Jujutsu Kaisen: When Will the Gojo vs. Sukuna Movie Release? Japan Weighs In

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 122)

• I want it in 2027, but honestly I'd rather they take until 2028 and make it right for the animators' sake. Attack on Titan looked brutal on the staff too.

  27年で見たいけど、やっぱりアニメーターのこと考えて28年でゆっくり制作されてほしいよね。進撃の巨人の時もやばそうだったし。

  — @ドラココ-o8s71 likes

• Even if it's 2028, that's fine — just make it properly.

  28年になってもいいからちゃんと作ってほしい。

  — @Nケミケミ37 likes

• Demon Slayer got its final battle turned into a movie too. I want to see MAPPA go all-out on the big screen to answer ufotable.

  鬼滅も最終決戦は映画だったし ユーフォーテーブルに対抗して MAPPAの本気の作画と迫力をスクリーンで みてみたい

  — @春間龍義-u7s34 likes

• So true.

  本当にそう思う

  — @ザビエル-zav3 likes

• Realistically this might be the only Japanese theatrical content left that could beat Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle's $800 million worldwide gross. There's no other contender coming up.

  鬼滅無限城の世界興行収入8億ドルを超えられるポテンシャルある日本産の劇場向きコンテンツは、もう五条vs宿儺くらいしか残ってないんよなあ 次世代がマジで出てこないから

  — @完全体TypeC13 likes

• Feels like this basically has to be a movie... even the TV anime already has movie-level animation and music. Watching it barely feels different from watching a film.

  五条ＶＳ宿儺は劇場版な気がする…アニメ放送だとしても呪術廻戦のアニメスタッフは既にアニメだけでも映画並の迫力と音楽だから、アニメ見てるより映画見てる感覚。

  — @no-n5j28 likes

• Easily a billion dollars. I might go see it five times.

  余裕で１００億いくよね。 俺五回くらい見に行くかもしれん

  — @クリリンモンロー-p8h1 likes

• At this point we might get three separate movies out of the final arc.

  もはや最終決戦から映画3本立てすらもあるな

  — @Dadada_820 likes

• So like: part 1 is Sukuna vs. Gojo, part 2 is Kenjaku vs. Takaba, part 3 is Sukuna vs. the Jujutsu High crew?

  1部 宿儺vs五条 2部 羂索vs高羽 3部 宿儺vs高専組 ってこと？

  — @ゾルタンアッカネン-h2z3 likes

• Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man run on the same MAPPA production line — it goes roughly JJK S1 → JJK 0 → Chainsaw Man S1 & JJK S2 → Chainsaw Man Reze arc → JJK S3. Because Chainsaw Man S1 and JJK S2 were basically made at the same time, they ended up fighting over resources, and it caused serious labor issues. Since then MAPPA changed how they staff things, splitting a core crew between the two shows — production is healthier now, but it also means bigger gaps between releases. The two PVs shown at the recent MAPPA stage event were actually made differently too: Chainsaw Man's was animated purely for the PV, while Jujutsu Kaisen's just pulled together whatever was already finished to final quality (they tend to finish the big showcase scenes early). Going by that, if JJK Season 4 airs first — say, January 2027 — Chainsaw Man Season 2 probably lands somewhere between fall 2027 and summer 2028. And if the Shinjuku Showdown really does become a movie, my guess is 2029–2030.

  呪術は、チェンソーマンと同じ制作ラインです。jjks1→jjk0→csm1&jjks2→csmreze→jjks3って感じの流れです。チェンソー1期と呪術2期はほぼ同時に製作していたため、リソースを奪い合った結果、深刻な労働問題が起きました。そこからmappaは製作方式を少し変化させ、ある程度のコアスタッフをチェンソーマンと呪術に割り当てました。そのため、以前より、呪術とチェンソーマンの制作状況は良くなりましたが、公開時期には間が開きやすくなります。先日のmappaステージで発表された2作品のPVは、少し性質が違い、チェンソーマンの方は、予めPVのみのために製作したアニメーションで、呪術は出来上がった部分だけ（見せ場のエピソードは早めに作ることが多い）を最終製品レベルにし、PVに寄せ集めた感じです。そのため、呪術廻戦4期が先に放送され、仮に2027年1月に放送されるとすると、チェンソーマン2期は2027年秋〜2028年夏の範囲で放送されると思われます。そして、新宿決戦が映画となるのならば、おそらく2029年〜30年に公開となるでしょう

  — @エナジー-p4m17 likes

• There's a real chance they do it on December 24th next year, just to keep the Gojo-is-back momentum going. People keep saying the schedule's brutal and the working conditions are rough, but Season 3's quality was rock solid and I never heard anything but positive things from the animators — so I think they've actually got a handle on it this time. If it were still the bad old crunch days, they probably would've just crammed the Culling Game into two cours back to back.

  ガチで五条復活の盛り上がりを断たないために来年の12月24日にやる可能性はあるんだよな。 スケジュールがキツすぎるとか労働環境がどうとかよく言われてるけど、3期はクオリティの安定エグかったしアニメーターの声もポジティブなことしか聞かなかったからそこら辺はちゃんと考えてそうなんだよな。 もし改善されてないブラックなままだったら死滅回游を2クールで一気にやってたんじゃないか。

  — @Salmon_Trout6 likes

• I remember hearing overseas fans were already saying ages ago that this was definitely getting a movie. Guess they were right.

  前々から海外のファンたちが五条vs宿儺戦は絶対映画化するって言ってるの聴いたけどやっぱそうだと思う

  — @Rex9991-r3z0 likes

• I want Gojo vs. Sukuna to get the movie treatment. If they load it up with enough bonus content, I think it could pull in $2 billion.

  五条VS宿儺は映画化してほしい。特典もたくさんやるなら200億は行くと思う。

  — @vstar67540 likes

• Since reinforcements jump in the second someone loses, there's no clean place to cut it, and it's basically nonstop fight scenes — a movie version of this arc would be pretty unusual no matter how they slice it. Honestly I think this arc suits a movie worse than Demon Slayer or Chainsaw Man did, and the manga's flavor comes through better on TV. That said, they'll 100% still do some kind of compilation movie regardless.

  負けたらすぐ味方が参戦するせいでどこで切っても歯切れ悪い上にほぼ戦闘描写しかないから劇場版やるとしたらかなり異例の作品になりそう ぶっちゃけ鬼滅とかチェンソーマンより映画化に向いてない章だと思うし、原作の味をうまく出せるのはTV放送だと思う 総集編的な感じで映画化は100%するだろうけど

  — @user-fv1nu5vj6d1 likes

• No question, this is the flagship series everyone wants adapted most right now — the hype is off the charts. Honestly, why isn't there some kind of tip-jar business model where fans can just throw money straight at the animation studios? Somebody build that already.

  間違いなく王道作品で今1番映像化が望まれてると思う。期待が計り知れない。 というか何でアニメ制作会社とかその他の会社に投げ銭的な感覚でお金を染み込ませるビジネスないんだよ！誰か作れよ！

  — @Ryo_kk_ei0 likes

• The movie can cover the final battle, sure, but I want an original story afterward too.

  映画は最終決戦でもいいけど、オリジナルでその後を描いてほしい。

  — @SHgenki0 likes

• I can actually picture the Gojo vs. Sukuna movie pretty vividly — it ends with Gojo winning, roll credits. Maybe during the credits there's an airport scene, then it closes on some dialogue explaining what happened after. Not saying I'm sure about any of this, just what popped into my head.

  五条と宿儺の映画版、、、なんか自然にイメージ湧きます 五条の勝ちだ、でエンドロール。 エンドロール中？に空港シーン描かれ その後、2.5条と宿儺の説明台詞で幕を閉じる なんてね 確信はないけど、浮かんできたイメージはこれ

  — @beck86853 likes

• Personally calling it now: three movies, Demon Slayer style.

  個人的に鬼滅みたいに3連映画の予想

  — @SLD2361 likes

• Both the manga readers and the anime-onlys want Gojo vs. Sukuna as a movie, no question!!!

  原作勢もアニメ勢も五条vs宿儺は映画化希望よな！！！

  — @daedae0p1 likes

• Maybe they do the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle treatment and turn both the Gojo vs. Sukuna fight and Sukuna's final-form fight into movies too? Just guessing though.

  鬼滅の無限城編みたいに五条vs宿儺戦や完全体宿儺の戦いまで映画になるのでは？わかんないけど

  — @Element-1g0 likes

• Would love to see the Sukuna fight get the movie treatment.

  宿儺戦映画化でみたいな

  — @はるはる-l2f7d0 likes

• If it's December 24, 2028, the animation staff should be able to handle it without burning out. I'd rather they leave about a year of breathing room so the animators have the time and energy to do Gojo vs. Sukuna justice.

  2028年12/24なら アニメスタッフの体調も無理なく いけそう！ 五条vs宿儺をより丁寧に描くためにも作画スタッフの労力的にも一年くらいは開けて欲しいです！

  — @しんのすけ-v4d9p5 likes

• I want to see it, but thinking about how it ends makes me sad.

  観たいけど、結末思うと悲しい(◞‸◟)

  — @化け猫にゃが0 likes

• Watching it in a real movie theater would hit so much harder.

  映画館で見たらめちゃくちゃ迫力あるだろうなぁー

  — @KAZ-b9z8 likes

• By the way, the next December 24th that actually falls on a Friday is in 2032 lol (I won't live that long, honestly). Deep respect to everyone at MAPPA — really glad they're keeping the Jujutsu Kaisen momentum going while the hype is still hot.

  因みに、次の12月24日金曜日は2032年ですwww（そこまでは生きられないわ〜😅） MAPPAの皆様にはいつも頭が下がります🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ 呪術の「熱」が冷めない内にメディア展開をしてくれるのでとっても嬉しいです😊🙌🙌

  — @goldhaidan580 likes

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