Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba revealed character visuals for Tanjiro, Muzan and Nezuko for the fifth stage play adaptation, covering the of the Swordsmith Village Arc. Its returning cast members include Shogo Sakamoto as Tanjiro Kamado, Karen Takahashi as Nezuko Kamado, and Yoshihide Sasaki as Muzan Kibutsuji.
The play will be performed in Tokyo and Hyogo in April 2025. The stage play previously revealed the first teaser visual.
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The director will be Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi, who is taking over from the previous director Kenichi Suemitsu. Shunsuke Wada will again be in charge of the music composition.
The stage play will adapt the manga’s Swordsmith Village arc, which was previously adapted in the 2023 anime. It premiered in theaters as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, a special that featured the last two episodes of the previous season and the first one of Swordsmith Village. The regular broadcast begin on April 9, and the season ran for 11 episodes, concluding with a 1-hour finale.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from February 2016 to May 2020. Studio ufotable is in charge of the anime adaptation, which currently has the Infinity Castle arc movie trilogy in production.
The Swordsmith Village Arc begins with Volume 10 of the manga. VIZ describes the story:
For the first time in over 100 years, the upper ranks of Muzan Kibutsuji’s Twelve Kizuki are not full. Angered, Muzan dispatches the survivors on another mission. Elsewhere, Tanjiro journeys to a village of swordsmiths and has to explain how his sword was so badly damaged to Haganezuka, the smith who made it. While Tanjiro waits for his sword to be repaired, enemies close in…
Source: Comic Natalie
©Koyoharu Gotouge, Shueisha/Demon Slayer Stage Production Committee
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