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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Blu-ray Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday March 27, Crunchyroll will release Jujutsu Kaisen 0, the cinema prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen, on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a Steelbook Blu-ray edition. Crunchyroll describes the film:
"Violent misfortunes frequently occur around 16-year-old Yuuta Okkotsu, a timid victim of high school bullying. Yuuta is saddled with a monstrous curse, a power that dishes out brutal revenge against his bullies. Rika Orimoto, Yuuta's curse, is a shadow from his tragic childhood and a potentially lethal threat to anyone who dares wrong him."
The film is based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō (Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School) manga prequel story, with MAPPA animating again and TOHO distributing. Megumi Ogata voiced the main character Yuta Okkotsu, and Kana Hanazawa voiced the character Rika Orimoto.
Crunchyroll will release the feature film Sing a Bit of Harmony on Blu-ray and DVD. Funimation has previously described the film:
"Sing a Bit of Harmony tells the story of the beautiful and mysterious Shion who transfers to Keibu High School where she quickly becomes popular for her open-hearted personality and exceptional athletic talent... but she turns out to be an AI (artificial intelligence) in the testing phase! Shion's goal is to bring chronic loner Satomi “happiness.” But her strategy is something no human would expect: she serenades Satomi in the middle of the classroom. After finding out that Shion is an AI, Satomi and her childhood friend, engineering geek Toma, steadily warm up to the new student. Along with the popular and attractive Gotchan, the strong-willed Aya, and judo club member "Thunder", they become more and more moved by Shion's singing voice and earnestness even as her antics bewilder them. But what Shion does for Satomi's sake ends up involving them all in some serious pandemonium…"
Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Time of Eve and Patema Inverted) directed the film. Yoshiura and Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass, Princess Principal, Seven Days War) co-wrote the script. Kanna Kii, the creator of the Seaside Stranger manga, drew the original character designs. Shuichi Shimamura (Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile) designed the characters for animation, and was also the chief animation director. Ryō Takahashi (Sk8 the Infinity) composed the music, and Yohei Matsui (Ensemble Stars!) wrote the songs.
Crunchyroll will also release Season 1 Part 2 of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation on Blu-ray and DVD.
Anime Limited will release a standard Blu-ray edition of the second season of Emma: A Victorian Romance.
