Ahead of its launch later this year, a brand new key visual has been released for the upcoming prequel film Jujutsu Kaisen 0, showcasing some key characters from the highly popular anime series.
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The new visual features the main character Yuta Okkotsu in the front, with his late friend Rika Orimoto also beside him. Also on the visual are younger versions of some familiar faces from the series, including Panda, Toge Inumaki, Maki Zenin, Suguru Geto, and even Satoru Gojo. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will launch in Japan on December 24, 2021.
You can check out the visual below:
Jujutsu Kaisen is based on the manga title of the same name. Both the manga and anime have found widespread success in Japan, with the manga having sold over 55 million copies.
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“Yuji Itadori is a high school student with amazing physical abilities, living a normal life,” reads the official synopsis for Jujutsu Kaisen. “But one day, in order to save his schoolmate from a ‘curse,’ he eats a special grade cursed object, ‘Sukuna’s Finger,’ and gets the curse within his soul. Itadori, who now shares his body with the cursed spirit ‘Sukuna,’ transfers to an institution specializing in curses, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, to be guided by the most powerful jujutsu sorcerer, Satoru Gojo… A story of a high school student who carries a curse in order to exorcise it. With no way of turning back, his fierce tale begins to unfold.”
