In the 52nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, it was announced that Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga will receive an anime adaptation. The previous issue of the magazine had already teased a major announcement for the manga.

Shueisha also publishes the manga on its MANGA Plus website and describes the manga as follows:

For some strange reason, despite his insane athleticism, Yuji Itadori would rather just hang out with the Occult Club. But soon, he learns that the occult is as real as it gets when his clubmates are attacked! The mysterious Megumi Fushiguro is searching for a cursed object of special quality, and his search leads him to Itadori......