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Last updated: 1 November 2026

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Jujutsu Kaisen is a dark action anime by studio MAPPA, adapted from Gege Akutami's manga, which premiered in Fall 2020 and has reached 59 episodes plus the prequel movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0. It follows Yuji Itadori, a kind-hearted teen who becomes the host of Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses, and trains at Tokyo Jujutsu High to fight cursed spirits. Fans praise its sharp fight animation, dry humour and the way every victory comes at a real cost.

About Jujutsu Kaisen

High school student Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed finger and becomes the host of the powerful curse Ryomen Sukuna. He joins Tokyo Jujutsu High, where sorcerers train to fight the curses that threaten people every day. The series mixes dark horror, humour and some of the best fight scenes in modern anime. The Jujutsu Kaisen anime is produced by MAPPA and adapted from Gege Akutami's manga. A prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, tells the story of Yuta Okkotsu, and the later seasons raise the stakes into the devastating Shibuya Incident and beyond. What sets the series apart is its balance: brutal, beautifully animated fights on one side, and quiet questions about what a proper death really means on the other. Few modern anime have matched its mix of style, dread and heart.

Jujutsu Kaisen is a TV anime from 2020, first released in Fall 2020. It belongs to the Action and Supernatural genres. The summary above is written by the AnimeYug team in our own words.

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Story & Plot

Yuji Itadori is an ordinary high schooler with freakish strength, until he swallows a rotten finger belonging to Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses, to save his friends. Now Sukuna lives inside him, and the secret world of jujutsu sorcerers wants Yuji executed. His sentence is postponed on one condition: find and consume all twenty of Sukuna's fingers first.

At Tokyo Jujutsu High, Yuji trains under Satoru Gojo alongside Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki, learning to fight cursed spirits born from human fear and hatred. But the curses are organising, humans are plotting, and every victory pulls Yuji closer to the day Sukuna takes over for good.

Beneath the battles runs a darker current: sorcerers die young, curses are born from ordinary human misery, and the adults in charge are often as dangerous as the monsters. Yuji's personal promise (to die surrounded by people, having helped as many as he can) is tested harder with every mission, as the line between executing curses and executing a kind-hearted boy grows thinner.

Story Arcs & Episode Guide

The Jujutsu Kaisen anime is split into story sagas. Here is every saga in order, with its episodes and years.

ArcEpisodesYearsAbout
Fearsome WombEpisodes 1–82020Yuji swallows Sukuna's finger, joins Jujutsu High and faces his first deadly curse.
Vs. MahitoEpisodes 9–132020Yuji works with Nanami and meets Junpei, while the curse Mahito learns to reshape souls.
Kyoto Goodwill EventEpisodes 14–212021Tokyo and Kyoto students clash in the exchange event until real curses attack.
Death PaintingEpisodes 22–242021A cursed bridge case brings Yuji and Megumi face to face with the Death Painting brothers.
Gojo's Past (Hidden Inventory / Premature Death)Episodes 25–292023A flashback to 2006: young Gojo and Geto guard a girl marked for sacrifice, and their paths split.
Shibuya IncidentEpisodes 30–472023On Halloween night the villains seal Gojo away and Shibuya becomes a battlefield.
The Culling Game Part 1Episodes 48–592026The survivors enter Kenjaku's deadly colony game to find a way to free Gojo.

Why Watch Jujutsu Kaisen

  • Hand-to-hand curse battles with some of the sharpest fight animation on TV, by MAPPA.
  • Satoru Gojo: a teacher so strong that the whole story bends around his power.
  • Cursed techniques with strict rules, so every fight is a puzzle as well as a brawl.
  • Real stakes: heroes can lose, and the Shibuya Incident changes everything that follows.
  • Short, dense seasons adapted from Gege Akutami's complete 271-chapter manga.

Who Is It For?

Rated TV-MA in the US for gore and horror imagery, so it is aimed at older teens and adults who enjoy dark action. The prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is rated PG-13.

Main Characters

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Voice Actors

The Japanese voices behind the main characters of Jujutsu Kaisen.

  • Satoru GojoMain character: Jujutsu High teacher, the strongest modern sorcerer
    Japanese voiceYuichi Nakamura
  • Megumi FushiguroMain character: first-year who summons shikigami from shadows
    Japanese voiceYuma Uchida
  • Yuji ItadoriMain character: Sukuna's vessel and Jujutsu High first-year
    Japanese voiceJunya Enoki
  • Nobara KugisakiMain character: first-year who fights with nails, a hammer and straw dolls
    Japanese voiceAsami Seto
  • Kento NanamiSupporting character: a grade 1 sorcerer and former office worker
    Japanese voiceKenjiro Tsuda
  • Maki ZeninSupporting character: second-year who fights with cursed tools
    Japanese voiceMikako Komatsu
  • Toge InumakiSupporting character: second-year whose words carry cursed power
    Japanese voiceKoki Uchiyama
  • PandaSupporting character: a talking panda cursed corpse and second-year student
    Japanese voiceTomokazu Seki
  • Yuta OkkotsuMain character of Jujutsu Kaisen 0: a special grade sorcerer
    Japanese voiceMegumi Ogata
  • Aoi TodoSupporting character: Kyoto third-year with a love of tall idols
    Japanese voiceSubaru Kimura
  • Ryomen SukunaThe King of Curses, living inside Yuji
    Japanese voiceJunichi Suwabe
  • Suguru GetoGojo's former classmate who became a curse user
    Japanese voiceTakahiro Sakurai
  • MahitoA special grade curse born from human hatred
    Japanese voiceNobunaga Shimazaki
  • ChosoThe eldest of the Death Painting brothers
    Japanese voiceDaisuke Namikawa
  • Toji FushiguroThe Sorcerer Killer: an assassin with no cursed energy
    Japanese voiceTakehito Koyasu

Staff & Production

Original Creator
Gege Akutami
Animation Studio
MAPPA
Director
Sunghoo Park (Season 1); Shota Goshozono (Seasons 2–3)
Series Composition
Hiroshi Seko
Music
Yoshimasa Terui (with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Arisa Okehazama on Season 1)

Manga & Source Material

Jujutsu Kaisen began as a manga by Gege Akutami. It was preceded by a short 2017 prequel series that was later collected as Volume 0 and adapted into the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie.

  • Written and illustrated by Gege Akutami.
  • Serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from March 5, 2018 to September 30, 2024.
  • 271 chapters collected into 30 volumes, plus the prequel Volume 0.
  • The manga is complete; the final volumes 29 and 30 were released together in December 2024.
  • Passed 100 million copies in circulation by September 2024.

Music

King Gnu are the franchise's signature music act: they performed the movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0's theme "Ichizu", the Shibuya Incident opening "SPECIALZ" and the Culling Game opening "AIZO". The score is by Yoshimasa Terui, with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Arisa Okehazama joining him on Season 1.

Opening Themes

  • “Kaikai Kitan”by EveSeason 1 opening.
  • “Vivid Vice”by Who-ya ExtendedSeason 1, second cour opening.
  • “Where Our Blue Is”by Tatsuya KitaniSeason 2 opening for Gojo's Past.
  • “SPECIALZ”by King GnuSeason 2 opening for the Shibuya Incident.
  • “AIZO”by King GnuSeason 3 (The Culling Game Part 1) opening.

Ending Themes

  • “Lost in Paradise”by ALI featuring AKLOSeason 1 ending.
  • “Give It Back”by Co Shu NieSeason 1, second cour ending.
  • “Akari”by Soushi SakiyamaSeason 2 ending for Gojo's Past.
  • “More Than Words”by HitsujibungakuSeason 2 ending for the Shibuya Incident.
  • “Yoake no Uta”by jo0jiSeason 3 (The Culling Game Part 1) ending.

Series Timeline

  1. 2017

    Gege Akutami's prequel story, later called Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is published.

  2. 2018

    The main manga begins in Weekly Shonen Jump on March 5.

  3. 2020

    The anime premieres on October 3, produced by MAPPA.

  4. 2021

    The prequel movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0 opens in Japan on December 24 and becomes the year's top-grossing film there.

  5. 2023

    Season 2 covers Gojo's Past and the Shibuya Incident, from July to December.

  6. 2024

    The manga ends on September 30 with chapter 271.

  7. 2026

    Season 3, The Culling Game Part 1, airs from January to March; a Season 4 covering Part 2 is announced, with no date yet.

Quick Answers

Is Jujutsu Kaisen finished?

Jujutsu Kaisen has not been announced as finished, so more of the story may still come in the future.

What genre is Jujutsu Kaisen?

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Action and Supernatural anime. You can browse more titles like it on our Action anime page.

When did Jujutsu Kaisen release?

Jujutsu Kaisen first released in Fall 2020. It is a TV series.

Should I watch Jujutsu Kaisen 0 before the series?

You can watch the TV series first. Most fans do. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is a prequel movie about Yuta Okkotsu, and it fits best after Season 1 and before Season 2, where its events become important.

Is Jujutsu Kaisen scary?

It has horror elements, cursed spirits are often grotesque and some scenes are intense, but it is mainly an action series. If you enjoy dark action with humour between the fights, you will be fine.

Who is the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen?

Satoru Gojo is presented as the strongest sorcerer of the modern era, while Sukuna, the King of Curses, is the great threat of the ancient past. The clash between what they represent drives much of the story.

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