Jujutsu Kaisen 0 [Blu-ray]

Director: Seong-Hu Park

Overview

Yuta Okkotsu (Megumi Ogata) has been haunted by his late childhood friend Rika (Kana Hanazawa) for as long as he can remember. While she means him no harm, her vengeful spirit leaves a trail of violence and bloodshed whenever she protects him. That is why when he is captured by jujutsu sorcerers, the secret guardians of the world, he begs to be isolated to prevent anyone else from getting hurt in the senseless violence. However, instead of keeping him from the world, his captors decide to teach him to control his powerful companion. Directed by Seong-Hu Park.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/21/2023
UPC:	0704400108181
Original Release:	2021
Source:	Funimation Prod
Language:	English
Sales rank:	6,302

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matthew David Rudd	Panda
Chinatsu Akasaki	Kasumi Miwa
Aya Endô	Shoko Ieiri
Kana Hanazawa	Rika Orimoto
Shô Hayami	Raru
Yu Hayashi	Takuma Ino
Satoshi Hino	Noritoshi Kamo
Marina Inoue	Mai Zen'in
Shizuka Itô	Manami Suda
Mitsuo Iwata	Kiyotaka Ijichi
Subaru Kimura	Aoi Todo
Mikako Komatsu	Maki Zen'in
Rie Kugimiya	Momo Nishimiya
Takaya Kuroda	Masamichi Yaga
Risae Matsuda	Mimiko Hasaba,Nanako Hasaba
Kotono Mitsuishi	Mei Mei
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	Ultimate Mechamaru
Megumi Ogata	Yuta Okkotsu
Shin'ichirô Miki	Atsuya Kusakabe
Yuichi Nakamura	Satoru Gojo
Takahiro Sakurai	Suguru Geto
Sora Tokui	Akari Nitta
Tomokazu Seki	Panda
Kenjirô Tsuda	Kento Nanami
K¿ki Uchiyama	Toge Inumaki
Kouichi Yamadera	Miguel
Kayleigh McKee	Yuta Okkotsu

Technical Credits

Gege Akutami

Gege Akutami	Screenwriter
Seong-Hu Park	Director

Editorial Reviews

Jujutsu Kaisen O is the prequel to the highly popular Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series. With a running time of 105 minutes, this movie is equally satisfying as a standalone as it is a prequel for fans of the series. It is an excellent introduction to its world whose story is a familiar one. An outcast teenager with extraordinary power finds himself at a school with a group of teens just like him. Together, they attempt to defeat the forces of darkness. However, power can be a curse in this story, and darkness is found within. The characters who train at Jujutsu Kaisen High School are brave, sincere, and sometimes wacky. Our hero is the troubled Yuta (Megumi Ogata), traumatized by the obsessive spirit of his dead girlfriend. Joining him are characters so developed each could helm their own franchise. Panda (Tomokazu Seki), a cursed corpse inside a cute Panda exterior; Toge Inumaki (Koki Uchiyama), who has a power of cursed speech, which makes for a great running gag throughout the movie; and Maki Zen'in (Mikako Komatsu), a sword-wielding fighter. The movie is violent, set on the premise that the hero gains control of a cursed spirit because of a tragic accident. Director Seong-Hu Park, who also helms the series, spares no opportunity to take us on a bloody tour of the insides of ghoulish, sharped-toothed monsters and sad imagery of childhood pain. Visually this movie is stunning. The animation created by Studio MAPPA (Attack on Titan: The Final Season) in 3D and 2D plays with layers and light, drawing the audience into each breathtaking moment. The action is quick, yet every detail is accounted for, whether the shadowing on a monster's face or a dust storm charging through a battlefield, each so layered it rivals the special effects of any movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "Jujutsu Kaisen O" is more than just a quick-witted, action-packed anime. There is a story filled with ethos, and in looking beneath the voluminous animation that can entrance a younger audience, a solemn message is communicated to each parent in the room: "Don't rush growing up. Let children be children." One line in the script written by Hiroshi Seko perfectly sums up this theme that permeates throughout the movie: "It is unforgivable to steal their youth away from kids, no matter who they are." It is a solid takeaway, and the audience will feel better off for seeing this movie.