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Toho: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Film Projected to Sell 1 Million Tickets on 1st Day
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Distributor TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku in Tokyo.
About 15,000 people midnight on Friday. TOHO initially planned to screen the film at midnight on only 28 screens in 14 theaters at Kyoto and Miyagi (locales with links to the story), plus Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, Fukuoka, and Hokkaido. However, tickets sold out on the first day of sales, so theaters eventually expanded the number of screens. In particular, Tokyo's TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku had planned only two screens at first, but tickets sold out in minutes. It eventually showed the film at midnight on eight screens.
The film Jujutsu Kaisen #0.5 Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School" booklet, while supplies last. Theaters are distributing 5 million booklets. The film also has IMAX screenings.
voicing the main character Yuta Okkotsu:
Kana Hanazawa is voicing the character Rika Orimoto. The character is key to the film's story, and is the childhood friend of main character Yuka. The two had promised to marry each other, but Rika es away in a car accident and becomes a special grade vengeful cursed spirit. The character is seen below in her human and cursed spirit appearances.
The 24th and MAPPA animating again and TOHO distributing.
Viz Media released the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manga in January, and it describes the story:
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a Curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary Curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat Curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the Curse that haunts him?
The Jujutsu Kaisen television anime premiered in October 2020. streamed dubs in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Update: Timeframe for projected 10 billion yen corected. Thanks, RandomCommenter.
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