At midnight screenings on April 6 and 7, Nitehawk Cinema (where, full disclosure, I recently hosted a screening of martial arts classic Lady Snowblood) will offer New York City audiences the rare opportunity to view a 35 mm print of the most notorious adult anime of all time, Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend.įrames from the 35mm print of Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend that will be shown at Nitehawk (courtesy Nitehawk) While the plots of the most well-known anime were geared toward a younger audience, greater recognition and appreciation of the medium allowed films with more adult content including Akira and Ghost in the Shell to make their way across the Pacific. Suncoast and other retailers were nerdy tastemakers who made big business (US anime video sales in 1996 topped $85 million) out of these kinetic tales of giant robots ( Gundam), schoolgirl superheroes ( Sailor Moon), fantastic battles ( Dragon Ball Z), and more. Amidst racks of Hollywood releases, each location devoted prominent floor space to Japanese animation and comics. The dimly lit, neon-accented locations of this mall-based chain gave many geeky young men and women their first exposure to anime and manga. Nerds who came of age in the US during the 1990s or early new millennium retain a special place in their hearts for Suncoast Video. Still from Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989) (courtesy Anime 18) Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and VIZ Media owns the home video rights.Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989) (courtesy Anime 18)” width=”720″ height=”405″ srcset=”×405.jpg 720w, ×608.jpg 1080w, ×203.jpg 360w, 1400w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”> VIZ Media licenses the manga in English alongside Jujutsu Kaisen 0. The f ilm stars Megumi Ogata ( Evangelion’s Shinji Ikari, YuYu Hakusho’s Kurama) as Yuta Okkotsu, with Kana Hanazawa ( Steins Gate’s Mayuri Shiina, Psycho-Pass’ Akane Tsunemori) voicing Rika Orimoto. MAPPA returned to animate Jujutsu Kaisen 0, alongside Park and Seko. MAPPA animated a 24-episode anime adaptation of the manga from October 2020-March 2021, with Sunghoo Park ( Banana Fish, The God of High School) directing and Hiroshi Seko ( Attack on Titan, Dorohedoro) serving as screenwriter. A free-to-play RPG developed by Sumzap was announced in June 2021, though nothing new regarding the project has been disclosed since.
The series has amassed 18 collected volumes throughout its run so far. The series serves as a prequel to Akutami’s popular Jujutsu Kaisen series, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 2018.
Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (renamed from Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School) manga ran in Shueisha’s Jump GIGA magazine from April-July 2017.
It is currently outpacing last year’s highest-earning film in Japan, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, which earned around ¥10.22 billion (roughly US$88 million) during its run.
The film recently became the 50th highest-earning film in Japanese box office history after selling 6,812,266 tickets and earning ¥9,310,477,450 (roughly US$81.7 million) in its first 31 days at the box office. The film is expected to be released in more territories, though no release window has been provided. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will also release in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, French-speaking Africa, and Latin America sometime in the near future. RELATED: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Now the 50th Highest-Earning film in Japanese Box Office History Crunchyroll streamed an English-subtitled trailer to commemorate the film’s North American release. The film will be shown in over 1,500 theaters alongside IMAX theaters and will be presented with both English subtitles and an English dub.įans can purchase tickets to the film starting on February 25. On Tuesday, Crunchyroll announced that Jujutsu Kaisen 0will open in the U.S.