Shingo Yamashita is the kind of creator who can get requested specifically by the author to direct the OP for an adaptation of their work, then be deployed on a very high profile production that he can make look mundane by contrast to his excellence
Not knocking down a very well made show like Jujutsu Kaisen, but Yama might just be too good at his job. The clarity of his sequences is unmatched: perfectly readable, easy to appreciate every animator's effort, but still elevated in ways traditional craft alone couldn't achieve
One of the greatest qualities of Yama's approach to compositing is the ability to make the supernatural look authentic - not capital r Realistic, because he doesn't sacrifice that feeling of fantasy, but lighting rooted enough in reality that it simply feels right
Jujutsu Kaisen's obviously a great fit for that, since you've got this layer of supernatural events over a normal society mostly unaware of them. Yama actually takes it beyond the lighting itself, integrating Maki's special glasses with this neat effect
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