To celebrate SASUKE's 20th anniversary since the first tournament, SASUKE 33 (officially, 「SASUKE2017 」and de facto「SASUKE2017 春」is used in SASUKE 34's Navi to differentiate both tournaments took place in the same year) was officially announced on October 31, 2016, by TBS. It is the second tournament after Morimoto Yūsuke's kanzenseiha. The broadcast aired on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 6:30pm JST (18:30).
