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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Japanese Box Office

Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen is going to be filled with jaw-dropping revelations, The film recently surpassed Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time as the highest-earning film at the Japanese box office from the 2021 calendar year.


Jujutsu Kaisen has maintained its place atop the Japanese box office for the ninth-straight weekend. The popular prequel film sold 213,000 tickets, earning ¥336 million (roughly US$2.93 million) this past weekend.


The film premiered in Japanese theaters on December 24 and has sold a total of 8.34 million tickets, earning ¥11.6 billion yen (roughly US$101 million) throughout its run so far. It is currently the 27th highest-grossing film in Japan of all time.


The highly popular prequel film recently became the 10th anime film to make more than ¥10 billion, as well as the 9th highest-grossing anime film in Japan of all time. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was technically released after the cutoff for the 2021 box office year according to box office reporter Kogyo Tsushinsha, but the film still stands as the highest-grossing Japanese film released that year.


Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen (renamed from Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School) manga ran in Shueisha’s Jump GIGA magazine from April-July 2017. 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. The series has amassed 18 collected volumes throughout its run so far. A free-to-play RPG developed by Sumzap was announced in June 2021, though nothing new regarding the project has been disclosed since.


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.


MAPPA returned to animate Jujutsu Kaisen, alongside Park and Seko. The film 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.


VIZ Media licenses the manga in English alongside Jujutsu Kaisen. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and VIZ Media owns the home video rights. Crunchyroll recently announced that they would be distributing Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in U.S. and Canadian theaters starting March 18. Tickets will go on sale starting February 25.


Jujutsu Kaisen movie breaking records in Japan and set to have a huge release in the United States in March, many are excited not just for Jujutsu Kaisen, but excited for what Season 2 has in store. If the movie is any indicator of how much hype surrounds Jujutsu Kaisen, then Season 2 is sure to be a massive success no matter what. Despite the hype, Season 2 will break the internet on its own because of the different arcs, twists, and characters that are guaranteed to show up.


For fans who have read the manga, Season 2 will likely cover the longest, brutalist, and deadliest arc known as the “Shibuya Incident Arc.” Beyond just this rollercoaster of an arc, there is interesting world building, and incredibly interesting and oftentimes important characters who are introduced to shake up the lives of our main protagonists. Here's a sneak peek at Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen and how its upcoming events will absolutely break the internet.


Gojou’s Flashback Arc


Ever wonder what Gojou “The Strongest” Satoru was like as a Jujutsu High schooler? Well thanks to a flashback arc courtesy of Gojou taking a nap and dreaming of the past, fans get to see exactly how Gojou became the strongest shaman as well as how some other major characters ended up where they are now.


During this time fans get the veil lifted on who and what Tengen-sama, the barrier creator, really is. It is revealed that Tengen-sama is not only immortal thanks to his cursed technique, but that in order to maintain his humanity he must merge with a specific human vessel every few hundred years. With that, fans see Gojou and his partner Suguru Geto, before his transformation into the villain seen in Season 1, tasked with finding, guarding, and delivering the girl who will be Tengen’s next human vessel to merge with.


On this mission, fans see Gojou’s insanely overpowered techniques perfected thanks to a deadly interaction with Megumi Fushiguro’s dad, Toji. His introduction is likely to be one that makes fans go crazy thanks to his attractive character design and calm nature. Toji’s bound to be another shonen dad that everyone falls in love with. 


Beyond his looks and demeanor though, Toji is the only person who ever comes close to killing Gojou, even going so far as to stab him in the neck with a cursed knife. The fights and dialogue between these two will surely make a huge impact and start this season off with a huge bang.


Before this flashback arc ends though, fans will also bear witness to the downfall of Suguru Geto and understand why he switches sides. With him being the voice of reason to Gojou’s scary power, it’ll be heartbreaking to see one of the few people Gojou saw as a friend become one of his greatest enemies.


Pre-Shibuya Incident Arc


Back in the present-day, the events that lead up to the "Shibuya Incident" are an awesome appetizer to the twists in the plot and the carnage in the action soon to come. Fans find out that Mechamaru, the puppet wielding mastermind of the Kyoto sister school, is actually a mole. The human behind Mechamaru, 2nd year Kokichi Muta, is shown to be truly confined to a bath of medicine and bound by tubes keeping him alive.


However, in order to escape this state of constant physical pain and restraint and join his other classmates, it’s revealed Muta made a binding vow agreement with Geto and Mahito for information in exchange for Mahito fixing his physical body. 


Despite the arrangement being seen through to the end, both parties intended to kill each other the second the binding vow’s requirements were met. With Muta and his hundreds of Mechamaru’s defeated in a harrowing battle, fans follow Geto and Mahito into the arc that is sure to shake up the entire anime world: the "Shibuya Incident" Arc.


Shibuya Incident Arc


Finally, what will surely be the largest chunk of Season 2, the “Shibuya Incident” Arc will not only supply fans with a crazy story full of iconic moments, but animation studio powerhouse MAPPA is sure to deliver some of their best animation ever here. Without having to explain every minute detail of the entire arc, let’s go over some of the key moments that are sure to be legendary in the anime adaptation.


Before getting to some matchups, let’s talk about some of the characters we meet, and those who really shine. There are a lot of new faces on both sides during this arc, and plenty of returning ones, however, some characters are given more screen time than others. 


A few that really will stand out are Toji, who makes an appearance thanks to a possession cursed technique, Jogo, the volcano head cursed spirit, Choso, the eldest brother of the blood-wielding curse spirits from the end of Season 1, Nanami, the ex-Jujutsu Sorcerer who helps Yuji fight Mahito in Season 1, Dagon, the cursed spirit whose domain is where fans see Geto and Mahito hangout on the beach, and finally Sukuna.


With so many moving pieces in this arc MAPPA definitely has their work cut out for them, but seeing as how they did every fight in Season 1 justice, let’s take a peer ahead at some matchups fans can look forward to. Very early on fans get to see why exactly Gojou is considered the best, in his fight against Mahito, Jogo, Choso, and Hanami. With his 0.2 second domain expansion, the audience will be treated to a moment similar to the goose-bump-inducing “Hollow Purple” scene in Season 1.


Jujutsu Kaisen Beats Out Demon Slayer As Japan’s Best Selling Manga Series


Both series decidedly beat out other popular titles like Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, and One Piece. Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen was Japan’s best-selling manga series in 2021 according to numbers put out by Oricon.


The series sold an estimated 30,917,746 copies from November 23rd, 2020 to November 21st, 2021, beating out Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer by a little over 1.4 million copies. Both series are enjoying impressive success and sustained popularity, with the Demon Slayer manga selling an estimated 29,511,021 copies.


The top-selling manga series for the year are as follows;



Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and Tokyo Revengers are some of the most popular series currently in production. My Hero Academia remains a prominent force alongside Attack on Titan, though there is a notable drop in numbers between the top three and the top best-sellers’ bottom two.


Demon Slayer’s 23rd and final volume stood as the best-selling manga in Japan this past year, selling a record 5,171,440 units. The spin-off one-shot, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba--Stories of Water and Flame, was the year’s second best selling manga, coming in at 2,374,621 estimated sales.


The top 10 best selling manga by volume are;


  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 23 - 5,171,440
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba--Stories of Water and Flame - 2,374,621
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 14 - 2,312,250
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 15 - 2,306,950
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 16 - 2,098,087
  • One Piece 98 - 2,018,042
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 - 1,930,831
  • One Piece 99 - 1,863,574
  • One Piece 100 - 1,839,886
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 13 - 1,772,617
Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen dominated the individual sales, with One Piece remaining a steady presence despite placing lower than the two contemporary Jump series. Demon Slayer also topped the list of 2021’s best selling light novel series, with the light novel adaptation selling around 776,320 units throughout the year. The rest of the top five stand as;


  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelization – 776,320
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – 597,819
  • The Apothecary Diaries – 496,626
  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- – 424,173
  • The Detective Is Already Dead – 367,984

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