Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV series)
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| 鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu no Yaiba) |
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| Directed by | Haruo Sotozaki |
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| Written by | Ufotable |
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| Original run | April 6, 2019 – present |
| Episodes | 55 |
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃 Kimetsu no Yaiba?, rgh. "Blade of Demon Destruction")[3] is a Japanese anime television series produced by Ufotable, based on the manga series of the same name by Koyoharu Gotouge. The series follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a Demon Slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko, is turned into a demon.
It premiered on April 6, 2019. It has aired on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11 (first season only) and Fuji TV (second season onwards). In North America, the series has been licensed by Aniplex of America and is streamed on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Funimation. The English dub of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States.
A sequel film set after the events of the first season, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, was released in October 2020 while the compilation films, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, were released in February 2023 and February 2024, respectively.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received critical acclaim for its storyline, animation, action sequences, characters and voice acting (original and dubbed). The series has received numerous awards and is considered one of the best anime of the 2010s.
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Series overview
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. The anime television series adaptation by Ufotable was announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump on June 4, 2018.[4] The series aired from April 6 to September 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, and BS11.[5][6] The series is directed by Haruo Sotozaki, and the series' characters were designed by Akira Matsushima. The show is written by various Ufotable staff members and produced by Hikaru Kondo.[7] The show's music is composed by Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina.
The series is licensed by Aniplex of America[8] and streamed Crunchyroll, Hulu, and FunimationNow.[9] AnimeLab is simulcasting the series in Australia and New Zealand.[10] The series ran for 26 episodes and adapted the manga from the beginning of the first volume to the first chapters of the seventh.[11]
Prior to airing, the first five episodes screened theatrically in Japan for two weeks from March 29, 2019, under the title Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyōdai no Kizuna (鬼滅の刃 兄妹の絆?).[12] Aniplex of America screened the film at the Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.[13] Madman Entertainment through AnimeLab screened the film in select theatres in Australia on April 2, 2019.[14] In July 2019, it was announced that the series' English dub would air on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block; the dub would premiere on October 13, 2019.[15][16][lower-alpha 2]
A sequel film, titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, premiered on October 16, 2020, with the staff and cast reprising their roles.[17]
A second season, covering the "Entertainment District" arc, was announced on February 14, 2021, with the staff and cast from the first season and film returning.[18] Haruo Sotozaki returned as director, with character designs by Akira Matsushima and animation produced by Ufotable.[19][20] In September 2021, it was announced that the second season will air for two cours throughout the Fall and Winter.[21] On September 25, following the Fuji TV broadcast of the Mugen Train film, it was announced that the "Entertainment District" arc would premiere on December 5, and would be preceded by a television version of the "Mugen Train" arc that premiered on October 10, 2021.[22]
At the end of the second season finale, it was announced that a third season, covering the "Swordsmith Village" arc, will be adapted into a television anime.[23]
Series overview
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Episode list
Season 1 (2019)
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| No. | Title [24][25] | Directed by | Original air date [26][lower-alpha 3] | English air date [16][lower-alpha 2] |
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| 1 | "Cruelty" | Haruo Sotozaki | April 6, 2019 | October 13, 2019 |
| Tanjiro Kamado is a teenage boy who lives happily with his family until one day he arrives home just to find his widowed mother, three younger brothers and a younger sister murdered, except for another younger sister, Nezuko who has been turned into a demon. Giyū Tomioka, a demon slayer, arrives and attempts to decapitate Nezuko, but Tanjiro protects her and promises to turn her back into a human. Giyū finally decides to let the siblings go after being impressed by Tanjiro's quick-wittedness and Nezuko's strong will to protect her brother despite having been transformed, sending them to see a man named Sakonji Urokodaki on Mt. Sagiri and warning Tanjiro to keep his sister out of the sun. The siblings bury their family members and leave hand-in-hand. | ||||
| 2 | "Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki" | Haruo Sotozaki | April 13, 2019 | October 20, 2019 |
| Tanjiro continues to make his way to Mt. Sagiri, carrying Nezuko in a clothed straw basket on his back during the day. On the way they are attacked by another demon which they manage to restrain with their own efforts. Sakonji Urokodaki then appears and orders Tanjiro to kill it, but he hesitates until daybreak, where the sunlight burns the demon to ash. Despite worrying that Tanjiro's kindness and weak resolve could bring his undoing against the demons, Urokodaki brings him and Nezuko to Mt. Sagiri, where he leaves the sleeping Nezuko in his cabin and brings Tanjiro to the peak of the mountain, ordering him to return by daybreak, as a test to see if he is fit to become a demon hunter. Struggling against booby traps, coupled with the mountain's thin air, Tanjiro manages to use his keen sense of smell to detect the scent of the traps and evade most of them, allowing him to return just in time. Urokodaki recalls a letter sent by Giyū requesting that he train the siblings, and accepts Tanjiro as his disciple. | ||||
| 3 | "Sabito and Makomo" | Shinya Shimomura | April 20, 2019 | October 27, 2019 |
| Over the next year and a half, Tanjiro trains with Urokodaki, improving his physical form and learning how to use a special breathing technique Total Concentration, to accelerate his stamina and speed. One day, Urokodaki declares that if Tanjiro can slice a boulder with his sword he will let him enter Final Selection — a survival test administered by the Demon Slayer Corps that will determine who can become a demon hunter. Tanjiro tries for the next 6 months, failing each time, while Nezuko continues to sleep. Worry over Nezuko and his continued failures push Tanjiro to the brink of giving up, until he is confronted by two children with fox masks, Sabito and Makomo. Sabito initially knocks Tanjiro out, reprimanding him for not ingraining Urokodaki's moves into his body, to help him train by sparring; while Makomo teaches and hones Tanjiro's skills patiently each time he awakens. Makomo reveals that the two of them are orphans raised by Urokodaki. After another 6 months, Tanjiro's blade finally reaches Sabito first during a match, slicing his mask into two. The adopted siblings smile and vanish. Tanjiro realises that his sword, which he thought cut through Sabito's mask, had actually cleaved the boulder into two. | ||||
| 4 | "Final Selection" | Shinya Shimomura | April 27, 2019 | November 3, 2019 |
| Two years have passed since Nezuko's transformation, and Tanjiro leaves for the Final Selection. Before his departure, Urokodaki warns him that a demon's strength is equivalent to the number of humans it has eaten, gifting him a fox mask with a protection spell. Tanjiro reaches Mt. Fujikasane, where wisteria flowers bloom year-round, creating a prison for demons, and is informed that to pass the test, the applicants must survive there for 7 days. During his first night, Tanjiro makes use of his training to defeat all the demons he encounters, until he and another applicant come face-to-face with a huge morphed demon made out of ghastly hands. The Hand Demon promises to kill him, recognizing Tanjiro as Urokodaki's student from his fox mask, and gleefully admits to murdering 13 of Urokodaki's students since he was captured by the man himself, Sabito and Makomo included. Tanjiro attacks him in a rage. Back at the boulder, Sabito and Makomo's ghosts wonder if Tanjiro can defeat their killer, having failed themselves to slice its neck. Sabito recalls that Tanjiro sliced through the toughest boulder of all of them and chooses to believe. By unleashing an array of attacks, Tanjiro successfully decapitates the Hand Demon. | ||||
| 5 | "My Own Steel" | Takashi Suhara | May 4, 2019 | November 10, 2019 |
| The demon's body disintegrates and the souls of Urokodaki's students he killed depart to the afterlife. As the demon dies, he remembers when he was turned into a demon as a young boy and even after his transformation, had always been longing for a warm hand to hold, specifically that of his older brother's. Tanjiro smells sadness from its body and holds its hand, causing the demon to cry. For the next week, Tanjiro continues fighting the demons at the mountain, asking them for a method to turn a demon into a human again, though none answer. Tanjiro and three others end up passing the exam, all of whom are assigned the lowest of 10 ranks, Mizunoto, as well as a Kasugai crow to help in communication. They are also given uniforms and allowed to choose the ore from which their personal swords will be made. Tanjiro returns to the cabin and reunites with Nezuko, who has awoken from her year-and-a-half long slumber. Urokodaki deduces that Nezuko is compensating for not eating humans by sleeping to restore her strength. 15 days later, Tanjiro's sword is delivered by Haganezuka, the swordsmith. As Nichirin Blades change colour depending on the wielder, his turns black, a rare colour that superstitions make out to be unlucky. Tanjiro's Kasugai crow proceeds to deliver his first mission: head to a town in the northwest where young girls have been vanishing nightly, and kill the demon responsible. | ||||
| 6 | "Swordsman Accompanying a Demon" | Junichi Minano | May 11, 2019 | November 17, 2019 |
| Placing Nezuko in a box he carries on his back, Tanjiro travels with her to the town where young girls are vanishing at night. There he meets Kazumi, whose fiancee Satoko vanished the previous night. Kazumi takes him to where his girlfriend was last seen and Tanjiro begins to track the demon's scent. Kazumi recalls how he was beaten by Satoko's father, who did not believe Satoko had simply vanished and assumed he had done something to her, realizing that Tanjiro is a member of the Demon Slayer Corps. Night falls as Tanjiro continues to track the demon. Another young girl is abducted from her bed, which Tanjiro notices, deducing that the demon travels underground in a liquid medium. Tanjiro and Nezuko fight together against the demon, which has morphed into three separate entities and is capable of a "Blood Demon Art" — special spells that demons can use when they gain enough power. Tanjiro recalls Urokodaki informing him of the thousand-year-old progenitor of all demons, as well as the only one who can turn humans into demons: Muzan Kibutsuji. | ||||
| 7 | "Muzan Kibutsuji" | Takahiro Majima Masashi Takeuchi |
May 18, 2019 | November 24, 2019 |
| Tanjiro enters the demons' swamp to fight two of them, while Nezuko protects Kazumi and the human girl from the other. Although the air is thin and the swamp is dark, his Water Style shows its true power when underwater, allowing him to create a whirlpool that eviscerates the two and return quickly to the surface. The siblings confront the final demon, who has been severely injured, and Tanjiro demands that he tell him about Muzan, causing the demon to become completely terrified, shocking Tanjiro. Nezuko falls asleep after her battle and returns to her box as Tanjiro comforts the devastated Kazumi and returns Satoko's hair ribbon he found in the swamp. Kazumi is in grief at first, but after realizing that Tanjiro had gone through something similar, apologizes. Tanjiro journeys to Asakusa per his Kasugai crow's directions, and to his horror, locates Muzan living in disguise as the father of a human family by following his scent. Muzan, recognizing that Tanjiro is from the Demon Slayer Corps, casually slices the neck of a passerby, turning him into a demon. | ||||
| 8 | "The Smell of Enchanting Blood" | Hideki Hosokawa | May 25, 2019[lower-alpha 4] | December 8, 2019 |
| The newly-turned demon goes on a rampage, forcing Tanjiro to subdue him and giving Muzan the opportunity to slip away, although not before he hears Tanjiro vow to find him again. Police arrive and attempt to pull Tanjiro off, but he is helped by a nearby demon, Tamayo, and her companion Yushiro. While she is a demon, Tamayo is also a doctor and hence believes in the sanctity of human life. She gives the siblings refuge in her house, hidden from prying eyes by Yushiro's Blood Demon Art, and explains how as every demon contains Muzan's blood, their whereabouts and movements can be tracked by him: should they mention him to anyone, their cells will be destroyed — this is called "the Kibutsuji curse". Tamayo reveals that after 200 years of relentless research, she has finally managed to undo Kibutsuji's curse on her and learn the ability to turn humans into demons, although this procedure is only performed on patients that are dying and choose to be turned, Yushiro being one of them. She has also tweaked her and Yushiro's body so that they can survive on small amounts of human blood, purchased as blood transfusions. Tanjiro agrees to work with Tamayo to develop a cure for Nezuko, promising to let her study his sister's blood and bring blood from powerful demons related closely to Muzan for her research. Meanwhile, Muzan sends two demons, Susamaru with temari balls, and Yahaba with eyes with arrows for pupils on his palms, to find and kill Tanjiro. | ||||
| 9 | "Temari Demon and Arrow Demon" | Shinya Shimomura | June 1, 2019 | December 15, 2019 |
| Susamaru destroys Yushiro's Blood Demon Art and uses her temari to pummel the house, revealing that she and Yahaba are members of the Twelve Kizuki, powerful demons that serve directly under Muzan. Tanjiro struggles to dodge all her temari, which swerve in physically impossible directions and are difficult to slash until Yushiro helps him see the arrows that Yahaba is using to telekinetically control Susamaru's temari. Although Nezuko attacks Yahaba, the siblings are forced to change opponents, with Yushiro joining in to fight Susamaru using his Blood Demon Art of concealing objects. At first, Yahaba overpowers Tanjiro by altering his trajectory as he tries to get close, and Nezuko's leg is blown off by a temari. However, Tanjiro recalls his training and despite his fatigue, unleashes a combination of movements to counter the arrows, managing to decapitate Yahaba. | ||||
| 10 | "Together Forever" | Yūki Itō | June 8, 2019 | January 5, 2020 |
| As Yahaba disintegrates, he continues to attack Tanjiro, determined to kill him as he dies, forcing Tanjiro to unleash move after move to lessen the impact, leaving Tanjiro utterly exhausted. Thanks to a healing serum administered by Tamayo, Nezuko rejoins the fight against Susamaru and her strong will greatly sharpens her strength, allowing her to kick the temari back without getting injured. Tamayo then uses her Blood Demon Art to lower Susamaru's alertness through the scent of her blood, causing Susamaru to accidentally activate the Kibutsuji curse by saying his name, whereupon she is killed in gruesome fashion. After the battle, Tamayo notes that the two demons were too weak to be members of the Twelve Kizuki, as the members have their number ranks engraved on their eyeballs, but takes some of Susamaru's blood nevertheless. As day breaks, Tanjiro returns Susamaru's temari to her before she disintegrates from the sunlight. Although Urokodaki has cast a spell on Nezuko to make her view humans as family and demons as enemies, Nezuko sees Tamayo and Yushiro as humans to be protected, causing Tamayo to cry out of thankfulness. The siblings soon set off southeast on their next mission, and Tanjiro sees one of those who completed Final Selection with him, Zenitsu Agatsuma, begging a distressed woman to marry him on the street. | ||||
| 11 | "Tsuzumi Mansion" | Shūji Miyahara | June 15, 2019 | January 12, 2020 |
| Tanjiro separates Zenitsu from the harassed girl, who slaps Zenitsu when he tries to push it. Zenitsu states he's weak and will die on his next job, which is why he had to get married. He tells Tanjiro he didn't want to become a Demon Slayer but got into debt with a woman, who gave him to his trainer who made him become one. Tanjiro's crow directs both boys to a mansion. Zenitsu's hearing is as sharp as Tanjiro's smell and he hears two scared kids who tell Tanjiro it is a demon's house and the demon took their older brother inside. A man is thrown outside the house and dies moments later, but it is not the siblings' brother. Tanjiro cajoles a terrified Zenitsu into coming into the house with him, leaving Nezuko (in her box) with the siblings to protect them. Zenitsu overreacts when Tanjiro says he still has broken bones as that means he can't protect him. The siblings enter the demon's house behind them as they heard Nezuko scratching and got scared, leaving her behind. The house suddenly rearranges itself, separating the group, stranding the sister, Teruko, with Tanjiro and the brother, Shoichi, with Zenitsu. Shoichi berates Zenitsu for his cowardice. While Zenitsu frantically looks for an exit he opens a door and sees a boar-headed man, who passes them by. The demon of the house approaches Tanjiro and Teruko hides. Tanjiro leaps at the demon, who rants a child with rare blood he found, his prey, has been taken, before flipping the room so they are standing on the wall. His blood art gives him total control of the house when he strikes a tsuzumi drum growing from his body. The boar-headed man unexpectedly leaps into the room, wielding a pair of chipped Nichirin swords. | ||||
| 12 | "The Boar Bares its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps" | Susumu Takeuchi | June 22, 2019 | January 19, 2020 |
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Inosuke Hashibira, the boar-headed man, launches reckless attacks against the tsuzumi demon, Kyogai, but can't counter his Blood Demon Art. When he steps on Teruko after the room shifts and Tanjiro throws him back, Inosuke declares a human's never thrown him like that and attacks Tanjiro, laughing. He states he chipped his swords so they would shred flesh, instead of neatly slice it like Tanjiro's. However, the room spins and Inosuke falls out of it. The rooms shift at the sound of an unseen tsuzumi drum, separating Tanjiro, Inosuke, and the demon. Tanjiro detects a scent that leads him and Teruko to a terrified human boy with a tsuzumi drum. Zenitsu is walking with Shoichi and screams fearfully when Shoichi breaks the silence. The scream draws out a second demon that chases them. Zenitsu eventually faints. While asleep, he stands and uses his Thunder breathing to kill the demon. He then wakes up with no memory of doing so and thinks Shoichi killed it. Inosuke comes across a third demon but effortlessly kills him with his self-made Beast Form. Kyogai wants to eat a marechi, a human with rare blood who is worth fifty to one-hundred humans, hoping to gain enough power to return to being one of the Twelve Moons. Kibutsuji had earlier decided he'd reached his limit and stripped him of his number. The boy Tanjiro and Teruko find turns out to be Kiyoshi, her older brother. He embraces her and tells Tanjiro the three demons fought over who would eat him and one of Kyogai's drums was torn out. When Kiyoshi hit it, it moved him to another room and he's been switching rooms anytime he hears someone approach. Realizing Kyogai is coming, Tanjiro tells the siblings to keep switching rooms when someone approaches and will find them through their scent. They switch rooms after he leaves. Tanjiro finds and battles Kyogai who begins flipping the room and using an attack that leaves claw-like gouges on the floor. Tanjiro has learned each drum controls one function, and is able to partially compensate, but can't get close because of Kyogai's claw attack, some of his bones still broken. |
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| 13 | "Something More Important Than Life" | Yūsuke Shibata | June 29, 2019 | January 26, 2020 |
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The entire house shifts its orientation suddenly, throwing Zenitsu and Shoichi outside through a second story window. The room Tanjiro is in flips, sending papers from a cabinet flying across the room. When Tanjiro lands, he takes care not to step on them. This causes Kyogai to recall how, as a human, he loved to write but was belittled, his writing discarded. Tanjiro figures out how to take quicker shallow breaths and reinforce the muscles around his leg to compensate and also gains the ability to smell the claw attack coming. This lets him get close enough to cut off Kyogai's head, but he tells him his Blood Demon Art was incredible before decapitating him. Before he dies, Kyogai finds himself crying as Tanjiro has recognized his Blood Demon Art and writing. Tanjiro collects a blood sample, which is taken by an enchanted cat of Yushiro's with an invisibility spell before he looks for Kiyoshi and Teruko. He is greeted by a book to the face when he finds them as their drum had vanished and they couldn't shift anymore. He takes them outside where he finds Inosuke kicking a badly wounded Zenitsu, who is protecting Nezuko's box. Inosuke had come out of the house after Zenitsu and tried to destroy the box since he was getting a demonic vibe from Nezuko within. Zenitsu recognizes him as the Fifth survivor of Final Selection, who was there but did not show himself. Zenitsu already knew there was a demon in Tanjiro's box as he could hear her breathing and heartbeat but trusted Tanjiro had a reason for declaring it was more important then his life and protects it. As Tanjiro sees Inosuke about to stab Zenitsu, he shouts at Inosuke to stop and rushes him. |
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| 14 | "The House with the Wisteria Family Crest" | Haruo Sotozaki Shūji Miyahara |
July 6, 2019 | February 2, 2020 |
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Tanjiro punches Inosuke so hard he cracks his ribs, sending him sprawling. He tells him Zenitsu won't fight because they're both Demon Corps members and they're not supposed to draw their swords on each other. Inosuke takes that to mean it's alright if they fight bare-handed and proceeds to charge Tanjiro, which isn't what he meant. The two fight and when Inosuke doesn't stop, Tanjiro head-butts him, which makes Inosuke's boar mask fall off, revealing a very human, though beautiful and girly face. Inosuke collapses from a concussion, though Tanjiro is fine. When Inosuke later wakes up he sees Tanjiro and the others burying the corpses. Inosuke doesn't see the point in it and challenges Tanjiro to a fight. Tanjiro thinks Inosuke won't help with the burial because his wounds hurt him too much, so Inosuke goes to bury corpses to one-up Tanjiro. Soon all the bodies are buried. A Kasugai crow appears and tells the group to descend from the mountain and follow him, which they do. The crow spits up a wisteria charm to ward off demons for Kiyoshi so he won't be attacked again and the siblings part ways from the Demon Slayers. The three are led to a manor with a wisteria crest and the crow tells them they're to rest inside until their wounds are recovered. The house belonged to a family once rescued by demon slayers, so they tend to demon slayers for free. An old lady gives them food and a change of clothes. Inosuke keeps trying to rile Tanjiro to fight him but he's too relaxed to rise to the bait. A doctor tends their wounds as all three have broken ribs. After they settle for the night, Inosuke tells them he joined the Demon Corps after beating up a Demon Slayer who came to his mountain and hearing about demons and Final Selection, thinking it sounded interesting. Zenitsu then asks why Tanjiro is traveling with a demon. Nezuko scratches at the box, freaking out Zenitsu. She comes out and Zenitsu is smitten by her beauty. He then thinks Tanjiro was carrying her around because she was pretty, joining the Demon Slayers to have a cute demon girl. He chases Tanjiro around the room, declaring he must be purged. Inosuke states it's too much thinking and falls asleep. |
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| 15 | "Mount Natagumo" | Yūki Itō Shinsuke Gomi |
July 13, 2019 | February 9, 2020 |
| Zenitsu has calmed down and develops a crush on Nezuko. A Kasugai crow comes after the doctor says they're healed and tells the three to go to Mt. Natagumo. They come in sight of the mountain, though Zenitsu is too scared to go on. Tanjiro smells something and runs to it, Zenitsu forced to follow so he isn't left alone. They find a wounded Demon Slayer collapsed on the path but he is yanked into the trees by threads attached to him. They find another terrified demon slayer, Murata, who tells them ten higher ranked demon slayers, including him, came to the mountain, but they started killing each other. An exhausted Kasugai crow is shown on the lap of the Demon Slayer's commander, who notes many have been killed and thinks the Twelve Kizuki may be there. He sends two of the Hashiras: Tomioka Giyū and Shinobu to the mountain as backup. Meanwhile, Zenitsu still sits on the path, having been left when Tanjiro and Inosuke ran forward. He cajoles himself into going when he realizes Tanjiro took "his Nezuko" into the mountain. At the mountain, the captured Demon Slayers walk out from the trees and start attacking Tanjiro's group. Tanjiro stops Inosuke from attacking as some are still alive. He smells the threads attached to them and realizes that's how they're being manipulated. Inosuke frees them but a demoness', the Mother of the spider family, spiders reattach the puppet strings to the Demon Slayers. A white-haired demon boy, Rui, suddenly appears above them, standing on threads, and says Mother will kill them before leaving. To himself, Rui says no one will stop the five of them from living as a happy family. While Tanjiro and Murata keep the controlled Slayers busy, Inosuke uses his Spatial Awareness to find Mother. | ||||
| 16 | "Letting Someone Else Go First" | Ken Takahashi | July 20, 2019 | February 16, 2020 |
| Murata volunteers to hold off the controlled slayers so Tanjiro and Inosuke can go after Mother. The two are intercepted by a female controlled slayer who begs them to summon more help, having been controlled to kill some of her comrades. Rui appears before Mother and tells her she better hurry before he tells Father and she, terrified, begs him not to tell Father. Mother starts manipulating the female slayer's body so violently the movements break her bones. Another with broken arms and legs begs them to kill him. Tanjiro tackles the female slayer and throws her into the branches, tangling her so she can't fight and Inosuke follows his lead. As they go to tangle the last one, Mother angrily breaks all of their necks. Zenitsu, meanwhile, wanders around the mountain, calling for Nezuko. A massive headless demon doll with blades for arms suddenly intercepts Insouke and Tanjiro. Inosuke charges and is almost killed until Tanjiro saves him. Working together they hack the massive doll to pieces and it dissolves. Inosuke throws Tanjiro into the air, sending him hurtling towards Mother. Mother sees him falling from the sky and initially panics but realizes she'll be released from Father's threats if he kills her and lets him strike her down. As thanks for the peace of death, she warns Tanjiro one of the Twelve Moons is on the mountain. | ||||
| 17 | "You Must Master a Single Thing" | Shūji Miyahara Takuya Nonaka |
July 27, 2019 | February 23, 2020 |
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Zenitsu flees from a spider with a human head only to find the nest of the demon that made it, the elder son, whose venom turns humans into spiders. He reveals to Zenitsu he was bitten by one of his spiders and will lose his human form in thirty minutes. Zenitsu hides in a tree as other demon-spiders approach him. He remembers his days of training under Jigoro Kuwajima, who paid off his debt if he became his apprentice. He was struck by lightning while hiding from his training in a tree, which turned his hair yellow. He thinks to himself he is a pathetic person and wants to stop being such a coward. When Zenitsu realizes his hair is starting to fall out, he faints. While asleep he starts to attack the elder son. He remembers how he learned only one form of Thunder Breathing, but mastered it so well he perfected it. He remembers being bullied by Kaigaku, another student of Kuwajima, who considered time spent on him a waste. As an orphan, Zenitsu had no one who dreamed he would make something of himself, no one who stayed with him, except Kuwajima. The poison starts to affect Zenitsu, making him cough up blood, but he finishes the attack and, traveling at lightning-fast speeds, corners and slays the elder son. He wakes afterward but the poison has crippled his ability to move. Zenitsu uses a breathing technique to slow the poison as much as he can. Tanjiro hears Zenitsu's attack and decides to head to it. Before he and Inosuke part ways they come across the Daughter of the spider family, who flees and calls for Father. Father comes to her aid and the Daughter leaves. |
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| 18 | "A Forged Bond" | Akihiko Uda | August 3, 2019 | March 1, 2020 |
| Giyū and Shinobu arrive at Mount Natagumo and split up to cover more ground. Tanjiro and Inosuke's blades barely scratch Father. Tanjiro drops a tree on the demon, cutting it down, but Father uses the tree to block Tanjiro's sword and throw him away. The poison has Zenitsu lose the use of his arms and legs when Shinobu suddenly arrives and lands next to him. Tanjiro safely lands and follows screams to the Daughter, who is being tortured by Rui. Tanjiro asks what Rui's doing, but Rui states it's between him and his "sister," a family affair, which upsets Tanjiro. One of the surviving demon slayers arrives, but Rui flings a web at him, instantly shredding him. Tanjiro then fights Rui, frantically blocking his threads with his sword, though he still suffers numerous minor cuts. Father pursues Inosuke until Inosuke realizes he's acting like Tanjiro and turns and attacks him. Inosuke wedges one sword in Father's arm and pounds it with the other sword, cutting through the arm. Wounded, Father flees. He suddenly sheds his skin, becoming larger and more muscular with a new arm, and turns on Inosuke, his speed, strength, and skin density enhanced. Inosuke's swords snap when he attempts to cut Father's neck and is sent flying. Father picks up Inosuke, about to crush his head, and Inosuke uses his position to stab his sword into Father's neck, to no avail. Giyū rushes over and cuts off Father's arm, making him drop Inosuke. Father regrows a new arm and charges but Giyū quickly kills him, leaving Inosuke shocked. Tanjiro becomes able to discern the threads' scent and attempts to get closer to Rui, only for the thread to cut through his blade and keep coming at his face. | ||||
| 19 | "Hinokami" | Toshiyuki Shirai | August 10, 2019 | March 8, 2020 |
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Tanjiro barely dodges the thread but is left with a deep cut across his face. Inosuke marvels at Giyū's ability, who so easily killed one of the Twelve Moons, but Giyū says Father wasn't one of the Twelve Moons, or on their level at all. Inosuke challenges Giyū but Giyū ties him up, saying he was too injured and to stay there. Shinobu compliments Zenitsu on slowing his breathing and the poison's spread and injects him with an antidote. Rui launches a web of threads at Tanjiro, but Nezuko jumps out of her box and takes the blow. Rui realizes they're siblings and is shocked a demon would protect Tanjiro, seeing a genuine bond. He decides he wants it more than his pretend sister and cuts off Daughter's head, saying he'd kill her if she didn't kill the people on the mountain. The Daughter leaves with her head. Rui tells Tanjiro that if he gives him Nezuko, he'll let Tanjiro live, though Tanjiro refuses and says he'll kill him. Rui wonders if he can, revealing he is the Lower Moon Five. He uses his threads to pull Nezuko to him and Tanjiro charges. Nezuko slashes Rui's face with her claws and Tanjiro dodges the threads. Rui leaves Nezuko suspended in midair with threads cutting into her as punishment. Tanjiro uses the Final Form of his Water Style and charges Rui, becoming strong enough to slash the threads. Rui maximizes the strength of the threads, making a cage to enclose on Tanjiro. Tanjiro fears he will die and remembers his childhood with his family. His father was a frail man, but on New Year's he would dance a kagura dance as a prayer to the God of Fire to ward off harm, as their family worked with fire. Tanjiro wondered how his frail father could dance in the snow and his father told him of a special breathing technique that allowed him to dance forever. Tanjiro uses his father's kagura dance with his sword and is able to slash the enhanced threads. He comes within striking range, intent on killing Rui despite knowing Rui's threads will kill him in turn. Nezuko has a dream of her mother, waking her from her slumber to save her brother. Nezuko uses her blood on the wires suspending her in a Blood Demon Art that makes the blood ignite, burning the threads. The fire travels down the threads, severing the ones about to strike Tanjiro, and Tanjiro's blade lands. Tanjiro vows the bond between he and Nezuko can't be severed as his blade, with Nezuko's burning blood on it, cuts off Rui's head. |
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| 20 | "Pretend Family" | Takashi Suhara | August 17, 2019 | March 15, 2020 |
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Tanjiro collapses from his wounds and crawls towards Nezuko, who has fallen and isn't moving. He smells blood behind him and realizes he normally smells ash when demons were killed by his sword. Rui stands and puts his head back on. He tells Tanjiro he cut his neck with one of his own threads when he realized he would be decapitated by the Nichirin sword. Enraged, he encircles Tanjiro with threads, only for Giyū to arrive and save him. Giyū congratulates Tanjiro on holding out until he arrived. Rui throws a sheet of threads at Giyū, who uses the eleventh form of Water Breathing, which he created, to shred them. Giyū then beheads him. As the Daughter runs, she remembers when she was being chased by Demon Hunters and saved by Rui, promising to join his family. Rui fed her some of his blood, changing her appearance. There were many siblings Rui had shared his blood with and he insisted they pretend to be a family. If they did something Rui didn't like he'd punish them, sometimes by wounding them, other times stringing them up and letting the sunlight kill them. Thus the numbers decreased to five. The Daughter comes across Murata and ensnares him in a cocoon filled with acid that will liquefy him, only to be knocked to the ground by Shinobu. Shinobu asks her how many people she's killed, saying that once she tortures her appropriately for all the people she's killed, they can be friends and her sins will be forgiven. The Daughter refuses so Shinobu cuts her neck with her sword, which is sharp only at the tip as she lacks the strength to behead demons. However, Daughter dies from the wisteria-based poison Shinobu uses. Shinobu then frees Murata. As Rui dies, he thinks he made the pretend family because he had no memories of when he was human, and he thought if he could feel a familial bond, his memories would return. He looks upon Tanjiro and Nezuko, wishing he had what they had. |
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| 21 | "Against Corps Rules" | Takuya Nonaka | August 24, 2019 | March 22, 2020 |
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As Rui dies, he is finally able to remember his human life. He was born with a frail body, rendering him bedridden - until Kibutsuji turned him into a demon, giving him a strong body. His father then tried to kill him while his mother did nothing, so Rui slew them both, angry as parents were supposed to protect their children. His mother's last words were that she was sorry she couldn't give Rui a strong body, and his father had intended to commit suicide after killing him. He realizes too late it was a genuine bond after all. Kibutsuji returned and told him it was his parents' fault for not accepting him and Rui accepted that rather than the truth. He suppressed the memory of them, but was never satisfied with his fake family. Tanjiro regains consciousness as Rui's body collapses just before reaching him and Nezuko. Overwhelmed by the scent of grief he detected from it, Tanjiro reaches out to Rui. Rui apologizes to his parents as he fades away, his spirit able to reunite with his parents'. Giyū steps on Rui's clothing after his body dissolves, and Tanjiro pleads with him not to, explaining that he will kill demons without hesitation but believes they are more tragic than terrifying creatures and Giyū suddenly recognizes Tanjiro and Nezuko. Shinobu runs towards them and Giyū blocks Shinobu's blade, surprising her when he takes a defensive stance in front of the siblings. Giyū tells him to take Nezuko and run, which Tanjiro does. Tanjiro is suddenly kicked to the ground by Kanao Tsuyuri, the girl who completed Final Selection with Tanjiro. Tanjiro tells Nezuko to run, only to be knocked unconscious by Kanao, who then tries to kill a fleeing Nezuko. Giyū has pinned Shinobu, who warns him he is acting against Corps rules. Kasugai crows, who had been watching, interrupt everyone by saying Tanjiro and Nezuko were to be taken into custody and brought back to headquarters, so Kanao, Giyū, and Shinobu all sheathe their blades. Inosuke is found, but seethes to himself as he couldn't do anything to stop a demon, and begins to ponder on the reality of his strength. Zenitsu and the other victims of the elder son, even those now spiders, have been treated by the Kakushis[lower-alpha 5], and are to be brought to the Butterfly Mansion for further treatment. Tanjiro later awakens, tied up, before the Hashiras, the lead swordsmen of the Demon Slayers. |
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| 22 | "Master of the Mansion" | Yūki Itō | August 31, 2019 | March 29, 2020 |
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Tanjiro comes face-to-face with the nine most powerful Demon Slayers: Giyū (the Water Pillar), Shinobu (the Insect Pillar), Kyōjuro Rengoku (the Flame Pillar), Tengen Uzui (the Sound Pillar), Mitsuri Kanroji (the Love Pillar), Muichirō Tokitō (the Mist Pillar), Gyōmei Himejima (the Stone Pillar), Obanai Iguro (the Snake Pillar), and Sanemi Shinazugawa (the Wind Pillar). They put Tanjiro on trial due to him having violated Demon Slayer Corps rules by traveling with a demon, even if she is his sister. Tanjiro states she won't eat humans and can fight with the Demon Slayers to protect humans. Sanemi comes outside with Nezuko in her box, calling him deluded and stabs through the box and into Nezuko's shoulder. Tanjiro charges him and Giyū calls out that the Master will soon be here and to stop, which startles Sanemi, giving Tanjiro an opening to headbutt him and knock him to the ground, impressing the Hashiras. The Master of the Demon Slayers arrives before Sanemi can strike him back and all the Hashiras kneel, Sanemi forcing Tanjiro's head down. The Master is a blind man with scars across the upper half of his face, accompanied by two white-haired girls. The Master states he has sanctioned the situation with Tanjiro and Nezuko and asks the Hashiras to accept it, but the majority refuse. The Master has one of the girls with him summarize a letter from Urokodaki Sakonji, revealed to be the former Water Pillar, asking the Master to approve of Tanjiro's situation as Nezuko has neither lost her human emotions nor harmed a human. If Nezuko ever assaults a human, Urokodaki vows that he, Tanjiro, and Giyū will all commit seppuku, shocking Tanjiro at their faith. Sanemi states that regardless of how they kill themselves, it has no guarantee for their safety. Rengoku agrees, stating that if Nezuko kills a human, suicide won't bring back the human whom she kills. The Master agrees that there is no guarantee Nezuko won't attack humans but points out that there is no certainty that she will attack humans either. Even when starved, she has not harmed one in two years and that there are three people who would vouch for her with their lives, on the basis of which the Master decides to risk it unless the Hashiras can come up with a more convincing argument that she may. He then adds that Tanjiro has met Kibutsuji, shocking them as none of the Hashira have ever seen him. They start demanding that he tell them details about Kibutsuji until the Master silences them. The Master also informs them that Kibutusuji has sent pursuers after Tanjiro and this is the first time which he's revealed himself and the Master doesn't want to let him escape and asks if the Hashira agree with him now. Sanemi still objects stating that sparing a human is one thing, but after all which the Demon Slayers have gone through and losing countless of their brethren, housing a demon is unacceptable. He cuts open his arm, intending to prove that Nezuko can't be trusted. After tossing the box inside the master's house out of the sun and stabbing Nezuko twice more through the box, he opens it, telling Nezuko to attack him. An injured Nezuko emerges from the box and turns to him. |
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| 23 | "Hashira Meeting" | Ken Takahashi | September 7, 2019 | April 5, 2020 |
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Tanjiro is pinned by Obanai but breaks the ropes on his wrists and run to Nezuko, Giyū grabs Obanai so he doesn't stop him. Tanjiro stops by the porch and calls out to her, unable to interfere directly. Nezuko remembers her family and controls her instincts, looking away from Sanemi, shocking him. The Master takes that as proof she can be trusted. The Master tells Tanjiro that there are likely others in the Corps who, even after this, cannot accept Nezuko, so the Master tells him and Nezuko to go out and defeat demons and prove themselves and Tanjiro declares the siblings will defeat Kibutsuji, though the Master tells him to start with a Twelve Moon, embarrassing him - though the Hashiras warm up to him some, admiring his spirit. Two Kakushi take Nezuko and Tanjiro to the Kocho mansion. Tanjiro tries to come back to headbutt Sanemi for each time he stabbed Nezuko, but Muichirō stops him by throwing three pebbles at his head informing him that he must not interrupt the master and is taken away again. As he leaves, the Master tells Tanjiro to give Miss Tamayo his regards, causing Tanjiro to wonder if he heard him right. At the Butterfly Manor, the Kakushi look for someone to ask permission to enter and find Kanao, a Tsuguko[lower-alpha 6]. When they ask permission, she smiles but doesn't speak, confusing them. A Kocho girl interrupts them and escorts them to the infirmary. Zenitsu complains about the bitter medicine he must take to regrow his limbs, still deformed from the venom. Zenitsu and Tanjiro happily greet each other, and Zenitsu points out Inosuke, silently laying in a bed next to him. Tanjiro is relieved he survived and Inosuke hoarsely says not to worry, his voice damaged from the wounds he was given by Father. He's depressed and apologizes for being so weak. Nezuko is given a room of her own and quickly falls asleep. Tanjiro affirms his promise to turn her into a human. The Hashira, meanwhile, resume their meeting; the demons are in an active phase right now and the Corps needs to recruit new members and train them and the Masters asks for the Hashira's thoughts: Sanemi points out that the incident on Mt. Natagumo made it clear that the caliber of non-Hashira Demon Slayers has plummeted with most of them being useless. Shinobu states that it's difficult to recruit in this era though as many don't believe demons exist and the more humans there are, the less unified and harder to control they become. Gyomei states that only those who have lost loved ones to demons or those descended from demon slayers are joining the Corps and asking the average person for the same or even greater commitment would be too cruel. Rengoku believes that since Tanjiro met the Kizuki soon after joining the Corps, he is able to draw more out. The Master believes that Rui's drastic actions confirm Kibutsuji is nowhere near Mt. Natagumo as whenever he wants to hide, he creates a serious diversion somewhere else. After everyone leaves, the Master that vows they will bring Muzan Kibutsuji down. |
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| 24 | "Rehabilitation Training" | Shūji Miyahara Akihiko Uda |
September 14, 2019[lower-alpha 7] | April 19, 2020 |
| Rengoku leaves on a mission, believing an Upper Moon has been located. Murata visits Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Zenitsu. Tanjiro and Inosuke begin Rehabilitation Training while Zenitsu joins them two weeks later. It includes forcing them into stretches, testing reflexes against Kanao, and playing tag with her and Aoi. Zenitsu becomes furious when he learns that come back so ghastly even though they get to frolic with girls 24/7. While they win against Aoi, none can come close to defeating Kanao. After a while of regular losses, Zenitsu and Inosuke stop coming to training, not seeing the point as they can't win. As Tanjiro walks back to bed he is met by triplet Kocho girls who admire how he keeps coming and tells him Kanao uses Total Concentration Breathing - Constant, maintaining that state all day and night, even when sleeping. They further explain that the Hashiras and Kanao have mastered it, while he only uses it in battle. He starts training to master it and the triplets tell him Shinobu made Kanao breathe into special gourds so hard they exploded. A few weeks later, he has noticed he has become stronger. That night while sitting on the mansion's roof, Shinobu joins him. Shinobu wishes to entrust her dream with Tanjiro - that humans and demons can live peacefully. He detects an angry scent from her and she says her older sister was killed by a demon and her hatred for demons grows more and more. Yet her sister pitied demons and though Shinobu tries, she can't feel the same. For her sister's sake, she will find a way to live in peace with demons as she wishes and never stop smiling, for her sister loved her smile. She had become tired of trying, but then Nezuko came, and Shinobu says she can feel at ease with Tanjiro to carry on her sister's dream. | ||||
| 25 | "Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri" | Shinya Shimomura | September 21, 2019 | April 26, 2020 |
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Tanjiro recruits the Kocho triplets to attack him if he stops doing Total Concentration Breathing while he sleeps. Tanjiro recognizes that the longer he keeps his breathing up the great stamina boost he gets. He can now keep up with Kanao, and explode a small gourd with his breath. Zenitsu and Inosuke watch realize they're being left behind. They ask Shinobu what Tanjiro's doing and she explains. She then encourages them by taunting Inosuke for not being strong enough to do it and telling Zenitsu by saying she's his cheerleader. They join Tanjiro in his training. Kanao watches the boys train and flips a coin to determine if she should join them, thinking back to her childhood. They lived in poverty and her father abused and starved her and her siblings to the point she broke. Even when her parents sold her into slavery she felt nothing. As she was walked to be sold off again by her new owner they were stopped by Shinobu and her older sister, Kanae. Kanao didn't speak when Kanae addressed her, not ever having been given a name. Kanae felt sorry for her so the siblings bought/stole Kanao and ran off with her. Kanao was so broken she had no will of her own, not even eating unless she was told. Kanae gave her a coin she could flip to help her decide things, which exasperated Shinobu, though Kanae told her a human soul would open up if given a chance. Kanao decides not to join the boys in their training by the coin. The reforged swords of Inosuke and Tanjiro are delivered to the manor, though Haganezuka tries to kill Tanjiro. The other sword-forger, Kanamori, introduces himself, having remade Inosuke's swords. He's very mild-mannered until Inosuke uses a rock to chip them like his old ones were, and then threatens to kill him. The next day in training Tanjiro wins against Kanao. Zenitsu and Inosuke train even harder to catch up to him. Tanjiro is declared physically fit and asks Shinobu about his father's Hinokami Kagura Dance, which she's never heard of, and his father's Fire Breathing, which she also doesn't know. She tells him about Flame Breathing, but that the naming is very strict and must be called Flame Breathing, never Fire Breathing. She doesn't know the details and advises him to ask Rengoku next time he sees him. Tanjiro visits Nezuko, who has been asleep since their arrival at the manor. He's a little daunted by everything he must do: help Nezuko, defeat strong demons, and get their blood to Tamayo but he thinks he hears the sleeping Nezuko speaking to him, encouraging him. On a train, a demon kills and eats the passengers. |
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| 26 | "New Mission" | Haruo Sotozaki Yūichi Terao |
September 28, 2019 | May 3, 2020 |
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Following Rui's death a few months earlier, the remaining five Lower Moons are summoned into a space warped and controlled by a demoness with a biwa. They don't recognize Muzan Kibutsuji, as he masked his aura and appearance to that of a woman until he commands them to kneel. He informs them that the Lower Five, Rui, has been killed and demands to know why the Lower Moons are so weak. He continues that they shouldn't be satisfied with merely being among the Twelve Kizuki, that they must devour more humans and become more powerful which is how they can become useful to him. He continues explaining to them that the Upper Moons have remained unchanged for over a century and only they have ever killed Hashira level Demon Slayers, and asks the remaining Lower Moons how many times which they have been replaced. Kibutsuji kills all except Lower One for doing things he deemed disrespectful. Kibutsuji asks for Lower One's last words and he says that it is an honor to die by his hand and thanks him for letting him witness the others' agony. Kibutsuji accepts this as a valid answer and infuses Lower One with a large amount of his blood to strengthen him and tells him to be useful to him by killing a Hashira; he concludes by stating that he'll give him even more blood if he can kill the Demon Slayer wearing hanafuda earrings (Tanjiro). The meeting concludes and Muzan leaves while Lower One is de-summoned from the space saying that more blood would be a dream. In the present day, a Kasugai crow wakes Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke with an assignment - to the Infinity Train, where 40 Demon Slayers have disappeared, and slay the demon there. Tanjiro encounters Genya from Final Selection while walking, who has a more muscular form but is ignored by him. Tanjiro visits Aoi, thanking her for helping him, but she tells him not to, saying she survived the Final Selection by luck, and that she was too cowardly to go into battle. Tanjiro says that he'll carry her feelings into the battlefield for her. He also says goodbye to Kanao, who flips a coin to determine if she should talk to him. When the coin lands right, she tells him goodbye and explains she uses the coin to decide things she hasn't been ordered to do, since she can't decide for herself. Tanjiro takes her coin and says if it lands heads she'll listen to herself and make her own choices. It lands heads and asks how he made it do that since she didn't see him cheat, but Tanjiro smiles and says it just did and he would have flipped it as many times as he needed for it to land heads. Just before the boys leave, Tanjiro sees Giyū and thanks him for helping. Giyū tells him to thank him by slaying demons, which Tanjiro promises. The boys make it to the train station but Inosuke causes a scene as he has never seen a train. They attract the attention of the police and flee. Zenitsu explains the Demon Slayers aren't recognized by the government, which doesn't know that demons exist. They jump onto the train as it leaves. On the train with them are Rengoku and the Lower One of the Twelve Moons. |
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Season 2 (2021–22)
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| Story | Episode | Title [30][31][32][33] | Directed by [30][31] | Storyboarded by [30][31] | Original air date [34][35] | English air date [36] | Viewership rating [37] | |||||
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| Mugen Train Arc[lower-alpha 8] | ||||||||||||
| 27 | 1 | "Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku" | Shin'ya Shimomura | Takashi Suhara | October 10, 2021 | November 12, 2023[38] | 10.0% | |||||
| Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku is tasked with finding an elusive demon plaguing a town, believing it may also be connected to numerous disappearances on the Mugen Train. He meets a pair of bento vendors and advises them on the risk of demons, before he soon locates the Mugen Train. After learning it is slated to be put back into service, he encounters the demon responsible for the attacks throughout the area. To spite him for his humanity, the demon decides to hunt down the bento vendors. Kyojuro tracks it down and kills it, saving the vendors; his actions remind the elderly vendor of when she herself was saved by the former Flame Hashira years ago. After realizing the demon is too weak for such numerous victims, Kyojuro boards the train to begin his investigation. | ||||||||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Deep Sleep" | Toshiyuki Shirai | Takahiro Miura | October 17, 2021 | November 12, 2023 | 8.0% | |||||
| Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke meet Kyojuro on the train. After an explanation of the situation by the Hashira, they discover two demons hidden on board and witness Kyojuro's impressive abilities first hand. Into the night, all four Demon Slayers fall asleep, with Tanjiro dreaming about being reunited with his lost family. In actuality, they have fallen into the Blood Demon Art of Enmu; the demon had mixed his blood into the ink of their tickets, allowing his plan to go into motion without being noticed. As Tanjiro falls deeper into his slumber, Enmu finds joy that they may never awaken again. | ||||||||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Should Have Been" | Masashi Takeuchi | Takahiro Miura | October 24, 2021 | November 19, 2023 | 7.0% | |||||
| Whilst the Demon Slayers are asleep, Enmu instructs four recruited passengers to tie their wrists to theirs, fall asleep, and enter their dreams. Armed with an awl made of his bone, they must search for their spiritual core and destroy it to incapacitate them. Kyojuro's intruder finds his core, but his intensely strong spirit manages to stop her in the real world. Nezuko, who is unaffected by Enmu's Blood Demon Art, emerges from her box and tries to wake up Tanjiro. Though her attempts to do so fail, she is able to alert him that he is in a dream. In an ultimate attempt to wake himself up, Tanjiro slashes his own neck in order to regain consciousness. | ||||||||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Insult" | Masashi Takeuchi | Takahiro Miura | November 7, 2021 | November 26, 2023 | 6.4% | |||||
| Tanjiro's intruder enters his subconsciousness, but finds himself unwilling to destroy his spiritual core. Tanjiro awakens to find his peers asleep. Nezuko burns the ropes on their wrists, which awakens the intruders. They attack Tanjiro, who knocks them out; he spares his intruder after learning how sick and desperate he was. When Zenitsu and Inosuke fail to awaken, Tanjiro climbs onto the roof to confront Enmu. Despite the demon repeatedly forcing him into unconsciousness, Tanjiro overcomes this by knowing to commit suicide to wake up, and eventually beheads him. However, Enmu does not die and reveals that he has fused with the entire train. Inosuke then awakens and assists Tanjiro in battling the demon. | ||||||||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Move Forward!" | Toshiyuki Shirai | Takahiro Miura | November 14, 2021 | December 3, 2023 | 5.7% | |||||
| Inosuke and Tanjiro fight Enmu from inside the train but find their attacks futile. Nezuko joins the fight but is nearly overwhelmed until Zenitsu's intervention. Kyojuro damages Enmu enough to stall his assault and explains his plan to Tanjiro; he himself, Zenitsu, and Nezuko will protect the passengers while he and Inosuke will search for Enmu's neck. They locate it at the train's locomotive, but Enmu continues to generate flesh as protection. The driver, wanting to protect him, stabs Tanjiro in the stomach. However, he perseveres, and, coordinating with Inosuke, successfully exposes Enmu's neck. Using his Hinokami Kagura, Tanjiro beheads Enmu, causing the train to derail and crashes into the ground. | ||||||||||||
| 32 | 6 | "Akaza" | Hideki Hosokawa | Haruo Sotozaki | November 21, 2021 | December 10, 2023 | 6.6% | |||||
| After the train derails, Enmu disintegrates. Tanjiro struggles with his wound but manages to stabilize it under Kyojuro's guidance. They are then confronted by Upper Three Akaza, who tries to persuade Kyojuro into turning into a demon, having sensed how powerful he was. Appealing to his integrity as a Demon Slayer, he immediately refuses, causing Akaza to attack him. He orders Tanjiro and Inosuke to stay behind. Despite Kyojuro's tremendous strength and speed, Akaza overwhelms him with his unique martial arts and powerful regeneration, injuring him severely as Tanjiro and Inosuke do nothing but look from afar helplessly. | ||||||||||||
| 33 | 7 | "Set Your Heart Ablaze" | Haruo Sotozaki | Haruo Sotozaki | November 28, 2021 | December 17, 2023 | 6.5% | |||||
| Making a last stand, Kyojuro unleashes one final attack on Akaza, but the demon mortally wounds him and flees upon the arrival of daybreak. A desperate Tanjiro hurls his sword at Akaza, who nonetheless escapes as he angrily denounces him as a coward for fleeing. As Kyojuro succumbs to his injuries, he confides in Tanjiro messages for both his brother and father for him to give them. He accepts Nezuko as a member of the Demon Slayer Corps and encourages Tanjiro to "set his heart ablaze". He sees a vision of his proud mother before dying peacefully. The Hashira receive the news of Kyojuro's death, while Corps leader Kagaya Ubuyashiki appreciates him for not letting anyone else die in his presence. | ||||||||||||
| Entertainment District Arc[lower-alpha 9] | ||||||||||||
| 34 | 8 (1)[lower-alpha 10] | "Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui" | Shin'ya Shimomura & Kei Tsunematsu |
Takashi Suhara | December 5, 2021[lower-alpha 11] | January 14, 2024[39] | 9.2% | |||||
| Akaza meets with Muzan, who expresses disappointment in him for not being able to kill the other three Demon Slayers other than Kyojuro. Tanjiro goes to meet Kyojuro’s brother Senjuro and his father Shinjuro. Shinjuro, the former Flame Hashira but now an alcoholic who detests the Demon Slayers and sees his sons as failures, dismisses Tanjiro violently. However, when he sees Tanjiro's earrings, he explains to him he is a bearer of the first breathing technique, called "Sun Breathing". Tanjiro accosts him for disrespecting Kyojuro, leading to a fight. Later, Senjuro thanks Tanjiro for passing him his brother's messages. Four months after Kyojuro's death, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke accompany Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui to their next mission - investigating the famed Yoshiwara red-light district. | ||||||||||||
| 35 | 9 (2) | "Infiltrating the Entertainment District" | Takashi Suhara | Takashi Suhara | December 12, 2021 | January 21, 2024 | 8.7% | |||||
| In order to investigate the suspected demonic presence in Yoshiwara, Tengen had sent his three wives to infiltrate the three largest courtesan Houses in the district. However, they stopped contacting him, causing him to worry. Tengen disguises Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Zenitsu as girls and sells them to the three Houses in which his wives were deployed to find clues to their fate. Despite initial difficulty, all three are accepted to work at the Houses. As Tengen surveys the district from the rooftops, it is revealed that Makio, one of Tengen's wives, is held captive in a secluded room in Inosuke's House, being restrained by numerous obi and enduring interrogation from a mysterious female voice. | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 10 (3) | "What Are You?" | Akihiko Uda | Takashi Suhara | December 19, 2021 | January 28, 2024 | 8.5% | |||||
| Inosuke investigates Makio’s room and discovers something moving through the ceiling and walls, though it evades him. Zenitsu defends a girl from being scolded by Warabihime, the House's oiran. He recognizes her as a demon but is attacked and knocked unconscious. Days before the mission had begun, the madam of the House confronts Warabihime, having determined her true identity, but Warabihime drops her onto the street to her death. She is then greeted by Muzan, who praises her and addresses the demon by her true name Daki: the Upper Rank Six. Later, Zenitsu wakes up and is tended to by the girls he had defended. After they leave, he is captured by Daki. | ||||||||||||
| 37 | 11 (4) | "Tonight" | Hideki Hosokawa | Takuya Nonaka & Haruo Sotozaki |
December 26, 2021 | February 4, 2024 | 7.4% | |||||
| Realizing Zenitsu is missing, Tengen dismisses Tanjiro and Inosuke, not wanting them to risk their lives for the mission. The two refuse to abandon him and prepare themselves. Tengen interrogates the master of Zenitsu's House, who tells him about Warabihime. Tanjiro detects a demonic scent coming from his House and sees Daki absorbing the House's oiran into her obi. The two fight but she overwhelms Tanjiro with her numerous obi sashes; one of the straps on Nezuko's box breaks, forcing Tanjiro to leave her behind as he confronts Daki, readying himself to face the strongest demon he will have fought thus far. | ||||||||||||
| 38 | 12 (5) | "Things Are Gonna Get Real Flashy!!" | Takuya Nonaka | Takuya Nonaka & Haruo Sotozaki |
January 2, 2022 | February 11, 2024 | 7.7% | |||||
| Tengen finds Hinatsuru on the outskirts of the district, having poisoned herself to escape but remaining unable to contact him. Tanjiro tries to use Hinokami Kagura but realizes the fatigue on his body is preventing him from fighting effectively. Inosuke discovers a tunnel under his House, leading to a cavern that serves as a holding cell for Daki's victims. The obi inside it is able to function independently from Daki's body; Inosuke first attempts to slay it but decides to prioritize freeing the people trapped inside. He manages to free Tengen's wives Suma and Makio, as well as Zenitsu, all of whom assist him in his fight, before being joined by Tengen. | ||||||||||||
| 39 | 13 (6) | "Layered Memories" | Jun'ichi Minamino | Takahiro Miura | January 9, 2022 | February 18, 2024 | 7.5% | |||||
| During their battle, Daki's attacks lead to numerous casualties. Tanjiro angrily retaliates, using Hinokami Kagura to enhance his speed and power. She sees memories of a similar figure to Tanjiro, which she surmises belong to Muzan's cells in her body. Tanjiro pushes Daki on the defensive and nearly beheads her when he suddenly collapses; he had been fighting without sustaining his breathing and a vision from his late sister only saves him from suffocation. Daki prepares to kill Tanjiro when Nezuko intervenes. Remembering Muzan’s mention of a rogue demon, Daki attacks Nezuko, but is shocked to see her healing instantly. Nezuko then matures in appearance to face her. | ||||||||||||
| 40 | 14 (7) | "Transformation" | Seiji Harada | Takahiro Miura | January 16, 2022 | February 25, 2024 | 8.3% | |||||
| Nezuko's increasingly powerful regeneration and Blood Demon Art overwhelms Daki, but she accidentally injures a bystander and her demonic bloodlust overwhelms her senses; she almost attacks them before Tanjiro intervenes. Tengen arrives and beheads Daki, doubtful she is an Upper Rank. However, she does not die, and instead, her brother Gyutaro emerges from within her body. Gyutaro, the true Upper Six, heals Daki and battles Tengen with his sickles and Blood Demon Art. Tengen is injured and struggles to defend himself, realizing that Daki cannot die whilst Gyutaro is alive. Tanjiro calms Nezuko down, just as Zenitsu and Inosuke arrive. | ||||||||||||
| 41 | 15 (8) | "Gathering" | Ken Takahashi | Ken Takahashi | January 23, 2022 | March 3, 2024 | 7.5% | |||||
| Taking Nezuko to safety, Tanjiro focuses on the battle despite his injuries. Tengen separates Daki from Gyutaro and is joined by the trio. Yoshiwara is evacuated by Suma and Makio, while Hinatsuru makes her way to Tengen. The Demon Slayers plan to behead the demons simultaneously but Daki engages Zenitsu and Inosuke, while Gyutaro fights Tengen and Tanjiro. Fighting as one, the demons gradually overwhelm their opponents, but Tanjiro, realizing his Water Breathing is more useful defensively, is able to fend off Gyutaro's attacks. Hinatsuru appears and fires wisteria-laced kunais at Gyutaro, paralyzing him and allowing Tengen and Tanjiro to reach his neck. | ||||||||||||
| 42 | 16 (9) | "Defeating an Upper Rank Demon" | Jun'ichi Minamino | Haruo Sotozaki | January 30, 2022 | March 10, 2024 | 8.2% | |||||
| Gyutaro neutralizes the wisteria and fends off Tengen and Tanjiro, before grabbing Hinatsuru. Tanjiro combines his Hinokami Kagura and Water Breathing in a charge that stuns Gyutaro and saves her. Tengen joins him to slashing Gyutaro's neck, but he stops their blades and unleashes his Blood Demon Art, forcing Tengen to throw him and himself away. As Tengen fights Gyutaro, Tanjiro joins Zenitsu and Inosuke against Daki; he and Zenitsu open Inosuke's path, allowing him to behead her. He runs away with her head when Gyutaro stabs him from behind. Tanjiro looks for Tengen and sees him wounded and motionless. Devastated for not being able to help him, he freezes; Zenitsu pushes him off the roof away from Daki's obi. | ||||||||||||
| 43 | 17 (10) | "Never Give Up" | Toshiyuki Shirai | Toshiyuki Shirai | February 6, 2022 | March 17, 2024 | 8.5% | |||||
| Tanjiro survives his fall but is confronted by Gyutaro, mocking his inability to protect anyone. He offers to transform him but Tanjiro responds by head-butting him, secretly stabbing him with a laced kunai and attempting to behead him once more. Daki intervenes but is attacked by Zenitsu with his fastest form. Gyutaro removes the kunai and recovers. Before he can kill Tanjiro, Tengen, who halted the poison's effects, intervenes, battling Gyutaro despite his wounds. Tanjiro reaches Gyutaro's neck but is stabbed in the jaw. His scar transforms into a fiery mark, giving him the strength to slice through. Zenitsu loses momentum without cutting Daki's neck when Inosuke appears, having survived Gyutaro's attack. The demons are beheaded simultaneously, but in the aftermath, Gyutaro’s body erupts in blood blades, destroying the city. | ||||||||||||
| 44 | 18 (11) | "No Matter How Many Lives" | Hideki Hosokawa | Toshiyuki Shirai & Takashi Suhara |
February 13, 2022[lower-alpha 12] | March 24, 2024 | 9.1% | |||||
| Nezuko burns the blood blades with her fire. Tanjiro reunites with Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Tengen, while Nezuko burns Gyutaro's poison from their bodies. She and Tanjiro set out to finish off the demons and find them insulting their relationship. As the demons fade, Gyutaro recalls their past. They were born in a red-light district into poverty and suffered from an abusive mother; despite his appearance burdening him, Daki, considered very attractive as a child, gave them a comfortable life. One day, she attacked a customer of hers and was burned in retaliation. Gyutaro found her and killed the people responsible. They were found by the Upper Rank Six of then and transformed. In the afterlife, the siblings reconcile and walk to Hell together. Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro arrives, sarcastically praising Tengen for killing Upper Six. However, Tengen relinquishes his position and informs him of Tanjiro's potential. An increasingly ill Kagaya is overjoyed at the news, while Akaza is summoned to the interdimensional Infinity Castle, where he realizes that an Upper Rank has fallen. | ||||||||||||
Home media release
The series was released in Japan by Aniplex on eleven Blu-ray and DVD volumes beginning on July 31, 2019,[40] and concluded on June 24, 2020.[41] Each volume features cover art illustrated by the series' character designer, Akira Matsushima, and the limited-edition includes bonus CD containing original drama or soundtrack. Aniplex of America released the first limited-edition Blu-ray volume in North America on June 30, 2020, and the second volume was released on November 24, 2020. The company, in partnership with Funimation, released the standard-edition Blu-ray volumes in September 2020 and January 2021.[42]
Japanese
| Vol. | Episodes | Cover art | Bonus disc | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1–2 | Tanjiro Kamado | Drama CD & Soundtrack | July 31, 2019 | [40] | |
| 2 | 3–5 | Giyū Tomioka | Soundtrack | August 28, 2019 | [43] | |
| 3 | 6–7 | Nezuko Kamado | Drama CD | September 25, 2019 | [44] | |
| 4 | 8–10 | Tanjiro Kamado & Muzan Kibutsuji | Soundtrack | October 30, 2019 | [45] | |
| 5 | 11–12 | Zenitsu Agatsuma | Drama CD | November 27, 2019 | [46] | |
| 6 | 13–14 | Inosuke Hashibira | Soundtrack | December 25, 2019 | [47] | |
| 7 | 15–17 | Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma & Inosuke Hashibira | Drama CD | January 29, 2020 | [48] | |
| 8 | 18–19 | Tanjiro Kamado | Soundtrack | February 26, 2020 | [49] | |
| 9 | 20–21 | Nezuko Kamado | Soundtrack | March 25, 2020 | [50] | |
| 10 | 22–24 | Shinobu Kochō | Drama CD | May 27, 2020 | [51] | |
| 11 | 25–26 | Tanjiro Kamado & Nezuko Kamado | Soundtrack | June 24, 2020 | [41] | |
| Season 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Kyojuro Rengoku | Soundtrack | January 26, 2022 | [52] | |
| 2 | 2–7 | Tanjiro Kamado & Kyojuro Rengoku | N/A | February 9, 2022 | [53] | |
| 3 | 8 | Tengen Uzui | Soundtrack | February 23, 2022 | [54] | |
| 4 | 9–10 | Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma & Inosuke Hashibira | Soundtrack | March 30, 2022 | [55] | |
| 5 | 11–12 | TBA | TBA | April 27, 2022 | [56] | |
| 6 | 13–14 | TBA | TBA | May 25, 2022 | [57] | |
| 7 | 15–16 | TBA | TBA | June 29, 2022 | [58] | |
| 6 | 17–18 | TBA | TBA | July 27, 2022 | [59] | |
English
| Vol. | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–13 | June 30, 2020 | [60] | |
| 2 | 14–26 | November 14, 2020 | [61] | |
| Vol. | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–13 | September 29, 2020 | [62] | |
| 2 | 14–26 | January 19, 2021 | [63] | |
Notes
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| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Main characters | ||
| Tanjiro Kamado (竈門 炭治郎 Kamado Tanjirō?) | Natsuki Hanae Satomi Satō (child) |
Zach Aguilar Allegra Clark (child) |
| Nezuko Kamado (竈門 禰豆子 Kamado Nezuko?) | Akari Kitō | Abby Trott |
| Zenitsu Agatsuma (我妻 善逸 Agatsuma Zen'itsu?) | Hiro Shimono | Aleks Le |
| Inosuke Hashibira (嘴平 伊之助 Hashibira Inosuke?) | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Bryce Papenbrook |
| Kanao Tsuyuri (栗花落 カナヲ Tsuyuri Kanao?) | Reina Ueda | Brianna Knickerbocker |
| Genya Shinazugawa (不死川 玄弥 Shinazugawa Gen'ya?) | Nobuhiko Okamoto | Zeno Robinson |
| Secondary characters | ||
| Giyu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇 Tomioka Giyū?) | Takahiro Sakurai | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Shinobu Kocho (胡蝶 しのぶ Kochō Shinobu?) | Saori Hayami | Erika Harlacher |
| Kyojuro Rengoku (煉獄 杏寿郎 Rengoku Kyōjurō?) | Satoshi Hino Mariya Ise (child) |
Mark Whitten Ryan Bartley (child) |
| Tengen Uzui (宇髄 天元 Uzui Tengen?) | Katsuyuki Konishi | Ray Chase |
| Mitsuri Kanroji (甘露寺 蜜璃 Kanroji Mitsuri?) | Kana Hanazawa | Kira Buckland |
| Muichiro Tokito (時透 無一郎 Tokitō Muichirō?) | Kengo Kawanishi | Griffin Burns |
| Sanemi Shinazugawa (不死川 実弥 Shinazugawa Sanemi?) | Tomokazu Seki | Kaiji Tang |
| Obanai Iguro (伊黒 小芭内 Iguro Obanai?) | Kenichi Suzumura | Erik Scott Kimerer |
| Gyomei Himejima (悲鳴嶼 行冥 Himejima Gyōmei?) | Tomokazu Sugita | Crispin Freeman |
| Supporting characters | ||
| Kagaya Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 耀哉 Ubuyashiki Kagaya?) | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Matthew Mercer |
| Amane Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 あまね Ubuyashiki Amane?) | Rina Satō | Suzie Yeung |
| Hinaki Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 ひなき Ubuyashiki Hinaki?) | Yumiri Hanamori | Kimberly Woods |
| Nichika Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 にちか Ubuyashiki Nichika?) | Ari Ozawa | Brianna Knickerbocker |
| Kiriya Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 輝利哉 Ubuyashiki Kiriya?) | Aoi Yūki | Christine Marie Cabanos |
| Kanata Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 かなた Ubuyashiki Kanata?) | Shiori Izawa | Mela Lee |
| Muzan Kibutsuji (鬼舞辻 無惨 Kibutsuji Muzan?) | Toshihiko Seki | Greg Chun |
| Nakime (鳴女 Nakime?) | Marina Inoue | Amber Lee Connors |
| Kaigaku (獪岳 Kaigaku?) | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Alejandro Saab |
| Kokushibo / Upper Rank 1 (黒死牟 Kokushibō?) | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Jonah Scott |
| Doma / Upper Rank 2 (童磨 Dōma?) | Mamoru Miyano | Stephen Fu |
| Akaza / Upper Rank 3 (猗窩座?) | Akira Ishida | Lucien Dodge |
| Hantengu / Upper Rank 4 (半天狗?) | Toshio Furukawa (Hantengu and Urami) Yūichirō Umehara (Sekido) Kaito Ishikawa (Karaku) Shunsuke Takeuchi (Urogi) Soma Saito (Aizetsu) Koichi Yamadera (Zohakuten) |
Christopher Corey Smith (Hantengu and Urami) Yong Yea (Sekido) Caleb Yen (Karaku) Chris Hackney (Urogi) Brian Timothy Anderson (Aizetsu) Ben Balmaceda (Zohakuten) |
| Gyokko / Upper Rank 5 (玉壼 Gyokko?) | Kohsuke Toriumi | Brent Mukai |
| Daki / Upper Rank 6 (堕姫 Daki?) | Miyuki Sawashiro | Erica Lindbeck |
| Gyutaro / Upper Rank 6 (妓夫太郎 Gyūtarō?) | Ryōta Ōsaka | Brandon McInnis |
| Enmu / Lower Rank 1 (魘夢 Enmu?) | Daisuke Hirakawa | Landon McDonald |
| Rokuro / Lower Rank 2 (轆轤 Rokuro?) | Taiten Kusunoki | Ray Chase |
| Wakuraba / Lower Rank 3 (病葉 Wakuraba?) | Sōichirō Hoshi | Stefan Martello |
| Mukago / Lower Rank 4 (零余子 Mukago?) | Kana Ueda | Kira Buckland |
| Rui / Lower Rank 5 (累 Rui?) | Koki Uchiyama | Billy Kametz |
| Kamanue / Lower Rank 6 (釜鵺 Kamanue?) | KENN | Alan Lee |
| Kyogai (響凱 Kyōgai?) | Junichi Suwabe | Steve Blum |
| Minor characters | ||
| Spider Demon (Mother) (蜘蛛鬼「母」 Kumo Oni: Haha?) | Ami Koshimizu | Allegra Clark |
| Spider Demon (Father) (蜘蛛鬼「父」 Kumo Oni: Chichi?) | Tetsu Inada | Kellen Goff |
| Spider Demon (Brother) (蜘蛛鬼「兄」 Kumo Oni: Ani?) | Showtaro Morikubo | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Spider Demon (Sister) (蜘蛛鬼「姉」 Kumo Oni: Ane?) | Ryoko Shiraishi | Erica Lindbeck |
| Yahaba (矢琶羽 Yahaba?) | Jun Fukuyama | Xander Mobus |
| Susamaru (朱紗丸 Susamaru?) | Mikako Komatsu | Sarah Anne Williams |
| Sakonji Urokodaki (鱗滝 左近次 Urokodaki Sakonji?) | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Brook Chalmers |
| Sabito (錆兎 Sabito?) | Yuki Kaji | Max Mittelman |
| Makomo (真菰 Makomo?) | Ai Kakuma | Ryan Bartley |
| Kasugai Crows (鎹鴉 Kasugai Garasu?) | Takumi Yamazaki (Tanjiro's) Rie Kugimiya (Muichiro's) |
Doug Erholtz |
| Tamayo (珠世 Tamayo?) | Maaya Sakamoto | Laura Post |
| Yushiro (愈史郎 Yushirō?) | Daiki Yamashita | Kyle McCarley |
| Makio (まきを Makio?) | Shizuka Ishigami | Erica Mendez |
| Suma (須磨 Suma?) | Nao Tōyama | Emi Lo |
| Hinatsuru (雛鶴 Hinatsuru?) | Atsumi Tanezaki | Anairis Quiñones |
| Aoi Kanzaki (神崎 アオイ Kanzaki Aoi?) | Yuri Ehara | Reba Buhr |
| Goto (後藤 Gotō?) | Makoto Furukawa | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Sumi Nakahara (中原 すみ Nakahara Sumi?) | Ayumi Mano | Michelle Marie |
| Naho Takada (高田 なほ Takada Naho?) | Yūki Kuwahara | Kimberly Woods |
| Kiyo Terauchi (寺内 きよ Terauchi Kiyo?) | Nanami Yamashita | Jackie Lastra |
| Hotaru Haganezuka (鋼鐵塚 螢 Haganezuka Hotaru?) | Daisuke Namikawa | Robbie Daymond |
| Kozo Kanamori (鉄穴森 鋼蔵 Kanamori Kōzō?) | Eiji Takemoto | Kyle Hebert |
| Kotetsu (小鉄 Kotetsu?) | Ayumu Murase | Jeannie Tirado |
| Murata (村田 Murata?) | Kōki Miyata | Khoi Dao |
| Jigoro Kuwajima (桑島 慈悟郎 Kuwajima Jigorō?) | Shigeru Chiba | John DeMita |
| Kanae Kocho (胡蝶 カナエ Kochō Kanae?) | Ai Kayano | Bridget Hoffman |
| Tanjuro Kamado (竈門 炭十郎 Kamado Tanjūrō?) | Shin-ichiro Miki | Kirk Thornton |
| Kie Kamado (竈門 葵枝 Kamado Kie?) | Houko Kuwashima | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
| Takeo Kamado (竈門 竹雄 Kamado Takeo?) | Yō Taichi | Michelle Ruff |
| Hanako Kamado (竈門 花子 Kamado Hanako?) | Konomi Kohara | Ryan Bartley |
| Shigeru Kamado (竈門 茂 Kamado Shigeru?) | Kaede Hondo | Jessica DiCicco |
| Rokuta Kamado (竈門 六太 Kamado Rokuta?) | Aoi Koga | Philece Sampler |
| Sumiyoshi (炭吉 Sumiyoshi?) | Hirofumi Nojima | Howard Wang |
| Shinjuro Rengoku (煉獄 槇寿郎 Rengoku Shinjurō?) | Rikiya Koyama | Imari Williams |
| Ruka Rengoku (煉獄 瑠火 Rengoku Ruka?) | Megumi Toyoguchi | Suzie Yeung |
| Senjuro Rengoku (煉獄 千寿郎 Rengoku Senjurō?) | Junya Enoki | Cedric Williams |
| Yoriichi Tsugikuni (継国 縁壱 Tsugikuni Yoriichi?) | Kazuhiko Inoue | Mick Lauer |
Production
Season 1
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An anime television series adaptation by studio Ufotable was announced by Weekly Shōnen Jump in June 2018.[64] The anime was directed by Haruo Sotozaki and produced by Hikaru Kondo. Akira Matsushima served as the character designer. The series ran for 26 episodes, broadcast from April 6 to September 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, and other channels.[65][66][67][68]
It was released on two limited editions Blu-ray volumes: the first on June 30, 2020, and the second on November 24, 2020.[69][70] The company also partnered with Funimation to release standard-edition Blu-ray volumes.[71] Two volumes were released on September 29, 2020, and January 19, 2021.[72][73]
Aniplex of America licensed the series and streamed it on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Funimation.[74][75] Madman Entertainment acquired the series in Australia and New Zealand and simultaneously streamed the series on AnimeLab.[76] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Anime Limited acquired the series.[77] The first season ran for 26 episodes.[78] Netflix also started streaming the series starting January 22, 2021, in the United States.[79] An English dub produced by Aniplex of America and Bang Zoom! Entertainment[80] premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on October 13, 2019.[81][82][lower-alpha 13] Funimation began streaming the English dub on December 8, 2020.[84][80]
Season 2 and anime shorts
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The second season ran for two consecutive cours, beginning with a seven-episode television series adaptation of the "Mugen Train" story arc, broadcast from October 10 to November 28, 2021.[85][86] It included an original first episode, as well as new animation cuts and background music that differ from the film adaptation.[87][88] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc (鬼滅の刃 遊郭編 Kimetsu no Yaiba – Yūkaku-hen?) premiered on December 5, 2021, with a one-hour special,[89][87] and finished with its 11th episode on February 13, 2022.[90] The main staff and cast members from the first season returned to reprise their roles.[91][92] The series was broadcast on 30 stations and channels, including Fuji TV and Tokyo MX, covering most of Japan.[93]
According to Jason DeMarco, Adult Swim executive producer who oversees the block, the success of the Mugen Train film initially made further seasons of the series too expensive to acquire for broadcast.[94] Two years later in October 2023, Adult Swim announced that the English dub for Mugen Train Arc would broadcast on its Toonami block beginning on November 12 of the same year.[95] A month later, it was confirmed that Entertainment District Arc would also air beginning on January 14, 2024.[96]
Funimation streams Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc.[97] Muse Communication licensed the second season in Southeast Asia and South Asia;[98] they streamed it on iQIYI,[99] Bilibili,[100] WeTV,[101] Viu,[102] Netflix,[103] and Disney+.[104]
Four Valentine's Day-themed anime shorts, titled Kimetsu Gakuen Valentine-hen (キメツ学園 バレンタイン編?), debuted on the Aniplex YouTube channel on February 14, 2021.[105]
Season 3
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At the end of the second-season finale, a third season covering the "Swordsmith Village" arc from the manga was announced.[90] It premiered on April 9, 2023, with a one-hour special.[106][107] It ended with a 70-minute episode on June 18 of the same year.[108]
Crunchyroll streams Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc,[109] along with the English dub which began on May 28, 2023.[110]
Season 4
A fourth season covering the "Hashira Training" arc was announced following the end of the third season finale.[111] It is set to premiere in Q2 2024 with a one-hour episode.[112]
Compilation films
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Prior to airing, the first five episodes screened theatrically in Japan for two weeks from March 29, 2019, under the title Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sibling's Bond (鬼滅の刃 兄妹の絆 Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyōdai no Kizuna?).[113][114] Aniplex of America screened the film at the Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.[115] Madman Entertainment screened the film in select theaters in Australia on April 2, 2019.[116] The film was broadcast on Fuji TV's Saturday Premium block on October 10, 2020, followed by Kimetsu no Yaiba: Natagumo Yama-hen (鬼滅の刃 那田蜘蛛山編?, "Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mount Natagumo Arc"), which compiled episodes 15–21, on October 17, 2020. Fuji TV also rebroadcast the series in the Kanto area, under the title Kimetsu no Yaiba Zenshūchū! Ikkyo Hōsō (鬼滅の刃全集中！一挙放送?, "Kimetsu no Yaiba: Concentration! 一 All-at-once Broadcast"): episodes 6–10 aired from October 12–16, episodes 11–14 on October 17, and episodes 22–26 on October 24, 2020.[117][118] Episodes 22–26 were recompiled into a special edition episode, titled Hashira Gō Kaigi/Chōyashiki-hen (柱合会議・蝶屋敷編?, The Hashira Meeting Arc/Chōyashiki Arc), which adds some new footage and special ending credits roll, and aired on Fuji TV on December 20, 2020.[119][120]
A compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, which includes the 10th and 11th episodes of Entertainment District Arc and an advanced screening of the first Swordsmith Village Arc episode, premiered in Japan on February 3, 2023.[106] The film premiered in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2023,[121] and in North America on March 3 of the same year.[122]
Another compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, which includes the final episode of Swordsmith Village Arc and advanced screening of first Hashira Training Arc episode, premiered in Japan on February 2, 2024, with a theatrical release on February 23 of the same year.[112]
Film
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On September 28, 2019, immediately following the airing of episode 26, an anime film, titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, was announced, with the staff and cast reprising their roles.[123] The film is a direct sequel to the anime series and covers the events of the "Mugen Train" story arc.[124] The film is distributed in Japan by Aniplex and Toho and premiered in Japan on October 16, 2020.[125]
The film has grossed over US$500 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2020, and broke several box office records, including the highest-grossing Japanese film and anime film of all time.[126] The film was released worldwide digitally on June 22, 2021.[127]
Music
Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina composed the anime's music.[7] Lisa performed the opening theme "Gurenge" (紅蓮華?, "Red Lotus"),[128] while the ending theme is "from the edge" by FictionJunction and Lisa.[129] The ending theme for episode 19 is "Kamado Tanjirō no Uta" (竈門炭治郎のうた?, "Tanjiro Kamado's Song") by Go Shiina featuring Nami Nakagawa.[130] For the second season's Mugen Train Arc, Lisa performed the opening theme "Akeboshi" (明け星?, "Morning Star"), as well as the ending theme "Shirogane" (白銀?, "Silver"). For the Entertainment District Arc, Aimer performed the opening theme "Zankyō Sanka" (残響散歌?, "Song of Reverberation"), as well as the ending theme "Asa ga Kuru" (朝が来る?, "Daybreak").[87] For the third season's Swordsmith Village Arc, Man with a Mission and Milet performed the opening theme "Kizuna no Kiseki" (絆ノ奇跡?, "Bonds of Miracle"), as well as the ending theme "Koi Kogare" (コイコガレ?, "Yearning").[131][132] The last episode of the season features the song "Kamado Nezuko no Uta" (竈門襧豆子のうた?, "Nezuko Kamado's Song") by Go Shiina featuring Nami Nakagawa.[133] For the fourth season's Hashira Training Arc, My First Story and Hyde will perform the opening theme "Mugen" (無限?, "Dreams").[134]
Soundtracks of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime were accompanied with the DVD and Blu-ray volume releases of the anime. A soundtrack album for first season of the anime series, titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kamado Tanjiro Risshi-hen Original Soundtrack (竈門炭治郎 立志編 オリジナルサウンドトラック Kamado Tanjirō Risshi-hen Orijinaru Saundotorakku?), published by Aniplex, was released on May 26, 2021.[135][136] A second soundtrack album containing 50 tracks used in the film and Mugen Train Arc titled, Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Resshahen Original Soundtrack (鬼滅の刃 無限列車編 オリジナルサウンドトラック Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Resshahen Orijinaru Saundotorakku?) was released on December 14, 2022.[137] The soundtrack albums include the opening and ending themes as well as the instrumental score by Kajiura and Shiina.
All music composed by Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura, except where noted.
| Disc 1 | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Gurenge" (紅蓮華; TV version) | 1:32 |
| 2. | "Family" (家族; OST version) | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Brace Up and Run!" | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Survive and Get the Blade, Boy" | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Demon Slayer Corps" (鬼殺隊; OST version) | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Training" (訓練) | 1:18 |
| 7. | "The Appearance of Sabito" (錆兎 出現) | 1:58 |
| 8. | "Makomo" (真菰; OST version) | 1:39 |
| 9. | "Purification" (浄) | 1:02 |
| 10. | "Water Breathing: Hand Demon" (水の呼吸～手鬼) | 2:31 |
| 11. | "Mystery: Tanjiro Kamado: With the Kasugai Crows" (不思議～竈門炭治郎～鎹鴉と共に) | 1:29 |
| 12. | "Demon" (鬼) | 2:51 |
| 13. | "Muzan Kibutsuji" (鬼舞辻無惨; OST version) | 2:13 |
| 14. | "Tamayo" (珠世; OST version) | 2:11 |
| 15. | "Battle Between Susamaru and Yahaba" (朱紗丸と矢琶羽との戦闘) | 2:59 |
| 16. | "Nezuko: Always Together" (禰豆子～ずっと一緒) | 1:17 |
| 17. | "Zenitsu Agatsuma" (我妻善逸) | 1:52 |
| 18. | "Inosuke Hashibira" (嘴平伊之助) | 3:05 |
| 19. | "Water Breathing" (水の呼吸) | 3:07 |
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44:22 | |
| Disc 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Natagumo Mountain" (那田蜘蛛山; OST version) | 0:53 |
| 2. | "Water Breathing: Blessed Rain After the Drought's Welcome" (水の呼吸～干天の慈雨へ; OST version) | 2:25 |
| 3. | "Thunderclap and Flash Six Fold: As the Demon Slayer Corps" (霹靂一閃 六連～鬼殺隊として) | 2:06 |
| 4. | "Activate Water Breathing" (水の呼吸発動; OST version) | 2:44 |
| 5. | "The Bond of Brother and Sister" (兄妹の絆; OST version) | 0:49 |
| 6. | "Confrontation with Rui" (累と対峙) | 1:43 |
| 7. | "The Appearance of Shinobu Kocho" (胡蝶しのぶ 出現; OST version) | 0:36 |
| 8. | "Giyu Tomioka's Theme: Tanjiro's Battle: Demon Slayer Corps" (冨岡義勇のテーマ～炭治郎の戦い～鬼殺隊) | 1:35 |
| 9. | "Constant Flux" (生生流転; OST version) | 2:33 |
| 10. | "Kamado Tanjiro no Uta" (竈門炭治郎のうた; OST version) | 5:30 |
| 11. | "Dead Calm" (凪; OST version) | 1:19 |
| 12. | "The Insect Hashira's Theme" (蟲柱のテーマ; OST version) | 1:46 |
| 13. | "Family Memories" (家族の思い出; OST version) | 0:49 |
| 14. | "Hashira: Confrontation" (柱～対峙) | 1:01 |
| 15. | "The Messenger of the Kasugai Crows" (鎹鴉の伝令; OST version) | 1:34 |
| 16. | "Natagumo Mountain: Dawn" (那田蜘蛛山～夜明け) | 1:19 |
| 17. | "The Hashira's Theme" (柱のテーマ; OST version) | 2:14 |
| 18. | "Confrontation with Sanemi Shinazugawa" (不死川実弥との対峙) | 1:47 |
| 19. | "Gratitude" (感謝) | 0:53 |
| 20. | "Showdown with Kanao Tsuyuri" (粟花落カナヲと対決) | 1:11 |
| 21. | "Lower Rank Demon" (下弦の鬼) | 1:05 |
| 22. | "New Mission: Toward the Mugen Train" (新たなる任務～無限列車に向かって) | 2:50 |
| 23. | "From the Edge" (TV version) | 1:30 |
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Total length:
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40:12 | |
Reception
Popularity and cultural impact
The anime had received high TV rating percentage and has consistently ranked among the top ten animated shows in Japan, since the release of second season's Mugen Train and Entertainment District story arcs.[138] According to Video Research, Entertainment District Arc averaged 18.43 million viewers, with 25.5 million for episode 10 and 25.97 million for episode 11.[139] The Swordsmith Village Arc's final episode averaged 22.87 million viewers, while the double feature special of the anime's Entertainment District Arc drew 22.51 million after their broadcast.[140] The Swordsmith Village Arc also became the most-watched anime in 2023, garnering 15.4 million viewers in Japan.[141]
Gadget Tsūshin listed both the breathing techniques suffix and "Ah! The era, the era changed again!" on their 2019 anime buzzwords list.[142] On Tumblr's 2020 Year in Review, which highlights the largest communities, fandoms, and trends on the platform throughout the year, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ranked seventh on the Top Anime & Manga Shows category.[143] The second season's Mugen Train placed third on the annual Twitter Japan's Trend Awards in 2021, based on the social network's top trending topics of the year.[144] According to a 2020 poll conducted by education and publishing company Benesse, which asked 7,661 third to sixth-grade Japanese children (5,170 girls and 2,491 boys), Tanjiro Kamado ranked first on the top 10 most admired people, which placed the children's mothers, fathers, and teachers on second, fourth and fifth place, respectively, with the remaining spots occupied by other Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba characters.[145] The series helped to increase internal tourism, with many tourists traveling to similar spots to the ones featured in the series.[146][147][148][149]
According to Yuma Takahashi, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime series producer, the series had three main factors for its success: "The power of the original work, the attitude towards adapting it to anime, and the environment". Takahashi explained that although many people learned about the manga through the anime, that in itself is not enough to generate a hit, stating that the original manga itself is interesting and they tried to adapt it earnestly without losing any of its appeal. The earnest attitude towards the adaptation and techniques from the staff at Ufotable were other key factors. Takahashi pointed out the changes in the anime-viewing landscape within the past few years and the increasing popularity of the streaming platforms. Takahashi said that by airing the series for two cours, it had the time to build up an audience. Takahashi added: "While the anime was airing, the story being serialized in the manga was heating up, so the timing was also ideal. It wasn't as if it suddenly became the center of attention; I feel that it steadily picked up fans and expanded its audience".[150] In 2021, in Tokushima, the Red Cross featured characters from the series on blood drive posters, which helped to increase the number of donors.[151][152]
In January 2021, Gundam franchise's creator Yoshiyuki Tomino discussed his thoughts on the series in an interview, where he said that he initially felt jealous of how the series attracted "such a dedicated and talented staff", and said: "The voice actors are great, the composer of the song that everyone knows is great. So many talented people showed up! In that sense, what I felt surpassed envy, and I started thinking, 'Man, those guys sure are something!'". Nevertheless, Tomino called the series cultural success a coincidence, explaining: "I don't think that Demon Slayer is a calculated or contrived work. I think that its assemblage was quite a coincidence", adding that in the anime industry people often get chosen for a job because they "just happened to be there" or their schedules "happened to align at the right time" and that it is rare for people with exactly the ideal talents or innate qualities to get chosen.[153]
Former prime minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga quoted the series at a House of Representatives Budget Committee in the National Diet in November 2020.[154][155] The incumbent, Fumio Kishida, has remarked that he was a fan of the series, pledging that he would improve the conditions in the anime and manga industry.[156][157] Several politicians even used motifs and patterns from the series in their campaigns in 2021.[158][159]
Critical reception
Writing for Monsters and Critics, Patrick Frye wrote that the anime adaptation is "praised [for] the animation quality and flowing battle scenes that integrate digital effects seamlessly" while noting that "some fans have complained about weird story pacing issues thanks to flashbacks and some slow moments, but everyone agrees that once the action picks up, it's amazing."[160] Writing for Anime News Network, James Beckett highlighted Episode 19 by noting it was "a thrilling showstopper of an episode, showing off ufotable's considerable skills as producers of nearly unrivaled action spectacle."[161]
The anime series has been considered as one of the best anime of the 2010s. Polygon's Austen Goslin wrote that "Few shows over the last 10 years have so clearly or unabashedly made fights their focus, and absolutely none of them have done it as well as Demon Slayer".[162] Crunchyroll listed it in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s", with reviewer Daniel Dockery commenting, "From the top-notch action choreography to the understated (and sometimes not so understated) emotional moments, to the infinitely meme-able Inosuke, Demon Slayer can be a wonder to behold".[163][164] Writing for Comic Book Resources, Sage Ashford ranked it second on his list, praising its animation and protagonists, whom he called "the most likable male and female leads of the decade".[165] IGN also listed Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba among the best anime series of the 2010s.[166] Japan Web Magazine ranked the series first on its list of "30 Best Anime of All Time".[167]
Accolades
In 2019, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won in the anime category of the Yahoo! Japan Search Awards, based on the number of searches for a particular term compared to the year before;[168] the series won the award for the second consecutive year in 2020;[169] it was third in 2021,[170] and its Swordsmith Village Arc was fifth in 2023.[171] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won "Animation of the Decade" at the Funimation's Decade of Anime poll, where the fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories.[172] In the other fan poll, Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado were chosen as one of the "Best Boys" and "Best Girls" honorees, respectively.[173] In the February 2020 issue of Animedia magazine, it was revealed that the series received eleven awards for its characters at the "Animedia Character Awards 2019". Having won the most awards in a single year in animedia history.[174][175]
In a poll conducted by Kadokawa Game Linkage of the most satisfying series of 2019, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ranked in the first place, and it was also reported that between its debut episode and last episode the viewership numbers increased by 1.4 million.[176][177] In April 2020, the anime series won the Grand Prix award and the New Face Award at the Japan Character Awards by Japan's Character Brand Licensing Association (CBLA).[178] In 2020, the series became one of five recipients of the Special Achievement Award at the 62nd Japan Record Awards.[179] In 2021, the series won "Most Retweeted" for its announcement of the Entertainment District Arc on the annual Twitter Japan's Trend Awards.[180]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9th Newtype Anime Awards | Best Work (TV) | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [181] |
| Best Character (Male) | Tanjiro Kamado | Won | |||
| Best Character (Female) | Nezuko Kamado | Won | |||
| Best Voice Actor | Natsuki Hanae | Won | |||
| Hiro Shimono | 5th place | ||||
| Best Voice Actress | Akari Kitō | Won | |||
| Mikako Komatsu | 2nd place | ||||
| Saori Hayami | 4th place | ||||
| Kana Hanazawa | 5th place | ||||
| Best Theme Song | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Best Director | Haruo Sotozaki | Won | |||
| Best Character Design | Akira Matsushima, Miyuki Satō, Yōko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi | Won | |||
| Best Mascot Character | Chuntaro | 2nd place | |||
| Best Screenplay | ufotable | 2nd place | |||
| Best Soundtrack | Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina | 2nd place | |||
| Yahoo! Japan Search Awards | Anime Category | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [168] | |
| Billboard Japan Music Awards | Hot Animation | "Gurenge" by LiSA | 3rd place | [182] | |
| Reiwa Anisong Awards | Best Anime Song Award | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | [183] | |
| User Voting Award | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | |||
| IGN Awards | Best Anime Series | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | [184] | |
| Best Anime Series - People's Choice | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Runner-up | |||
| Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | [185] | ||
| Best Animation - People's Choice | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| Funimation | Animation of the Decade | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [172] | |
| Best Boys of the Decade | Tanjiro Kamado | Won | [173] | ||
| Best Girls of the Decade | Nezuko Kamado | Won | |||
| AT-X | Top Anime Ranking | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [186] | |
| 2020 | Animedia Character Awards | Most Valuable Player | Tanjiro Kamado | Won | [174] |
| bright | Won | ||||
| courageous | Won | ||||
| Strong | Giyu Tomioka | Won | |||
| Cool | Won | ||||
| Mysterious | Won | ||||
| Hot | Kyojuro Rengoku | Won | |||
| Cute | Nezuko Kamado | Won | |||
| Beautiful | Shinobu Kocho | Won | |||
| Sexy | Mitsuri Kanroji | Won | |||
| Cute and bratty | Zenitsu Agatsuma | Won | |||
| Tokyo Anime Awards | Animation of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [187] | |
| Best Script & Original Story | Koyoharu Gotouge | Won | |||
| Best Animator | Akira Matsushima | Won | [188] | ||
| Sound and Performance Award | Yuki Kajiura | Won | |||
| TAAF 2020 with Bilibili | Anime of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [189] | |
| D-Anime awards | Recommended Anime | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [190] | |
| Best Story | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| Hottest Anime | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Anime of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [191][192] | |
| Best Protagonist | Tanjiro Kamado | Nominated | |||
| Best Boy | Tanjiro Kamado | Won | |||
| Best Girl | Nezuko Kamado | Nominated | |||
| Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | |||
| Best Fantasy | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | |||
| Best Score | Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura | Nominated | |||
| Best Fight Scene | Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui | Won | |||
| Best VA Performance (Japanese) | Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho | Nominated | |||
| 14th Seiyu Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado | Won | [193] | |
| Synergy Award | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| Japan Character Awards | Grand Prize | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [178] | |
| New Face Award | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| AnimaniA Awards | Best Online Series | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [194] | |
| 42nd Anime Grand Prix | Grand Prize | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [195] | |
| Best Character (Male) | Tanjiro Kamado | Won | |||
| Giyu Tomioka | 2nd place | ||||
| Best Character (Female) | Nezuko Kamado | 2nd place | |||
| Shinobu Kocho | 3rd place | ||||
| Best Voice Actor | Natsuki Hanae | Won | |||
| Best Theme Song | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Magnolia Award | Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | [196] | |
| 25th AMD Awards | Excellence Award | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [197] | |
| Internet Buzzword Awards | Grand Prize | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [198] | |
| Anime Buzzword Awards | Grand Prize | Breathing | Won | ||
| Silver Prize | Total Concentration | Won | |||
| Bronze Prize | Mr.Kyojuro Rengoku, the 20 billion man. | Won | |||
| Billboard Japan Music Awards | Hot 100 | "Gurenge" by LiSA | 3rd place | [199] | |
| Most Downloaded Songs | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Hot Animation | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Yahoo! Japan Search Awards | Anime Category | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [169] | |
| Movie Category | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| Voice Actor Category | Natsuki Hanae | Won | |||
| 62nd Japan Record Awards | Grand Prize | "Homura" by LiSA | Won | [200] | |
| Excellent Work Awards | "Homura" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Special Achievement Award | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | |||
| AT-X | Top Anime Ranking | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [201] | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Anime Awards | Best Animator | Akira Matsushima | Won | [202] |
| Best Director | Haruo Sotozaki | Won | |||
| Sound and Performance Award | Yuki Kajiura | Won | |||
| 15th Seiyu Awards | Special Honor Award | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [203] | |
| 39th JASRAC Awards | Gold Award | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | [204] | |
| 43rd Anime Grand Prix | Best Character (Male) | Kyojuro Rengoku | Won | [205] | |
| Best Theme Song | "Homura" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Reiwa Anisong Awards | Artist Song Award | "Akeboshi" by LiSA | Nominated | [206] | |
| Twitter Japan's Trend Awards | Most Retweeted | Entertainment District Arc | Won | [180] | |
| 63rd Japan Record Awards | Song of the Year | "Akeboshi" by LiSA | Won | [207] | |
| Yahoo! Japan Search Awards | Anime Category | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 3rd place | [170] | |
| 2022 | 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Action | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc | Nominated | [208][209] |
| Best Ending Sequence | "Shirogane" by LiSA | Won | |||
| Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc | Won | |||
| Best VA Performance (Castilian) | Marcel Navarro as Tanjiro Kamado | Won | |||
| Best VA Performance (French) | Enzo Ratsito as Tanjiro Kamado | Won | |||
| Best VA Performance (Spanish) | Irwin Daayán as Kyojuro Rengoku | Won | |||
| Best Score | Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina | Won | |||
| 36th Japan Gold Disc Award | Animation Album of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Won | [210] | |
| 40th JASRAC Awards | Gold Award | "Gurenge" by LiSA | Won | [211] | |
| Silver Award | "Homura" by LiSA | Won | |||
| 44th Anime Grand Prix | Grand Prize | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc |
2nd place | [212] | |
| Best Character (Male) | Tengen Uzui | Won | |||
| Zenitsu Agatsuma | 4th place | ||||
| Gyutaro | 7th place | ||||
| Best Character (Female) | Nezuko Kamado | Won | |||
| Daki | 2nd place | ||||
| Best Voice Actor | Miyuki Sawashiro | 4th place | |||
| Best Theme Song | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Won | |||
| "Akeboshi" by LiSA | 3rd place | ||||
| 12th Newtype Anime Awards | Best Work (TV) | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Won | [213] | |
| Best Character (Male) | Tengen Uzui | 5th place | |||
| Best Character (Female) | Nezuko Kamado | 5th place | |||
| Best Voice Actor | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Won | |||
| Natsuki Hanae | 3rd place | ||||
| Best Theme Song | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | 4th place | |||
| Best Director | Haruo Sotozaki | Won | |||
| Best Character Design | Akira Matsushima | 5th place | |||
| Best Mascot Character | Muscular Mice | 5th place | |||
| Best Screenplay | ufotable | 4th place | |||
| Best Soundtrack | Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina | 2nd place | |||
| Best Studio | Ufotable | 2nd place | |||
| Billboard Japan Music Awards | Hot 100 | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Won | [214] | |
| Most Downloaded Songs | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Won | |||
| Hot Animation | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Won | |||
| Reiwa Anisong Awards | Arrangement Award | Kenji Tamai and Masahiro Tobinai for "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Nominated | [215] | |
| 2023 | 5th Global Demand Awards | Most In-Demand Anime Series of 2022 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | [216] |
| 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Anime of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Nominated | [217] | |
| Best Director | Haruo Sotozaki | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Character | Tengen Uzui | Nominated | |||
| Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Won | |||
| Best Character Design | Akira Matsushima | Won | |||
| Best Continuing Series | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Nominated | |||
| Best Action | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Won | |||
| Best Fantasy | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc | Won | |||
| Best Score | Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura | Nominated | |||
| Best Opening Sequence | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Nominated | |||
| Best VA Performance (Japanese) | Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado | Nominated | |||
| Best VA Performance (Italian) | Andrea La Greca as Kyojuro Rengoku | Nominated | |||
| Best VA Performance (Spanish) | Alejandro Orozco as Gyutaro | Won | |||
| 41st JASRAC Awards | Bronze Award | "Zankyō Sanka" by Aimer | Won | [218] | |
| 13th Newtype Anime Awards | Best Work (TV) | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | 3rd place | [219] | |
| Best Character (Male) | Muichiro Tokito | 3rd place | |||
| Tanjiro Kamado | 4th place | ||||
| Akaza | 5th place | ||||
| Best Character (Female) | Mitsuri Kanroji | 7th place | |||
| Best Theme Song | "Kizuna no Kiseki" by Man with a Mission and Milet | 8th place | |||
| Best Studio | ufotable | 3rd place | |||
| Yahoo! Japan Search Awards | Anime Category | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | 5th place | [171] | |
| 2024 | 6th Global Demand Awards | Most In-Demand Anime Series of 2023 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Nominated | [220] |
| 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Anime of the Year | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | Pending | [221] | |
| Best Action | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | Pending | |||
| Best Fantasy | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | Pending | |||
| Best Animation | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | Pending | |||
| Best Continuing Series | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc | Pending | |||
| Best Character Design | Akira Matsushima | Pending | |||
| Best Cinematography | Yuichi Terao | Pending | |||
| Best Art Direction | Koji Eto | Pending | |||
| Best Score | Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina | Pending | |||
| Best Ending Sequence | "Koi Kogare" by Milet and Man with a Mission | Pending | |||
| Best VA Performance (English) | Abby Trott as Nezuko Kamado | Pending | |||
| Best VA Performance (Spanish) | Armando Corona Ibarrola as Muichiro Tokito | Pending |
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- Episode 27: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 28: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 29: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- Episode 44: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Japanese TV animation weekly ratings in the Kantō region:
- Episode 27: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 28: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 29: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 30: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 31: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 32: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 33: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- Episode 40: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 41: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 42: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 43: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Episode 44: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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