Prepare to be taken back to where it all began for Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto during their formative school years in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, premiering July 6. Streaming only on Crunchyroll, the series will be subtitled and dubbed in all of its territories, with new episodes premiering every week after its broadcast in Japan.
“Fans have been eagerly waiting for the return of this incredible series, and we’re thrilled that Crunchyroll will be the exclusive home to season two of Jujutsu Kaisen,” noted Asa Suehira, Crunchyroll’s Chief Content Officer.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will be told over two consecutive cours, with the first part of the story recounting Gojo’s and Geto’s past in the “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc.
Synopsis: This is the innocent spring that the two strongest lost forever. Itadori Yuji took Ryomen Sukuna into his own body in June 2018. Okkotsu Yuta freed Orimoto Rika from her curse in December 2017. And now it’s spring 2006. Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two peerless jujutsu sorcerers from Jujutsu High, have been given two missions by Tengen, an immortal known as the cornerstone of the jujutsu community.
One mission is the escorting and erasure of the “Star Plasma Vessel,” Amanai Riko, the girl chosen as the best match to merge with Tengen. So, the two of them set out on their escort mission in order to keep the jujutsu community going, but an assassin calling himself Fushiguro interferes in an attempt to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel. The pasts of Gojo and Geto, the ones who would later be known as the most powerful jujutsu sorcerer and the most evil curse user, are about to be revealed…
The second season is animated by MAPPA (Chainsaw Man, Attack on Titan Final Season, Hell’s Paradise) and directed by Shota Goshozono. The screenplay and series composition is written by Hiroshi Seko (Vinland Saga, Attack on Titan Final Season, Mob Psycho 100).
Additional credits include character design by Sayaka Koiso (Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers) and Tadashi Hiramatsu (Yuri!!! on Ice), art direction by Junichi Higashi (Cowboy Bebop); cinematography by Teppei Ito (Chainsaw Man), editing by Keisuke Yanagi (Tokyo Ghoul) and music composed by Yoshimasa Terui (Jujutsu Kaisen). The opening and ending theme music for the “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc are performed by Tatsuya Kitani and Soushi Sakiyama, respectively.
The original Japanese voice cast features Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojo, Takahiro Sakurai as Suguru Geto, Anna Nagase as Riko Amanai, Takehito Koyasu as Toji Fushiguro and Aya Endo as Shoko Ieiri.
Dubs for Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will be produced in English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish and Russian. Dub premieres to be announced at a later date.
The anime series is produced by TOHO Animation and based on the best-selling manga of the same title written and illustrated by Gege Akutami, currently serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, which has over 80 million copies in circulation. In the U.S., the manga is published by VIZ Media. The series was named Anime of the Year by the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2021 and the global blockbuster prequel film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, was awarded Best Anime Film at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2023 and earned around $180 million in global theatrical box office revenue.
Watch Jujutsu Kaisen S1 now on Crunchyroll at crunchyroll.com/jujutsu-kaisen.
