It has been decided that the second season, which will be the sequel to the popular TV anime “Jujutsu Kaisen,” will be produced and will be broadcast in 2023. It was announced in the big thank-you stage greeting of the animated movie “Theatrical Version Magical Round 0” (released on December 24, 2021), held in Tokyo on the 12th today.
The stage greetings on this day included Megumi Ogata, who played the main character of the movie, Yuta Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, who played Rika Prayermoto, Yuichi Nakamura, who played Satoru Gojo, Takahiro Sakurai, who played the role of Satoru Gojo, and the main character of the TV anime version, Yuji Itadori. Junya Enoki, who plays the role of Yuhito, appears. When the decision to make the sequel was announced, I was delighted with the fans at the venue.
There was no specific mention of the story content of the second period. Still, Enoki said, “I don’t know yet, but in the flow of the original, the past stories of Gojo and Natsuyu, who are active in the movie version, etc. I hope you enjoy it! “
“Jujutsu Kaisen” is based on the manga of the same name serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” (Shueisha). A dark fantasy that steps into the world of battle. TV animation was broadcast from October 2020 to March 2009 (24 episodes in total) and gained popularity, and the cumulative circulation of comics has exceeded 60 million.
“Theatrical version of Jujutsu Kaisen 0”, which has exceeded 10 billion yen in revenue, is the day before “Jujutsu Kaisen” with Yuta Otobone as the main character, and the author, Mr. Akutami, before the serialization of the original manga. A movie adaptation of “Tokyo Metropolitan College of Arts and Sciences” was drawn as a short-term intensive series. It was also made into a book as “Volume 0”, and it is an episode with very high support from fans, such as recording a big hit that is unusual for a single volume comic.