Fans of Jujutsu Kaisen will be happy to learn that Crunchy roll has just announced the premiere date and details for the popular supernatural anime's much anticipated second season! They have also released a new season 2 poster, as well as a couple of wallpapers for fans of the show. Make sure and check them out below!
According to the press release that was sent out this morning, Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 will begin streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll beginning July 6th, 2023. The series will included subtitled and dubbed episodes in all territories. New episodes will stream on Crunchyroll each week after the episode is first broadcast in Japan.
Jujutsu Kaisen will be told over two consecutive parts. The first arc will recount Gojo's and Geto's past in the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc.
No official details yet on the second arc...
The Japanese voice cast and characters include Yuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo), Takahiro Sakurai (Suguru Geto), Anna Nagase (Riko Amanai), Takehito Koyasu (Tojo Fushiguro), and Aya Endo (Shoko Leiri).
Subtitles and dubs for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 will include English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, italian, Castilian Spanish, and Russian. Premiere dates for the dubbed versions have not yet been announced.
Jujutsu Kaisen's second season is animated by MAPPA, the same animation studio behind popular animes such as Chainsaw Man and Attack on Titan Final Season. It is being directed by Shota Gozhozono.
Additional credits include character design by Sayaka Koiso (Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers) and Tadashi Hiramatsu (Yuri!!! on Ice); art direction by Junichi Higashi (Cowboy Bebop); cinematography by Teppei Ito (Chainsaw Man); editing by Keisuke Yanagi (Tokyo Ghoul); and music composed by Yoshimasa Terui (JUJUTSU KAISEN).
Tatsuya Kitani and Soushi Sakiyama, respectively, play Tatsuya Kitani and Soushi Sakiyama's compositions for the opening and closing themes of the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" story arc.
© Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
© Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
© Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
The official Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Synopsis reads: This is the innocent spring that the two strongest lost forever. Itadori Yuji took Ryomen Sukuna into his own body in June 2018. Okkotsu Yuta freed Orimoto Rika from her curse in December 2017. And now it's spring 2006. Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two peerless jujutsu sorcerers from Jujutsu High, have been given two missions by Tengen, an immortal known as the cornerstone of the jujutsu community. One mission is the escorting and erasure of the "Star Plasma Vessel", Amanai Riko, the girl chosen as the best match to merge with Tengen. So the two of them set out on their escort mission in order to keep the jujutsu community going, but an assassin calling himself Fushiguro interferes in an attempt to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel. The pasts of Gojo and Geto, the ones who would later be known as the most powerful jujutsu sorcerer and the most evil curse user, are about to be revealed…
Can't wait for new episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen to hit next week? Check out the two official Jujutsu Kaisen trailers below!
About Jujutsu Kaisen:
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime series is based upon the best-selling manga of the same name. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump and has sold more than 60 million copies in Japan. VIZ Media publishes the series in the United States. Jujutsu Kaisen was named "Anime of the Year" by the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2021.
The story follows Yuji Itadori, a high school student with amazing physical abilities, living a normal life. 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…