Giyu Tomioka, the stoic Water Hashira, got a special birthday trailer that consists of his most impactful scenes in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series. Takahiro Sakurai and Johnny Yong Bosch voice the character in the anime adaptation of the manga.
Demon Slayer is a manga by Koyoharu Gotoge. It ran from 2016 to 2020 in the Weekly Shonen Jump and ended after 205 chapters, compiled into 23 volumes. It received an anime adaptation by the studio Ufotable in 2019 and quickly became a world-known phenomenon.
The first season had 26 episodes and was followed by Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train movie in 2020. The movie was an enormous success, both in Japan and overseas. Season 2 of Demon Slayer started in October of 2021 with a TV version of the Mugen Train arc. The movie was adapted into 7 episodes and it included a special first episode that wasn’t part of the movie. The second part of the second season was the Entertainment District Arc, which introduced a new Hashira – Tengen Uzui. The third season, which will focus on the Swordsmith Village Arc, is set to premiere this April. A special screening tour, which includes episodes 10 and 11 of the Entertainment District Arc and the first episode of the Swordsmith Village Arc, is currently ongoing in Japan. The LA premiere is taking place on February 18.
Source: Jump Comics
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