The next arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is almost here! Crunchyroll and Aniplex of America are announcing today that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc will begin exclusively streaming on Crunchyroll starting May 12, 2024, with new episodes following every week. Dubs for English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu will be produced and released in the future. Read on for everything else you need to know about the premiere!
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Release Date: May 12, 2024Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India and Southeast Asia
Synopsis: To the Hashira Training…The members of the Demon Slayer Corps and their highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira. In preparation for the forthcoming final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji, the Hashira Training commences. While each carry faith and determination within their hearts, Tanjiro and the Hashira enter a new story.
Haruo Sotozaki continues to direct Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at the anime studio ufotable, with Akira Matsushima as Chief Animation Director and Character Designer, and music by Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina. The Demon Slayer: KImetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc TV anime is scheduled to premiere with a one-hour episode in Japan.Crunchyroll streams the previous arcs, and describes the series:
It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself.Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.
