anime series is scheduled to premiere on Friday, June 24th.
The extended runtime is not expected to alter the release on Crunchyroll, set for the following international times:
- Pacific Time – 9:30 AM
- Central Time – 11:30 AM
- Eastern Time – 12:30 PM
- British Time – 5:30 PM
- European Time – 6:30 PM
- India Time – 10 PM
- Philippine Time – 12:30 AM (June 25)
- Australia Time – 2 AM (June 25)
Where to read the manga series in English
As of June 18th, 265 chapters of the Kaguya-sama manga have been published in Japan, with a total of 26 total Tankobon volumes being launched domestically.
However, only 22 of those volumes are currently available in English, with volume 23 set to launch on August 2nd, 2022 – release dates for the remaining volumes remain TBA.
Physical volumes of the latest manga volume in English can be purchased through Amazon, Book Depository, Waterstones and Bookshop.
Alternatively, the volume is also available to purchase in its digital format via Google Play, iBooks, Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.
By April 2019, the manga had sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide, rising to 8.5 million by October and 9 million by December of that year. Milestones continued to be surpassed over the following few years, with 15 million copies being in circulation by April 2021 and the most recent update claiming that 18 million copies are in the hands of readers.
By Tom Llewellyn – [email protected]