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Jujutsu Kaisen Panel at Anime Las Vegas

Anime Las Vegas took over the The Expo at World Market Center from April 22-23, 2023. Among the impressive lineup of guests were English dub voice actors from the anime, Jujutsu Kaisen.

Jujutsu Kaisen Cast Panel

On Saturday, April 22, cast members Kaiji Tang (Satoru Gojo), Lex Lang (Suguru Geto), Adam McArthur (Yuij Itadori), Anne Yatco (Nobara Kugisaki), David Vincent (Nanami Kento), and Michael Sorich (Jogo; season one director) gathered for a panel.

Left to right: Michael Sorich, Anne Yatco, David Vincent, Lex Lang, Kaiji Tang, Adam McArthur, and panel moderator Mike Fallin

Moderator Mike Fallin started off the panel by asking Adam McArthur about why his character, Yuji Itadori, is such a relatable protagonist. Adam said:

He doesn’t have super selfish motives or anything like that. He’s not out there trying to do anything like be the strongest or whatever. He literally just wants everyone to be okay. And I think that’s really relatable. If you love your family or your friends, Yuji is relatable.

Gojo’s Teaching Method

Satoru Gojo is known as one of the most unpredictable and powerful characters in Jujutsu Kaisen. The moderator asked Kaiji Tang about what he believes makes Gojo a great sensei to his students. Kaiji said:

If you’re talking about “would a good teacher put your students in peril? Would a good teacher throw them at monsters?” I don’t know. It’s nice that he comes and saves them when they need saving. I’m not sure what Gojo’s academic lesson plan looks like. […]

I think he’d make a great PE teacher. I think he’d be the best PE teacher. But I don’t think I’d let him teach math to my children.

Kaiji Tang talks about Satoru Gojo on the Jujutsu Kaisen panel at Anime Las Vegas

Suguru Geto: Friend or Foe?

Season 2 is set to premiere this July and will take audiences back in time to 2006, when Gojo and his best friend Suguru Geto were both students at Jujutsu High. Kaiji Tang and Lex Lang had some fun acting out a scene between the teen versions of their two characters addressing the running chicken shop joke.

In the Volume 0 movie, Geto is introduced as a threat to Gojo’s students. Lex Lang discussed how Geto is a compelling antagonist:

[Geto] is really committed to what his ideology is as a character. So if it means destroying everything around him, then that’s what makes him most dangerous.

Lex Lang talks about Suguru Geto on the Jujutsu Kaisen panel at Anime Las Vegas

The Many Woes of Nanami

Fan-favorite character, Nanami Kento, returned to the world of jujutsu sorcery after years of working a regular 9 to 5 office job. David Vincent talked about how Nanami views his return to Jujutsu Tech:

Nobara Kugisaki: Tough as Nails

Nobara Kugisaki is a fierce, driven, and self assured sorcerer. Anne Yatco discussed everything that makes Nobara such a strong character.

Anne Yatco talks about Nobara Kugisaki on the Jujutsu Kaisen panel at Anime Las Vegas

Nobara walks in knowing exactly who she is. She comes in fully fleshed out, and I love that she comes in like a force, like a hurricane.

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Jenna Wrenn

Host and executive producer of the Portrait of a Fangirl Podcast, Jenna Wrenn, is also an entertainment correspondent for Temple of Geek. Jenna has conducted interviews with talent such as Max Brooks, Christopher Paolini, Rachel Smythe, and Ashley Eckstein and has written several articles for Temple of Geek covering conventions, anime, pop culture, and much more. A historian by trade, a writer by passion, and a cat mom by birthright. Jenna loves to travel, forge new connections, and cosplay. Jenna is excited to bring more fascinating interviews to viewers/listeners of the Portrait of a Fangirl podcast.