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1st Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Film Screens in S.E. Asia in August
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The first film will open in Japan on July 18. The film will play on 443 screens (a franchise record) throughout Japan, including IMAX screenings. Outside Japan, Aniplex aims for the new film to play in over 150 countries and regions, which is wider than the franchise's previous world tour of over 145 countries and regions.
Between April 4 and July 3, the previous 12 films (including the compilation ones) will return to theaters in Japan for limited-engagement runs. The compilation films will run for one week each in 33 theaters, while the 4K-converted edition of the Mugen Train film will play again from May 9 to June 12 in 423 theaters (including some with IMAX, remixed Dolby Atmos, remixed Dolby Cinema, 4DX, and MX4D screenings). These screenings will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the new trilogy.
The new films adapt the "Infinity Castle" arc. Crunchyroll will bring the trilogy to theaters globally excluding select Asian territories and Japan.
The first television anime of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga premiered in April 2019.
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film began screening in Japan in October 2020. Odex screened the film in Southeast Asian territories in 2020.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, a seven-episode arc that adapts the Mugen Train film, premiered in October 2021. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen) television anime then premiered in December 2021 with a one-hour special.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc anime premiered in April 2023 with a one-hour special and aired for 11 episodes. Muse Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc anime premiered on the Fuji TV channel and its affiliates with a one-hour special in May 2024, and ended with the 60-minute-long eighth episode in June. Muse Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Source: Press release
