The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series held a “Corps Gathering” event in Japan today in anticipation of the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle movie, and announced that the first film in the trilogy is scheduled to release in Japan on July 18, 2025. No further international release dates were confirmed at the time of reporting.
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The event additionally announced that Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train will be re-released in Japan with a 4K remaster prior to the opening of Infinity Castle for a five-week run, with screenings starting on May 9. The rest of the series will also get special screenings, with each arc re-edited in “Kimetsu Theater” format and released each week from April 4 until Infinity Castle premieres.
The series previously announced in December that the first movie will premiere in 2025. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment also previously announced in June the acquisition of the trilogy of movies for a global theatrical release (excluding select Asian territories and Japan). The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle movie trilogy will adapt the final arc of the popular manga series into anime.
Haruo Sotozaki directs Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at anime studio Ufotable. Akira Matsushima is the Chief Animation Director and Character Designer and music is by Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina.
Crunchyroll streams both the TV anime series and Mugen Train movie in both sub and dub formats, along with the latest Hashira Training Arc. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is described as such:
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.
