Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 episode 17 has a lot of buzz circulating on all forms of social media for different reasons, mainly due to allegations of bad scheduling which led to overwork and production hiccups. That aside, I saw anime fans from all corners of the world come together to support these same animators. artists and their work is something that many of the staff for Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 rightfully deserve.
In this article, I compiled a full list of credited staff members for Episode 17 of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, one I considered the best action anime episode of the year, because they simply deserve the recognition. With over 200 staff members for just this episode alone, here is the full credited staff list and some of their work for each section. Those highlighted in red have hyperlinks that lead to their X accounts (formerly) so be sure to show them your support!
(*Note: Sometimes people go uncredited, so if there’s someone who should be included somewhere, please shoot me a message on my X (formerly Twitter) or leave a comment below!)
Table of contents
Main Staff
- Director: Shouta Goshozono
- Asst. Director: Ryota Aikei
- Script/Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Ep. 17 Directors: Itsuki Tsuchigami / Harumi Yamazaki / Hakuyu Go
- Ep. 17 Storyboard: Itsuki Tsuchigami / Harumi Yamazaki / Hakuyu Go
- Ep. 17 Animation Directors: Roccia Nobili / Souta Yamazaki / Yousuke Yajima / Yuriko Ishii / Kazunori Aoki
- Asst. Animation Director: Kazutaka Sugiyama
Design Staff
- Character Design: Sayaka Koiso / Tadashi Hiramatsu
- Cursed Spirit Design: Hiroya Iijima
- Prop Design: Mariko Kawamoto
- Sub-Character Design: Mitsue Mori
Music Staff
- Music: Yoshimasa Terui
- Music producer: Takeki Kobayashi
- Music Assistance: Alisa Okehazama / Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Photography Staff
- Director of Photography: Teppei Ito
- Asst. Director of Photography: Chika Toda
- Photography (all in-house at MAPPA):
- Ichigo Iwaizumi
- Kyouko Nakamoto
- Lee Chijie
- Madoka Yagi
- Rikuhiro Sukegawa
- Rio Konishi
- Ryuya Shihara
- Saho Sawada
- Shu Jin Lee
- Shunsuke Taniguchi
- Wakana Isoyama
- Weiying Dai
Art Staff
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- Art Setting: Kazushige Kanehira / Mika Nakajima / Susumu Mamura
- Background Art:
- Aurore Lopez (MAPPA)
- Anri Maeda (MAPPA)
- Haruna Sakamoto (MAPPA)
- Jia Qi Wang (MAPPA)
- Kanaho Nakamura (MAPPA)
- Naoki Takada (MAPPA)
- Taichi Uchima (MAPPA)
- Yumena Ohama (MAPPA)
- Shouichi Hirokawa (Studio Easter, see above post)
- Ayuumu Sakurai (Studio Easter)
- Feng Yu Ji (Studio Easter)
- Hayato Nakamura (Studio Easter)
- Hiromi Shirahase (Studio Easter)
- Hiroshi Tsuruoka (Studio Easter)
- Hiroyuki Kudou (Studio Easter)
- Jin Sakuma (Studio Easter)
- Junko Yokoyama (Studio Easter)
- Kanata Baba (Studio Easter)
- Kouhei Imai (Studio Easter)
- Mahiro Abe (Studio Easter)
- Mari Ishikawa (Studio Easter)
- Mari Sawatani (Studio Easter)
- Meng Long Yang (Studio Easter)
- Miki Kobayashi (Studio Easter)
- Miku Koura (Studio Easter)
- Miyuki Shimura (Studio Easter)
- Momoyo Iwata (Studio Easter)
- Noriko Kataoka (Studio Easter)
- Satoshi Makioka (Studio Easter)
- Shintarou Akiyama (Studio Easter)
- Shinya Tanaka (Studio Easter)
- Sou Senoo (Studio Easter)
- Tatsuya Furukaawa (Studio Easter)
- Yoshihiro Horigami (Studio Easter)
- Yusuke Mizuno (Studio Easter)
- Yuta Murakami (Studio Easter)
- Sang Hyun Lee (MAO Studio)
- Seung Hyun Lee (MOA Studio)
- Sun Ja Kim (MOA Studio)
- Eun Hee Kim (MOA Studio)
Coloring Staff
- Color Design: Eiko Matsushima
- Color Script (studio Gokinjo): Hiro Nagasuna / Okacheke / Shirako / Nao Kanegae
- Color setting (studio DEFA): Hajime Satou / Daiki Ura
Key Animation Staff
- Aditya
- Eri Taguchi
- Akira Hamaguchi
- Aya Yamamoto
- Ayaka Oofusa
- Chansard Vincent (see post below)
- Chihiro Shimada
- Curie Lu
- Daniel Kim
- Dorian Coulon
- Fumihide Sai
- Gem
- Hakuyu Go (see also ep. director/storyboard)
- Harumi Yamazaki (see also ep. director/storyboard)
- Itsuki Tsuchigami(see also ep. director/storyboard)
- Hayate Nakamura
- Hayato Kurosaki
- Hiroko Komatsu
- Hiromatsu Shuu
- Hironori Tanaka
- Hisashi Mori
- Houwa (see also digital in-between, digital paint)
- Inu Unagi
- Juny
- Kai Shibata
- Kaito Tomioka
- Kana Itou
- Kazunori Aoki (see also animation director)
- Kazuto Arai
- Kousuke Katou
- Kyomu
- Maki Murakami
- Mikine Kuwahara
- momofuji
- Reimi Eda
- Riku (Liku) (MAPPA)
- Rui Guo
- Sangeun Song
- Satoshi Ikeda
- Saucelot (see post above)
- Shinsaku Kouzuma
- Shouichi
- Shun Enokido
- Takahito Sakazume (also worked with Enokido)
- Shun Miyakawa
- Souta Shigetsugu (see post below)
- Tai Wei Lu
- Takafumi Mitani
- Takumi Sunakohara
- Takeshi Seo
- Tatsuya Miki
- teiadam (Zheng Adam)
- Teppei Okuda
- Touko Miyaji
- Tomoyuki Niho
- Tooru Iwasawa
- Toshiyuki Satou
- Typhoon Lewis
- Vercreek (see post above)
- Weilin Zhang
- Ya Zhi Lu
- Yuukei Yamada
- Zi Shuo Shao
2nd Key Animation Staff
- Bloom
- Daisuke Niinuma
- Darren Lauture
- dino
- Frank Okako (see post below)
- Haruo Haga
- Hidetoshi Wada
- Kana Tomikawa
- Kartik Sharma
- Ken Seo
- Kotone Yoshida
- maneltoons
- Masayuki Tachibana
- Misaki Kitagawa
- Misao Kobayashi
- Momo Amai
- Momo Momosawa
- Nagisa Yamada
- Naomi Mikamiyama
- Natsumi Kurihara
- Nigel Tuvera
- Rang Hyeon Lee (MAPPA)
- Roccia Nobili (see also animation director)
- Romario Clarke
- Ruisa Hashimoto
- Runa Yagyuu
- Shinya Fujita
- Shou Kaneko
- Shunsuke Itai
- Sora Ishitsuka
- Tatsuya Harada
- Tomoki Ogawa
- Tomomi Kajiki (see also in-between animation)
- Wei Wo Zheng (MAPPA)
- Whoami
- Xercharles Anonat
- Ya Zhi Lu
- Yousuke Yajima (see also animation director)
- Yuuki Okumura
- Yurika Nakanishi
- Yuuta Suzuhana (see post below, brought on by Hakanoshita Hayato)
In-Between Animation Staff
- In-between animation: Kayoko Nishimori / Tomomi Kajiki
- In-between check: Tomomi Kajiki
- Paint check (studio DEFA): Daiki Ura / Hajime Satou / Ayumi Nakahara / Tomomi Katou
- Digital in-between animation + Digital Paint:
- Houwa
- Ken Seo
- Souta Yamazaki (see work below)
- Tomoki Ogawa
- Yurika Nakanishi
- Aoi Satou (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Asuka Kuroda (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Hidenosuke Ishibashi (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Himeharu Fujisawa (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Ji Ho Lee (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Kana Katayanagi (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Ken Endou (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Mayu Katayanagi (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Megumi Kokubo (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Minami Kijou (MAPPA Tokyo Studio)
- Miyuki Ogawara (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Moe Sugawara (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Monami Shiiya (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Rui Nanba (MAPPA Tokyo Studio)
- Ruisa Hashimoto (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Runa Yagyuu (MAPPA Tokyo Studio)
- Shou Kaneko (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Tatsuya Harada (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Wei Song Jiang (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- Wei Wo Zheng (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- – Yuuki Okumura (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- – Yun Gao (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
- – Yuusa Mori (MAPPA Sendai Studio)
CG Staff
- 3D Director: Daisuke Ishikawa (studio Monster’s Egg)
- CG Producer: Yuusuke Tannawa
- CG Production Advancement: Yuu Nakashima
Production
- Production Advancement: Hayato Hakanoshita / Mirai Higuchi / Naotake Muraoka
- Setting Production: Mirai Higuchi
- Production Desk: Masahiro Yokota / Naotake Muraoka
- Animation producer: Keisuke Seshimo
- Publicity Design: Shiho Sasaki / Tatsunori Hayashida / Tenji Kobayashi
- Official Site Production: Emi Yamauchi / Hiroki Kagamoto / Kazuo Yamamoto / Megumi Tsuchikawa / Yuichi Watanabe / Yuusuke Satou
- Promotional Video Production: Aki Tsutagawa / Shinnosuke / Takeshi Emoto
Once again, thank you to those who worked on this episode. And if I missed anyone or their X handle, please let me know and I’ll add them in! Episode 18 of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will air on Thursday, November 23, 2023.
©Gege Akutami/Shueisha/JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
