An impressive Jujutsu Kaisen cosplay brings the King of Curses to life in eerie detail.
The Ryomen Sukuna cosplay, which was posted on Instagram, features the character's iconic facial markings, sharp nails and unsettling eyes. The image is captioned with the line, "You fool.... Know your place..."
Gege Akutami's ongoing Jujutsu Kaisen manga made its debut in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in March 2018, and so far, it has produced 18 volumes worth of content. The story follows Yuji Itadori, a high school student, who joins a group of Jujutsu Sorcerers after he consumes one of Sukuna's cursed fingers. The series has sold over 60 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga of all time; it featured on the New York Times bestsellers list earlier this year.
MAPPA (Attach on Titan: The Final Season) adapted the manga into an anime, which aired from Oct. 2020 to March 2021, running for 24 episodes. Sunghoo Park directed the series with Hiroshi Seko (Vinland Saga) overseeing the series composition, Tadashi Hiramatsu (Parasyte -the maxim-) designing the characters and Teppei Ito (Banana Fish) serving as director of photography. It starred Junya Enoki (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Itadori, Junichi Suwabe (Fairy Tail) as Sukuna, Yūichi Nakamura (Haikyu!! To The Top) as Satoru Gojō and Asami Seto (Fena: Pirate Princess) as Nobara Kugisaki.
The anime won several awards at the 5th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, including Anime of the Year and Best Antagonist. Jujutsu Kaisen was also one of the most popular shows on Twitter in 2021, alongside other anime like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Tokyo Revengers.
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While a second season of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime has been teased but not officially confirmed, a prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, which explores what happened one year before the main series' events, debuted in Japan at the end of last year. The movie had the second-biggest opening weekend in the history of the country's box office and earned over ¥9.3 million ($81.7 million) in a month.
International and North American releases for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 have finally been confirmed. The movie will premiere in North American theaters on March 18 with tickets going on pre-sale on Feb. 25. It will be available in English-subtitled and English-dubbed versions, with IMAX screenings planned. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will also be available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, French-speaking Africa and Latin America, but official release dates have not been revealed.
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime is available to stream on Crunchyroll, Funimation and HBO Max.
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