Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle Arc anime movie trilogy has revealed a 2025 release date for its first installment. Ufotable is once again animating. The movie trilogy for the anime was announced immediately after the end of the Hashira Training Arc in June.
You can see the new teaser visual for the first movie below.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are bringing the first movie worldwide next year, including Japan (except selected Asian markets). You can watch the new teaser trailer below:
The announcement was made at a special stream featuring cosplays of Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuka Hashibira. They played around for about 15 minutes without speaking a single word before unveiling the hidden visual and release date.
There was a simultaneous stream in another part of the world as well. Featuring Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese voice of Giyu Tomioka), Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese voice of Muichiro Tokito) and Daniel Figueira (Brazilian/Portuguese voice of Tanjiro Kamado), they discussed the anime and revealed the new trailer live at the CCXP24 event in São Paolo, Brazil.
The main anime staff for the TV anime included Haruo Sotozaki as the director, Akira Matsushima as the character designer and chief animation director, and Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina on the music. The voice cast includes:
- Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado
- Akari Kito as Nezuko Kamado
- Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
- Tomokazu Sugita as Gyomei Himejima
- Tomokazu Seki as Sanemi Shinazugawa
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Genya Shinazugawa
- Kenichi Suzumura as Obanai Iguro
- Kana Hanazawa as Mitsuri Kanroji
- Kengo Kawanishi as Muichiro Tokito
- Satoshi Hino as Kyojuro Rengoku
- Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho
- Takahiro Sakurai as Giyu Tomioka
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui
- Maaya Sakamoto as Tamayo
- Akira Ishida as Akaza
- Mamoru Miyano as Doma
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Kokushibo
- Toshihiko Seki as Muzan Kibutsuji
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Yoriichi Tsugikuni
Koyoharu Gotoge wrote and illustrated the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga. It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, releasing a total of 23 volumes. Viz Media licensed it in English. The manga also received numerous spin-offs in the form of manga and light novel adaptations.
The anime adaptation by ufotable began with the 26-episode Season 1, which aired from April to September 2019. Following its huge success, the sequel movie, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train followed in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime movie and Japanese movie of all time. The movie was then re-edited and shown as part of the 18-episode Season 2, which aired from October 2021 to February 2022. The 11-episode Season 3 aired from April to June 2023, while Season 4 aired from May to June 2024.
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The Infinity Castle Arc was the longest in the manga, having run for 47 chapters (Entertainment District had 31, Swordsmith Village had 30). It begins at the end of Volume 16 and ends with volume 21. VIZ describes the story of the 17th volume, which begins the arc as:
The Demon Slayer Corps plunges into Infinity Castle to confront Muzan. Shinobu engages in a fierce fight against Doma, the Upper Rank 2 demon. Poison doesn’t work on him, so she finds herself in an intense struggle. Will she be able to defeat the demon who killed her older sister?! Then another demon appears before Zenitsu and blocks his way…
The anime only hasn’t covered the Final Battle arc (Infinity Castle + Sunrise Countdown). The Sunrise Countdown ran for 22 chapters in the manga and was the final part of the series.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hinokami Chronicles 2 sequel game was also announced today.
Source: Official Website
©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA / Aniplex / ufotable
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