After dominating the Japanese box office to the tune of over 9.31 billion yen (U.S. $81.6 million), anime distributor Crunchyroll has announced that the Jujutsu Kaisen prequel film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will get a theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada on March 18, 2022.
The film will release in 1,500 theaters across the countries, including IMAX in the U.S. Tickets are set to go on sale on February 25, 2022.
When they were children, Rika Orimoto was killed in a traffic accident right before the eyes of her close friend, Yuta Okkotsu.
“It’s a promise. When we both grow up, we’ll get married.”
Rika became an apparition, and Yuta longed for his own 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 own determination.
“I want the confidence to say it’s okay that I’m alive!”
“While I’m at Jujutsu High, I’ll break Rika-chan’s curse.”
Meanwhile, the vile curse user, Suguru Geto, who was expelled from the school for massacring ordinary people, appears before Yuta and the others.
“This coming December 24th, we shall carry out the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.”
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 breaking Rika’s curse…?
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is set to release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France with CRG events, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, French-speaking Africa and Latin America at a later date.
The film is directed by Sunghoo Park at studio MAPPA with the following Japanese cast:
- Yuta Okkotsu – Megumi Ogata
- Rika Orimoto – Kana Hanazawa
- Maki Zen’in – Mikako Komatsu
- Toge Inumaki – Koki Uchiyama
- Panda – Tomokazu Seki
- Satoru Gojo – Yuichi Nakamura
- Suguru Geto – Takahiro Sakurai
Since its release in Japan on December 24, the film as earned over 9.31 billion yen (U.S. $81.6 million), cracked the top 50 highest earning films of all time in Japan, and is nominated for Animation of the Year at 45th Japan Academy Film Prize.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will release in the U.S. and Canada on March 18, 2022.
