Link Click Season 3 Part 1 Sets August 14 Premiere on Bilibili

An earlier premiere than planned

Link Click is returning for a third season, and its first part now has a firm date. According to reporting from Crunchyroll News and Anime Trending, Link Click Season 3 Part 1 will begin streaming on the Chinese platform Bilibili on August 14, 2026. The date actually moves the season up: Part 1 had previously been positioned for an October 2026 window before the earlier August slot was revealed alongside a new trailer and key visual.

The third season is structured as two split cours. Part 1 is reported to run twelve episodes, with Part 2 scheduled to follow in 2027, making for a planned 24-episode story overall.

What Link Click is

Link Click, known in Chinese as Shiguang Dailiren, is a donghua directed by Li Haoling and produced by LAN Studio. The series follows Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, two men who run the Time Photo Studio and share an unusual ability: by diving into a photograph, Cheng Xiaoshi can relive a stretch of the past through the eyes of the person who took it, while Lu Guang guides him and enforces the rules meant to keep their meddling from rewriting history. Alongside their friend Qiao Ling, the pair take on requests that repeatedly pull them into other people's tragedies and secrets.

Since its 2021 debut, the show has built a devoted international following for its emotional, time-travel-driven mysteries, and the franchise has since expanded through additional seasons and special arcs.

What to expect

The new season picks up the studio's signature mix of personal drama and escalating mystery, with the season's trailer teasing fresh conflicts for the Time Photo Studio's crew. For now, the confirmed details center on scheduling and structure: an August 14 start for Part 1 on Bilibili in China and a 2027 release for Part 2. An international streaming date and platform for Season 3 have not been detailed in these announcements, so viewers outside China should watch the official channels for licensing news.