Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc premieres this year

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) television anime will debut in April with a one-hour special, according to the conclusion of the special broadcast of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Movie: Mugen Train on Saturday. 

Additionally, starting on February 3, cinemas in more than 80 nations and territories will film "World Tour Jei: Kimetsu no Yaiba Jgen Shketsu, Soshite Katanakaji no Satoe" (World Tour Screenings: Demon Slayer: The Upper Ranks Gather and Onward to the Swordsmith Village).

The first episode of the Swordsmith Village Arc and episodes 10 and 11 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc will also be screened.

The World Tour screenings:-

• Japan: February 3 in 418 theaters, including 41 IMAX screens
• Tokyo: Special screenings with guest appearances on February 4 and 5
• Los Angeles: February 18 at The Orpheum Theatre with Natsuki Hanae, Yūma Takahashi, and a performance by Aimer (Tickets go on sale on January 7 at Ticketmaster)
• United States and Canada: March 3 in over 1,700 theaters in both English-subtitled and -dubbed versions
• Paris: February 25 with Yūma Takahashi
• Berlin: February 26 with Yūma Takahashi
• Mexico City: March 4 with Natsuki Hanae
• Seoul: March 11 with Akari Kitō, Yūma Takahashi
• Taipei: March 19 with Natsuki Hanae, Kengo Kawanishi, Kana Hanazawa, Yūma Takahashi

STAFF/CAST

The primary cast, the animation studio ufotable, character designer and chief animation director Akira Matsushima, and the director Haruo Sotozaki are all back for the new arc.

• Original Story : Koyoharu Gotoge (JUMP COMICS / SHUEISHA)
• Director : Haruo Sotozaki
• Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Akira Matsushima
• Animation Production : ufotable
• Tanjiro Kamado : Natsuki Hanae
• Nezuko Kamado : Akari Kito
• Zenitsu Agatsuma : Hiro Shimono
• Inosuke Hashibira : Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
• Muichiro Tokito : Kengo Kawanishi
• Mitsuri Kanroji: Kana Hanazawa

ABOUT

In February 2016, Gotouge published the manga's first issue in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump publication. Finished in May 2020, the manga. The manga's 23rd and final collected book volume was released by Shueisha in December 2020. The manga was released in English by Viz Media.

In April 2019, the first television adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga debuted. The anime was licenced by Aniplex of America, which also aired it on Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. The television anime made its debut on Adult Swim's Toonami schedule in October 2019.

The Mugen Train anime film The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba premiered in Japan in October 2020. The movie is streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll.

The seven-episode Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, which adapts the Mugen Train movie, debuted in October 2021. On December 5, a one-hour special of The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Ykaku-hen) television anime debuted. The anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc were both aired on Funimation and Crunchyroll.