Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (season 1)

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File:Kimetsu no Yaiba Blu-ray Disc Box 1 art.jpg
Cover art for the first Blu-ray volume, featuring the protagonist Tanjiro Kamado
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11
Original release April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) – September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is an anime series based on the manga series of the same title, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. The anime television series adaptation by studio Ufotable was announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump on June 4, 2018.[1] The first season adapts the first seven volumes (chapters 1–54) of the manga series, and it aired from April 6 to September 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, and other channels.[2][3] Haruo Sotozaki directed the anime with scripts by the Ufotable staff. Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina composed the music, and Akira Matsushima is the character designer. Hikaru Kondo is the producer.[4]

The opening theme "Gurenge" (紅蓮華?) by LiSA,[5] while the ending theme is "from the edge" by FictionJunction feat. LiSA.[6] The ending theme for episode 19 is "Kamado Tanjirō no Uta" (竈門炭治郎のうた?) by Go Shiina featuring Nami Nakagawa.

Aniplex of America announced that they have licensed the series,[7] and streaming on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and FunimationNow.[8] AnimeLab is simulcasting the series in Australia and New Zealand.[9] The series ran for 26 episodes and adapted the manga from the beginning of the first volume to the first chapters of the seventh.[10]

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?).[11] Aniplex of America screened the film at the Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.[12] Madman Entertainment through AnimeLab screened the film in select theatres in Australia on April 2, 2019.[13]

In July 2019, it was announced that the English dub would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami block.[14] The English dub premiered on October 13, 2019.[15][lower-alpha 1]

As stated in the closing credits of the last episode, a sequel film, which is an adaptation of the "Infinite Train Arc" has been greenlit and premiered on October 16, 2020, with the staff and cast reprising their roles.[16]

Episode list

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No. Title [17][18] Directed by Original air date [19][lower-alpha 2] English air date [15][lower-alpha 1]
1 "Cruelty" Haruo Sotozaki April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) October 13, 2019
2 "Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki" Haruo Sotozaki April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13) October 20, 2019
3 "Sabito and Makomo" Shinya Shimomura April 20, 2019 (2019-04-20) October 27, 2019
4 "Final Selection" Shinya Shimomura April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27) November 3, 2019
5 "My Own Steel" Takashi Suhara May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04) November 10, 2019
6 "Swordsman Accompanying a Demon" Junichi Minano May 11, 2019 (2019-05-11) November 17, 2019
7 "Muzan Kibutsuji" Takahiro Majima
Masashi Takeuchi		 May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18) November 24, 2019
8 "The Smell of Enchanting Blood" Hideki Hosokawa May 25, 2019 (2019-05-25)[lower-alpha 3] December 8, 2019
9 "Temari Demon and Arrow Demon" Shinya Shimomura June 1, 2019 (2019-06-01) December 15, 2019
10 "Together Forever" Yūki Itō June 8, 2019 (2019-06-08) January 5, 2020
11 "Tsuzumi Mansion" Shūji Miyahara June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15) January 12, 2020
12 "The Boar Bares its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps" Susumu Takeuchi June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) January 19, 2020
13 "Something More Important Than Life" Yūsuke Shibata June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29) January 26, 2020
14 "The House with the Wisteria Family Crest" Haruo Sotozaki
Shūji Miyahara		 July 6, 2019 (2019-07-06) February 2, 2020
15 "Mount Natagumo" Yūki Itō
Shinsuke Gomi		 July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13) February 9, 2020
16 "Letting Someone Else Go First" Ken Takahashi July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20) February 16, 2020
17 "You Must Master a Single Thing" Shūji Miyahara
Takuya Nonaka		 July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27) February 23, 2020
18 "A Forged Bond" Akihiko Uda August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03) March 1, 2020
19 "Hinokami" Toshiyuki Shirai August 10, 2019 (2019-08-10) March 8, 2020
20 "Pretend Family" Takashi Suhara August 17, 2019 (2019-08-17) March 15, 2020
21 "Against Corps Rules" Takuya Nonaka August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24) March 22, 2020
22 "Master of the Mansion" Yūki Itō August 31, 2019 (2019-08-31) March 29, 2020
23 "Hashira Meeting" Ken Takahashi September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) April 5, 2020
24 "Rehabilitation Training" Shūji Miyahara
Akihiko Uda		 September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14)[lower-alpha 4] April 19, 2020
25 "Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri" Shinya Shimomura September 21, 2019 (2019-09-21) April 26, 2020
26 "New Mission" Haruo Sotozaki
Yūichi Terao		 September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28) May 3, 2020

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adult Swim premiered the series on Saturday at 1:30 a.m. (25:30) ET/PT, which is effectively Sunday.[20]
  2. ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba premiered in Tokyo MX's Saturday 23:30 (11:30 p.m. JST) time slot.
  3. ↑ Episode 8 premiered prior to television airing at Madman Anime Festival Brisbane, Australia at 1:00 pm AEST (12:00 pm JST).[21]
  4. ↑ Episode 24 premiered prior to television airing at Madman Anime Festival Melbourne, Australia at 1:30 pm AEST (12:30 pm JST).[22]

References

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