I went to the local movie theater with a newer friend of mine, that also has seen the first season of Jujutsu Kaisen, and we watched the prequel movie JJK(short for Jujutsu Kaisen) 0. I had been counting the days until this movie was released to the west and was so happy that it was being shown so close to campus. I love this series and have read most of the manga that is out at the moment. I did go into this movie knowing exactly what was going to be in it, I read the 0 volume of the manga a couple of months ago, but it was so cool to see it in theaters on such a big screen. This was the first time I had seen an anime movie in theaters, and it didn’t disappoint. It was, however, a real hit to my bank account compared to watching it at home from streaming services.
Although funny story, my friend and I had specific seats in the theater but there were other people sitting in them when we arrived. I’m not the most confrontational, so I suggested we just sit in another set of seats. That later backfired as 20 minutes into the movie the people that had those seats finally showed up, and we had to find separate seats away from each other for the rest of the movie. Funny time.
(SPOILER ZONE) So, the movie was really faithful to the source material, making a geek like me very happy. This version that we watched was the dub (in English), but the voice acting was better than I was expecting and didn’t throw me out of the watching experience. And dang was the watching experience great. The movie was so colorful and the palette in certain scenes was amazing. The action. Don’t get me started on the action MAPPA (the studio that animated the movie and animates a ton of other great stuff) never disappoints. It was just toe to toe full of jaw-dropping fight sequences that brought the manga pages to life. The main theme of the movie, at least in my humble opinion, is that of love. Kinda cheesy, however, you see two very distinct ‘loves’ in the movie. That of Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto, and I know I’m leaping bear with me Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto. Just, this concept is so well done and shows up later in the anime as an underlying theme.
If you have any time over summer break I suggest you watch JJK for the great animation. 😊
10/10
Howdy Kenny. I didn’t know you had that problem with your seats that day lol (oh the downfalls of being non-confrontational). From your post and what you were describing to me, this sounds like a great movie to watch, even just for the animation and action scenes. I’ve been wanting to get more into anime when I have the time, so perhaps I will watch JJK this summer (unless you have any superior suggestions for me).
Over winter break, when I came down with the coronavirus, I spent a good deal of time cooped up in my room and just so happened to stumble upon JJK. I finished the first season and was pleasantly surprised with what looked to me like a re-skinned love child of God of High School and Blue Exorcist.
Have a great rest of your day!
As a fellow JJK fan, I am very glad to hear that you enjoyed the depiction of the movie as much as I did. I must say, you are not reaching at all when it comes to the love between Satoru and Suguru. My tiktok for you page has been absolutely destroyed by edits of the two of them and I cried like a big fat baby when (you know what) happened. I personally loved all the cameos during the major fight scene in the second half of the movie, particularly Mei Mei’s and Nanami’s. I was quite literally bouncing and smacking my friend’s arm every two seconds in excitement.