‘JoJo’s Bizarre: Adventure Steel Ball’ Run Episode 3 Release Date, Time, and Where to Watch

‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ fans finally have a working weekly rhythm to look forward to again. After a long hiatus following the season’s opening chapter, ‘Steel Ball Run’ resumed with its second episode on September 25, 2026, on Netflix, restoring the franchise’s once-familiar weekly cadence.

That return sets up the next new episode, the third installment of the season, and gives fans a clear window for when they can expect to see Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli back on their screens. Here is everything confirmed so far about when episode 3 arrives and how to watch it.

Steel Ball Run Episode 3 Release Date and Time

At the Steel Ball Run panel at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3, 2026, David Production and Warner Bros. Japan confirmed that the 2nd and 3rd STAGE would be bundled together and begin streaming on Netflix on Friday, September 25, 2026, with one new episode releasing every Friday after that, bringing back the weekly release pattern fans associate with earlier seasons of ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.’ Based on that confirmed schedule, episode 3 is set to premiere on Friday, October 2, 2026, exactly one week after the season’s return.

The new episodes are available to all Netflix members around the world, with the 2nd STAGE having begun streaming at 1 a.m. PDT and 5 p.m. JST, and that same release window should carry over to episode 3 given the season’s consistent weekly Friday pattern. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run is available exclusively on Netflix worldwide, meaning it will not be streaming on Crunchyroll like prior seasons of the franchise.

This new batch will run eleven episodes total, covering chapters twelve through twenty seven of the manga for the 2nd stage before continuing into the 3rd stage, so episode 3 falls early in that run and should keep the race moving forward without much delay. A separate report notes that the coupled 2nd and 3rd Stages take the season through to the end of the fall season and into the beginning of winter, which lines up with a late November finish for this batch of episodes.

Where to Watch Steel Ball Run Episode 3

Every new episode of ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run,’ including episode 3, streams exclusively on Netflix, following the same distribution model as the season opener back in March. The series carries a March 19, 2026 release date in the United States on the platform, and that Netflix exclusivity has held steady through the season’s return.

The season’s opening chapter ran as a forty seven minute premiere on March 19, a longer format than the standard weekly episodes fans should expect going forward. Viewers who want to catch up before episode 3 airs can stream that premiere along with episode 2 directly on Netflix, with no need to seek out alternate platforms.

Despite having just one episode aired for months, ‘Steel Ball Run’ had already become one of the highest rated anime in history on platforms like MyAnimeList, a reception that speaks to how much anticipation has built around this new arc of ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ ahead of its weekly run.

Steel Ball Run Story and Cast Details

‘Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ is the sixth season of the long running anime television series produced by David Production, adapting the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki’s manga. The story is set in September 1890, when riders from across the globe gather in the United States for the Steel Ball Run, a transcontinental horse race from San Diego to New York City offering a fifty million dollar prize.

‘Steel Ball Run’ follows Johnny Joestar, a former jockey who lost the use of his legs in a freak accident. After forming an alliance with the mysterious outlaw Gyro Zeppeli, the two embark on a grueling cross continental horseback race across North America as they chase the massive grand prize and their own personal reasons for entering the race.

The newest episodes introduce three new characters into the story, Mountain Tim, Hot Pants, and Funny Valentine, expanding the world of competitors and antagonists that Johnny and Gyro encounter along the route. The latest trailer previews Johnny and Gyro’s push into the Devil’s Palm desert stretch and offers glimpses of these new characters along with the story’s growing supernatural elements.

Series director Yasuhiro Kimura addressed the long wait between episodes in an interview, saying that production was going smoothly but that there was no planned release date at the time, adding that it takes a lot of time to make just one episode. That extended production window helps explain the gap between the March premiere and the September return, and gives context for why fans have leaned so heavily on official schedule confirmations for episode 3 and the episodes that follow.

With ‘JoJo Fridays’ officially back, audiences invested in Johnny and Gyro’s race across the country have plenty to weigh in on, from the pacing of the adaptation to how the new cast of riders stacks up against the series’ most memorable characters, and this feels like exactly the kind of return worth discussing in the comments.