Series synopsis
JUJUTSU KAISEN, also known as 呪術廻戦 is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on MBS on October 3, 2020.
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became ...
Premise
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Premise: A boy fights... for "the right death."
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Student Council President (voice)
- Kenji Sugimura as Takagi (voice)
- Naoko Komatsu as Nurse (voice)
- Kozue Saito as Nurse (voice)
- Wakana Kowaka as Nurse (voice)
- Shouta Morino as Student (voice)
- Masato Niwa as Student (voice)
- Ikuto Kanemasa as Student (voice)
- Genta Nakamura as Student (voice)
- Junko Oka as Gal (voice)
- Kim Hyangri as Juvenile (voice)
- Setsuji Sato as Special Grade Cursed Spirit (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 69 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 10 | January 8, 2021 | February 20, 2026 |
| Season 1 | 59 | October 3, 2020 | March 26, 2021 |
| Season 2 | 0 | July 6, 2023 | December 28, 2023 |
| Season 3 | 0 | January 8, 2026 | March 26, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New Year's Special The two voice actors Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori) and Subaru Kimura (Aoi Todo) look back on the past 13 episodes and mention their favorite moments of the series. |
January 9, 2021 |
| 2 | Movie & Season 2 Pre-Broadcast Special | July 1, 2023 |
| 3 | Pillow Talk (1) | August 11, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ryomen Sukuna Mahito deftly uses Yoshino's admiration toward him to make him fight Itadori. Yoshino races toward vengeance and Itadori exchanges blows with him to try and make him explain his motive, which leads to him learning the cruel truth from Yoshino's lips. That's when Mahito creeps up beside them and-- |
October 2, 2020 |
| 2 |
For Myself Itadori wakes up in an unfamiliar room and before him rests Gojo Satoru, a teacher at Jujutsu High, who declares Itadori's secret execution has been decided upon. Gojo presents Itadori with two options. He can be executed immediately, or he can hunt down all 20 of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers and die after absorbing all of them... |
October 9, 2020 |
| 3 |
Girl of Steel Itadori, Fushiguro, and Gojo head out to meet up with the third first year, Kugizaki Nobara. Thereafter they head to an abandoned building where Gojo tasks Itadori and Kugizaki with exorcising the curses lurking inside. Once inside the building Itadori and Kugizaki split up to look for the curses and Kugizaki faces off against a cunning curse that takes a child hostage. |
October 16, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hidden Inventory The jujutsu sorcerers, Utahime Iori and Mei Mei, are dispatched to an ominous manor where several people have gone missing. They infiltrate the manor and attempt to destroy the cursed spirit's barrier, but suddenly the building starts to crumble. |
July 6, 2023 |
| 2 |
Hidden Inventory, Part 2 Gojo and Geto are assigned to the mission of escorting and erasing the young girl compatible with the Tengen - the Star Plasma Vessel. Amanai Riko is being targeted by the Curse User Group Q, and the religious cult the Star Religious Group. |
July 13, 2023 |
| 3 |
Hidden Inventory, Part 3 Gojo and Geto beat back the curse users after the bounty placed on Amanai's head when her cell phone rings. A captured Kuroi is displayed on her phone. Gojo tries to bring Amanai back to Jujutsu High, but she insists on going to the negotiations herself. |
July 20, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Execution While Yuji grapples with the weight of his sins, Naoya Zen'in and Yuta Okkotsu set out to execute him. |
January 8, 2026 |
| 2 |
One More Time After fighting Yuta, Yuji learns his real objective. Megumi asks for Yuji's help to save his sister |
January 8, 2026 |
| 3 |
About the Culling Game Itadori and his friends speak with Tengen about Kenjaku's objectives and their plans for the Culling Game. |
January 15, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 3, 2020 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2026 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Thursday at 23:56:00 |