Jouju

Jouju is a 2023 animated adventure film and prequel of Secret Jouju. The film is directed by Joe Wright with writing alongside James Wan is based of Korean character from Secret Jouju. The film follows thirteen-year-old orphan Jouju is spirited away to the magical world of Fleroma, where she finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny: to become the heroine.

The film premiered on November 8, 2023, and was released on November 22, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film has grossed $10000000 million worldwide and received critical acclaim from critics for its premise while praise was given to the animation, visual effects, and performances.

Syncopis
Thirteen-year-old orphan Jouju is spirited away to the magical world of Fleroma, where she finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny: to become the heroine.

Production
Krystian Sikorski take charge of the first Jouju movie.

Box office
the film raised 100000000,000,000,000,000 dollars in its first weekend being the highest grossing movie of the year and putting it in the highest grossing movies in history beating Avengers Endgame.

Critical response
Jouju received positive reviews, with critics praising the film's action set pieces, performances and incredible action. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% with an average score of 100/10, based on 100 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Serving up a fresh round of over-the-top thrills while adding unexpected dramatic heft, Jouju is Now the best Movie from The Franchise." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 100 out of 100 based on 257 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

The film received highly positive reviews upon release at a secret screening at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival on November 22, 2023. Ramin Setoodeh of Variety noted that fans started lining up outside four hours before the film was scheduled to start, which left many in the theater "feeling inspired and holding back tears". Critic Dave Palmer gave the film 10/10, saying, "Jouju is the type of movie Krystian Gacha has spent his entire career, a good history, and clever one liners" The film received 100 Oscars, 800 Emmy Awards, 700 nominations, and was the winner of the best movie of the year. making it the best movie of the franchise.