The theatrical release is rated R for violence, if that gives you a sense of the anime's intensity. Considering the movie's massive success abroad, having opened as the number one movie in Australia and New Zealand in February and conquered the South Korean box office after its sweeping victories in Japan, the hype stateside was practically rabid, and the ticket sales have made it the highest-grossing R-rated animated movie and foreign movie in the US.
It'll sure make your movie-watching experience a whole lot less confusing if you do. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train is a continuation of Season 1's final arc, counter to many other movie adaptations of anime series that tend to recap the important points of the previous season s.
And unlike many animated spin-offs that are ultimately inconsequential to the central plot, Mugen Train is a two-hour stop-gap that bridges the narrative between Season 1—with the final episode putting Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke on the titular train and setting up the powered-up big bad, courtesy of Muzan—and the upcoming Season 2.
No spoilies: As mentioned, the entire movie takes place on the eponymous locomotive we see our core crew chase down at the very end of Season 1 to meet up with the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, and help take down the demon s that have been killing passengers aboard. Primarily responsible is Enmu, the Lower One of Muzan's extremely powerful demons in the Twelve Kizuki who we meet at the tail end of the first season, who is able to put ticket holders into a deep sleep, making it easy for lesser demons who make it on the train to, uh, eat people.
Tanjiro and co. How Tanjiro finds his way out of his reverie, where his family is still alive and Nezuko is a human, is tragic, and the rest of the movie, stuffed with big action set-pieces, builds up to a devastating ending that, one, introduces an even stronger demon in the Twelve Kizuki, and, two, will affect the entire Demon Slayer Corps. Want more Thrillist? Skip to main content Entertainment Streaming. What is Demon Slayer the anime all about? Why is it so popular?
When is Demon Slayer Season 2 coming out? Is Mugen Train any good? New episodes are coming in December. For now, the series is recapping the movie across seven episodes. That's pm in the UK. We can expect that same time for every new episode moving forward, too. There are seven 'recap' episodes of Mugen Train airing every Sunday, complete with some new scenes and music.
The official 'start' for season 2 will come later - on December 5. That's going to be a one-hour episode so it'll surely be worth the wait. New episodes will then run weekly across December and well into It should look a little something like this. In a surprise move, there's currently a seven-episode recap airing with minor new material to catch fans up on Mugen Train in case they missed it the first time round.
Demon Slayer season 2 will then air new episodes revolving around the 'Entertainment District' arc, starting from December. So you either need to watch the movie or the seven-episode recap. Or both, for completion's sake. Your call. Then Tanjiro's journey will continue in December with a post-Mugen Train adventure.
So far, only a handful of scenes are clearly new mostly the final bumpers of each episode and, if you've seen Mugen Train recently, there's not going to be much here for you to watch it again. The October 10 premiere, though, was an entirely original prequel starring Rengoku and is well worth seeking out. Fuji TV — the Japanese broadcast home of Demon Slayer — has responded to concerns that the broadcast of season 2 will be affected by its setting of a red-light district.
This comes after news that season 2 would air over the course of two periods of three months each, also known as cours, on Fuji TV during fall and winter, according to Anime News Network. Each episode will air every Sunday at According to Polygon , there will also be an entirely original episode that takes place before the events of Mugen Train. This arc will begin broadcasting October See it below:. Credit: Demon Slayer official Twitter. Yes, there is. The official trailer for Demon Slayer season 2 was revealed on February 14, alongside an official announcement in Kimetsu-Sai Online: Anime 2nd Anniversary Festival, a special online event that aired on Japanese streaming service Abema TV.
Uzui narrates the shamisen-soundtracked trailer, which features cuts of Zenitsu and Tanjirou preparing for battle amid the iconic geishas of Yoshiwara.
Watch it below:. On July 13, Aniplex also shared a new teaser for the arc that gives a greater glimpse of Daki, the enemy that Tanjirou and the other demon slayers will face in the Entertainment District. Here, sleep falls during the day, but its light shines like this during the night. View the new teaser video here:. Demon Slayer season 2 will be broadcasted on 30 domestic television channels in Japan, up from about 20 for season 1, including major networks such as Fuji TV and Tokyo MX.
This slate of channels will cover close to the entire island, and is a record for Aniplex, with past works from the prolific anime producers only logging up to a maximum of 21 channels. Funimation, Hulu and Crunchyroll will also broadcast the seven-episode Mugen Train arc that precedes the Entertainment District arc and begins October Aniplex of America licensed the first season in April , and as such season 1 was simulcasted on Hulu, Crunchyroll and Funimation. Several other streaming services also licensed the show for viewers in the rest of the world, and Netflix delivered the anime series to even larger global audiences when the series landed on the streamer in January While you wait for Demon Slayer season 2, catch up on season 1 and Mugen Train.
You can watch the first season on Netflix here.
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