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MediaLink Licenses Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Anime Film
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Chinese film distributor MediaLink announced on Monday that it has licensed the Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Jujutsu Kaisen 0 the Movie) anime film in Asia, including in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
The film will open in Japan on December 24, and will have IMAX screenings.
Megumi Ogata will voice the main character Yuta Okkotsu. Kana Hanazawa will voice the character Rika Orimoto. The character is key to the film's story, and is the childhood friend of main character Yuka. The two had promised to marry each other, but Rika passes away in a car accident and becomes a special grade vengeful cursed spirit. The character is seen below in her human and cursed spirit appearances.
The 24th and final episode of the Jujutsu Kaisen television anime ended on March 26 with an announcement that a film will open this winter. The film is based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō (Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School) manga prequel story, with MAPPA animating again and TOHO distributing.
The Jujutsu Kaisen television anime premiered in October 2020. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime in Southeast Asia, and it describes the story:
In a world where demons feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryoumen Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of Jujutsu Sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the undead!
