The anime is licensed by Crunchyroll for streaming outside of Asia, which premiered an English dub in November 2020. Anime Limited released the soundtrack digitally in North America, Europe and Oceania on April 21, 2021, [61] [62] and was released on CD and vinyl on January 31, 2022. He added: "Like with Park's previous work, there is a sumptuous amount of splashy, expensive, mo-cap-enabled animation, delivering on the action promised by the comics". Douresseaux praised the series for its characters, plots, settings, and internal mythology, and described it as a "combination battle manga and horror comic book".

A special Season 2 + Movie recap episode is available for a limited time on Crunchyroll's Youtube channel. In January 2021, Jujutsu Kaisen 's first fifteen volumes at the time (including volume 0) took 15 of top 16 spots of Oricon's weekly manga ranking (week of January 11–17), being only surpassed by Attack on Titan 's 33rd volume, which topped the list. By July 2023, the Jujutsu Kaisen manga had over 80 million copies in circulation, including related novels, digital versions and Jujutsu Kaisen 0, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. High-ranking Sorcerers and Curses can refine this energy and use it to perform Cursed Techniques ( 呪術式, Jujutsushiki ), which tend to be unique to the user or their family.

For the second season's first five episodes (covering the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc), Tatsuya Kitani performed the opening theme " Where Our Blue Is" ( 青のすみか, Ao no Sumika), while Soushi Sakiyama [ ja] performed the ending theme "Light" ( 燈, Akari ). I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time. The manga author, Gege Akutami, and the main cast members appeared at Jump Festa '20 on December 22, 2019. The second novel, Jujutsu Kaisen: Thorny Road at Dawn ( 呪術廻戦　夜明けのいばら道, Jujutsu Kaisen: Yoake no Ibara Michi ), was released on January 4, 2020.

Takaba, a modern sorcerer and failed comedian with the power to do anything he finds funny then arrives, and he begins to fight Kenjaku after Kenjaku launches an ineffective attack against Takaba. It ran at The Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo's Tennōzu from July 15–31, and at the Mielparque Hall Osaka from August 4–14, 2022. Silverman praised the series' use of Japanese folklore and yōkai elements, comparing this and Akutami's art style to Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō, but criticized the story for being "very generic". In December 2022, Akutami hinted that the manga would end within a year, stating during the Jump Festa '23 event: "If you accompany me for up to one more year (probably), I will be very happy. During the chaos, Yuji faces Choso, the third Death Painting sibling, and is defeated, only to be spared due to Choso receiving a vision revealing they are brothers.Welcome to the Jujutsu Kaisen Wiki, a community created by the fans, for the fans, and is dedicated to housing everything about Jujutsu Kaisen created by Gege Akutami. Aware the Jujutsu high-ups intend to kill Yuji, Gojo keeps his resurrection a secret to continue training him.

Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Hannah Collins of CBR found parallels between Yuji and Sukuna and Marvel Comics characters Eddie Brock and Venom. Should any curse consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. From September 16, 2022, to July 2, 2023, Universal Studios Japan hosted attractions based on Jujutsu Kaisen.Fans could take pictures through select locations, featuring an additional installation with characters of the series. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA, aired on MBS from October 2020 to March 2021; a second season premiered in July 2023. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. The events also reveal that the current Geto is not the original but rather Geto's corpse possessed by an ancient sorcerer named Kenjaku. It's not like there's any right way for these young women to deal with the unique pressures they face.