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Viz Media to Publish 3 Demon Slayer Novels
posted on by Alex Mateo
Viz Media announced on Twitter on Monday that it will publish three novels based on Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series: The Flower of Happiness, One-Winged Butterfly, and Signs from the Wind. The company will begin releasing the novels this fall.
Aya Yajima penned all three novels. The Flower of Happiness originally launched in Japan in February 2019, One-Winged Butterfly shipped in October 2019, and Signs from the Wind launched in July 2020.
Yajima has also written a novelization of the Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film anime film.
The manga inspired another novel that launched on July 16. The novel is titled Kimetesu no Yaiba Novelize: Yūkaku Sennyū Daisakusen-hen (Operation Infiltrate the Entertainment District Arc). Shuka Matsuda (The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Scars They Left Behind) wrote the novel, and Gotouge provided the illustrations. The novel covers the same arc from volumes 8-11 of the original manga that the Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc) television anime has also covered.
Gotouge launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016. The manga ended in May 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 23rd and final compiled book volume in December 2020. Viz Media published the manga in English.
The first television anime adaptation of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba premiered in April 2019. Aniplex of America licensed the series and streamed the show on Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. Adult Swim's Toonami programming block premiered the television anime in October 2019.
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film began screening in Japan in October 2020, and it topped the box office in Japan for 12 consecutive weeks. The film became the first film ever to pass the 40 billion yen milestone. The film was the highest-earning film worldwide from 2020. It is the first non-Hollywood or non-American film to top the yearly box office worldwide since the beginning of cinema over a century ago. Crunchyroll and Funimation are streaming the film.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, a seven-episode arc that adapts the Mugen Train film, premiered on October 10. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen) television anime then premiered on December 5 with a one-hour special. Funimation and Crunchyroll both streamed the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc anime.
The anime will continue with the Swordsmith Village Arc (Katanakaji no Sato-Hen). Director Haruo Sotozaki, character designer and chief animation director Akira Matsushima, the animation studio ufotable, and the main cast are all returning for the new arc.
Source: Viz Media's Twitter account
