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Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Will Have U.K. and Ireland 4K Cinema Screenings on May 14

Crunchyroll confirmed in a press release that the Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film will return to theaters in the UK and Ireland with new 4K screenings on Wednesday May 14. The film will screen in Japanese with English subtitles and with the English dub. Tickets go on sale on April 30.

Crunchyroll also confirmed that the UK and Ireland release of the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle film trilogy will be on September 12.

The 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.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, a seven-episode arc that adapts the Mugen Train film, premiered in October 2021.

The first television anime of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga premiered in April 2019.

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. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired.

The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc anime premiered with a one-hour special in May 2024, and ended with a 60-minute-long eighth episode in June 2024. Crunchyroll again streamed the series as it aired.