The film adaptation of Japanese manga Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has just received an official trailer and multiple stills. Crunchyroll also just announced the main voice cast for the English dub, which will consist of Kayleigh McKee (Beastars), Anairis Quiñones (Wonder Egg Priority), Allegra Clark (Lego Friends: Girls on A Mission), Xander Mobus (Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness), Matthew David Rudd (Jujutsu Kaisen), Kaiji Tang (Shaman King), and Lex Lang (Doom Patrol). The film will be theatrically released in the U.S. and Canada on March 18 by Toho Animation in both dubbed and subbed versions. Advanced ticket sales will begin on March 1.
The theatrical poster for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was also released, which depicts several of the main characters front and center, ready for action. The trailer begins with one of the characters exclaiming that demons will run free through the night right before a sinister creature flashes across the screen. Audiences are then shown main character Yuta Okkotsu as he struggles with being visited constantly by his late childhood friend, who made him promise to marry her when they grew older. Soon, Yuta is taken away to the mysterious Jujutsu High, where he may have the chance to learn what it takes to break the curse that has been cast upon him. As the trailer goes on, explosive action ensues, including fights with power chords-turned monsters and a giant panda. The trailer is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is based on the manga of the same name by Gege Akutami, and will serve as a prequel to the anime series Jujutsu Kaisen, which is also based on Akutami's manga series. Both the manga and series adaptation have been very successful, with the manga selling over 60 million copies in Japan alone, and the anime series being named Anime of the Year at the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. The anime series is currently available to stream in its entirety on both Crunchyroll and Funimation. Additionally, a second season of Jujutsu Kaisen is set to drop sometime in 2023.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was released in Japan in December 2021 and was directed by Sunghoo Park, who directed several episodes of the show's first season. The film was animated by MAPPA. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 clocks in with a runtime of 105 minutes and is currently not rated by the MPAA, but could get a PG-13 or even an R rating for its darker content. Check out the official trailer, poster, stills, and synopsis for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 below:
"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 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. 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 breaking Rika's curse...?"
Watch the trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 below: