Officially Confirmed: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Will Be Happening
The fans of Japanese anime TV series can take a deep breath because Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has been officially confirmed. Here is all the information about it.
The popular anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen, is based on manga series written by Gege Akutami. A fictional shounen-action anime is full of supernatural segments, and the storyline revolves around one leading character, Yuji Itadori.
The main protagonist, Yuji Itadori, was living a happy and normal life, but once he met with a first-year student, Megumi Fushiguro, and ate one of Sukana’s fingers. Because of this, Yuji became Sukana’s vessel, and he would attend the classes of Tokyo Jujutsu Highschool and Nobara as a first-year student. The Character Nanami, in Jujutsu Kaisen series is a mentor of Yuji who helped him with almost everything.
Sukana is a demon and is popularly known as the undisputed king of curses. For Yuji to win over this demon, he needs to eat all of his fingers which would give him the ability to end the demon once and for all.
MAPPA Co. Ltd has produced this Jujutsu Kaisen series, which is directed by Sunghoo Park. The series is available all over the world, and it is loved by everyone. Till now, only one season of Jujutsu Kaisen has been released, which entail 24 episodes of Yuji’s adventures. The first episode was released in October 2020, and the last one in March 2021. Since then, the audience has been waiting for the next, which has been officially confirmed now.
Furthermore, a film of Jujutsu Kaisen, a prequel of the manga series, was released in 2021 named ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’. The dark fictional animated film which has covered the time before the Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1. The movie was released on December 2021, and most people have watched it in 2022 and shared positive reviews about it.
With Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 officially confirmed, there would be many questions running through everyone’s minds. When is it coming out? How many manga volumes it would adapt? And many more. All the information about Jujutsu Season 2 will be shared here.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Manga
How Many Volumes of Jujutsu Kaisen Are There?
The dark anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen, is also known as JJK, is based on a popular manga series with the same name. The writer and illustrator of Jujutsu Kaisen manga seires is Gege Akutami.
Till February 2022, 18 volumes of the Jujutsu Kaisen manga series has been published in Japan. The Jujutsu Kaisen manga chapters are mostly collected and published by Shueisha’s in its Weekly Shōnen Jump. Along with its 18 volumes, Jujutsu Kaisen has its two light novel volumes and a prequel manga movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
Is Jujutsu Kaisen Still Going On?
Gege Akutami, the author of Jujutsu Kaisen, has publicized the latest volume of Jujutsu Kaisen in Japan on December 2021. In consideration of that, there were new five manga volumes of Jujutsu Kaisen were released in 2021.
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime, including a lot of dark adventures of Yuji Itadori, is still continuing in 2022. And Jujutsu Kaisen next volume, Volume 19, would possibly be released by March 2022.
Which Volumes Will Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Cover?
As predicted, the Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will be covering the events from manga Volume 8 and probably end it on manga Volume 16. The broad range of events was included in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 were adapted from the manga volume 1 to 7. The prequel, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 0, covered the manga volume 0.
If anyone is new to this franchise and your friends are talking too much about it, you want to start reading JJK; we would recommend you to take a look at Jujutsu Kaisen manga Volume 8 (English).
The Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 series would probably include 24 to 26 episodes based on manga series. However, to cover this many episodes, the Shibuya Incident arc would need to divide into 13 episodes each cour, or it would be far too large.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Release Date
The Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has been officially confirmed, but there is no official information about the Jujutsu Kaisen release date. Without any problem in the process, the chance of its happening in April or July 2023.
According to Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1, the process of the new season’s release takes around 12 to 18 months, covering all the direction, editing, music and other parts, which is the reason why Jujutsu Season 2 release date would most likely happen in the second half of 2023.
Till now, the MAPPA Studio has done an amazing job adapting the manga series on screen. The mesmerizing work is creating a big hope for season 2. With that, let’s hope the Shueisha won’t rush Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 release date.
The information of the season 2 release date will be updated as soon as its official announcement.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Trailer
Along with Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 release date, its trailer hasn’t been released yet. Only the information confirming the release of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has been shared.
However, if you loved the Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1, you must watch the trailer of the prequel movie. You must watch Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie trailer while it is out, and we assure you, you won’t be disappointed.
Jujutsu Kaisen Characters
Directed by Sunghoo Park, Jujutsu Kaisen include a lot of interesting characters. The list of characters of Jujutsu Kaisen, along with their voice actors, is mentioned below.
| Character | Voice Actor |
| Megumi | Yumm Uchida |
| Gojou | Yuuichi Nakamura |
| Yuuji | Junya Enoki |
| Nobara | Asami Seto |
| Getou | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Inumaki | Kouki Uchiyama |
The actors and characters are nothing without the animation team summing all up and producing a final product for the audience. So the animation team include Seonh-Hu Park, the Animation Director; Hiroshi Seko, the Series Composition, Script; Tadashi Hiramatsu, the Character Design; and special thanks to the studio MAPPA.
The official confirmation of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 has lighted a lot of hope in the fans, and there is content for season 3 is left, too, which would be probably expected out of it. Stay connected for the updated news about Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, and you can share your expectations from it in the comments section below.
