The Jujutsu Kaisen TV anime series, based on the popular manga by Gege Akutami Akutami, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, will be released on November 7th as part of a special edition of the Jujutsu Kaisen, Shibuya Incident Special Edition, and an advance screening of Culling Game . It was announced on November 7th that Koji Yusa will be appearing as a voice actor. The film will include a special edition of the second season of the anime, Shibuya Incident, as well as an advance screening of the first two episodes of the third season, Culling Game Part 1. Yusa will play Zen'in Naoya, who appears in Culling Game Part 1. On the same day, Yusa made a surprise appearance at the opening day stage greeting at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), where he said, "Naoya is 'that', so I wanted to at least dress up properly to make a good impression."
Yusa said that he was cast to play Zen'in Naoya after an audition, and expressed his joy by saying, "It's normal to fail an audition, so I was happy that I passed." Regarding Zen'in Naoya, a fellow voice actor said, "I had heard that there was a role that Yusa might be interested in, and (when I saw Zen'in Naoya's appearance) I thought he was good-looking, so 'why not?' But then I heard he had a scumbag personality. When I thought that my colleagues thought I was the right person for the role, I felt happy, or rather, complicated. But still, I was very happy."
Also appearing at the event were Junya Enoki, who plays Yuji Itadori , Megumi Yuta Okkotsu , and Daisuke Namikawa , who plays Choso .
" Jujutsu Kaisen" is a manga that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from March 2018 to September 2024. The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori, who is thrown into a world of battles over curses after a powerful "cursed object" is unsealed. The comic series has sold over 100 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2020 to March 2021, and the second season, "Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu/ Shibuya Incident," aired from July to December 2023. The third season, "Culling Game Part 1," will be broadcast nationwide simultaneously on the MBS/TBS anime block "Super Animeism TURBO" every Thursday at 12:26 a.m. starting January 8, 2026.
The theatrical release "Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie," a prequel to the first season, was released in December 2021 and was a huge hit, grossing approximately 13.75 billion yen in Japan and approximately 26.5 billion yen worldwide. The " Jujutsu Kaisen: The Movie - Shibuya Incident Special Edition - x Culling Game Advance Screening" was released on November 7th. In addition to a special edition of "Shibuya Shibuya Incident," the second season of the TV anime, the first two episodes of the third season, "Culling Game," will be screened in advance.
