The Gege Akutami of the "Jujutsu Kaisen , " Culling Game on the popular manga by Akutami Gege that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), was held at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) on November 7th, with voice actors including Junya Enoki, who plays Yuji Itadori, making an appearance. Enoki expressed the appeal of the action scenes in the " Culling Game Advance Screening" using onomatopoeia, while avoiding giving away spoilers.
Appearing at the event were Ogata Megumi, who plays Yuta Okkotsu , Daisuke Namikawa , who plays Choso , and Koji Yusa, who plays Zen'in Naoya, whose cast was also announced on the day. Enoki said, "The action scenes in ' Culling Game' were cool," and spoke of the appeal of the film, saying, "First of all, Naoya's action was great. It really showed his personality. Then there's Choso's 'Choso' and Okkotsu's 'kuu'... and the action is dynamic and fun."
"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.
