Jujutsu Kaisen Zero Formally Hits American Theaters This March
Weeks after its Christmas release, Jujutsu Kaisen zero, the function-length prequel to the hit anime series Jujutsu Kaisen, continues to command the Japanese field workplace. With a modern-day gross of 9.3 billion yen (or close to $81.8 million), the film has end up one of the 50 biggest Japanese releases of all time. And now, studio MAPPA and TOHO Animation have set their attractions on a release in the United States.
Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it'll launch Jujutsu Kaisen zero in theaters on March 18 in the United States and Canada, with tickets going on sale starting Feb. 25. Both English dub and subtitled variations of the movie will play in “greater than 1500 theaters nationwide,” in keeping with a information release, with pick screenings gambling in IMAX. Crunchyroll notes that launch plans additionally consist of a rollout inside 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.
Unlike the series, Jujutsu Kaisen zero follows Yuta Okkotsu, a excessive schooler taken underneath the wing of Satoru Gojo. In adapting Gege Akutami’s prequel manga, the group at MAPPA created a tale that each stands alone and summons the spirit of what humans love approximately the continuing anime. According to Polygon’s evaluation out of Japan from December, it’s a super area for newcomers to begin, but still action-packed enough to provide something for pro viewers:
There’s lots to experience for longtime lovers. For one, Yuta Okkotsu isn't always a brand new individual, having been mentioned inside the series some instances however never making an look till now. And he’s given a fantastically tragic backstory, because it turns out that the powerful Curse that latched directly to Yuta is his adolescence love, Rika. After dying in a site visitors accident, the gentle and being concerned woman transformed right into a snake-haired, fang-faced monstrosity that won't have the most disturbing design out there but makes up for it by means of the manner she acts. When the cursed Rika talks to Yuta in a child’s voice about how much she loves him or kills individuals who bully him with out apparently feeling awful approximately it, the juxtaposition of her frightening look along with her candy but from time to time also capricious, child-like demeanor effects in one of the maximum memorable Jujutsu Kaisen cursed spirits ever.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is lively via MAPPA and directed by Sunghoo Park. For a more in-depth examine the release time table ahead, check out our present day guides to the biggest 2022 movie releases and the iciness anime season.