Jujutsu Kaisen’s Gojo makes a tiny cameo in TMNT: Mutant Mayhem

Paramount Photos launched the primary trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the brand new animated film based mostly on Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s iconic martial arts superhero franchise, final week. Whereas the movie’s dazzling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse-inspired artwork type actually left a glowing impression, it was the trailer’s transient visible nod to Jujutsu Kaisen, one of the vital in style anime lately, that bought our consideration and proved that it doesn’t matter what, Donatello remains to be the lovable nerd he’s at all times been.

Shortly after the trailer was launched final week, eagle-eyed viewers noticed Donatello sporting a sticker resembling Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen on his signature bō workers. The fan-favorite character (and Polygon-certifed anime crush) shouldn’t be solely the mentor to sequence protagonist Yuji Itadori, however arguably essentially the most highly effective Jujutsu sorcerer alive.

Twitter consumer @alvinlaurentt even shared lately leaked idea artwork for the film in an effort to affirm Gojo’s teeny tiny cameo within the upcoming TMNT film.

It’s a captivating little Easter egg, and one which solely is sensible provided that the movie reimagines if the turtles have been to exist in at the moment’s world. I imply, they’re Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in any case; after all they’d be followers of director Sunghoo Park and studio MAPPA’s massively in style supernatural martial arts anime sequence, which is because of return for a second season this July. We didn’t spot another main or minor anime Easter eggs within the trailer, however relaxation assured, we’ll have our eyes glued to the display screen when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem debuts later this 12 months.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is about to be launched in theaters on Aug. 4. The animated movie is co-directed by Jeff Rowe and storyboard artist Kyle Spears (The Mitchells vs. the Machines), and produced by Seth Rogen (Pineapple Categorical, The Fabelmans).