Crunchyroll has now unveiled more details surrounding its upcoming theatrical release of JUJUTSU KAISEN 0, including a trailer and the English voice cast.
The film follows Yuta Okkotsu, a nervous high school student, who enrolls in the mysterious Tokyo Jujutsu High School under the guidance of Satoru Gojo after being haunted by the curse of his childhood friend. The film is based on the comic of the same name from JUMP COMICS / Shueisha, a prequel manga to the smash hit supernatural adventure series from Gege Akutami.
Crunchyroll announced the English Voice Cast includes Yuta Okkotsu, Rika Orimoto, Maki Zen’in- Allegra Clark, Mikako Komatsu, Toge Inumaki, Koki Uchiyama Panda – Matthew David Rudd, Tomokazu Seki, Satoru Gojo – Kaiji Tang, Yuichi Nakamura, Suguru Geto, and Takahiro Sakurai.
The anime series JUJUTSU KAISEN is based on the best-selling manga of the same title, serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, and has sold over 60 million copies in Japan. In the US, the series is published by VIZ Media. The anime series was named Anime of the Year by the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2021. Both Crunchyroll and Funimation have the entire series on their platforms, both subbed and dubbed, for fans to catch up on before seeing the theatrical experience.
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 is animated by MAPPA and directed by Sunghoo Park. The film is being distributed in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand by Crunchyroll in association with Funimation and additional European countries by Crunchyroll and Wakanim.
When they were children, Rika Orimoto was killed in a traffic accident right before the eyes of her close friend, Yuta Okkotsu. Rika became an apparition, and Yuta longed for his death after suffering under her curse, but the greatest Jujutsu sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, welcomed him into Jujutsu High. There Yuta meets his classmates, Maki Zen’in, Toge Inumaki, and Panda, and finally finds his determination. Meanwhile, the vile curse user, Suguru Geto, who was expelled from the school for massacring ordinary people, appears before Yuta and the others. While Geto advocates for creating a paradise for only jujutsu sorcerers, he unleashes a thousand curses upon Shinjuku and Kyoto to exterminate all non-sorcerers. Will Yuta be able to stop Geto in the end? And what will happen to break Rika’s curse…?
The dark fantasy film from TOHO Animation will be available in both English dub and subtitled and will arrive in more than 1500 theaters nationwide. The film will also be released in select U.S.-based IMAX® theaters on March 18, 2022.
