Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Movie - Mugen Train is a Japanese animated action-adventure dark fantasy historical tragedy film based upon the Mugen Train Arc of Koyoharu Gotōge's Kimetsu no Yaiba manga series. The film premiered on October 16th, 2020, and serves as a direct, canon sequel to the TV anime adaptation. The film will be premiered on North American theaters in both English and Japanese dub on April 23rd, 2021.

An exclusive, 84-page volume titled Rengoku Volume 0 is to be distributed among individuals who attend the screenings of the movie, beginning from its debut on October 16th. The volume is limited to 4.5 million copies and consists of the Special One-Shot plus various other bonuses. The movie was officially set for a North American release on Aniplex and Funimation as a part of Sony theatrical animated films.

Despite its premiere, the film receives acclaim for its music, characters, and action sequences were praised; though the opening sequence and production quality from the studio's film standards drew polarized response. It broke numerous box-office records and was submitted in the Best Animated Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards, however it was not nominated.

Plot Summary
The movie fully adapts the Mugen Train Arc of the manga.

Enmu, Lower Rank 1, is sent to kill Tanjiro Kamado as well as the other Demon Slayers in order for him to become an Upper Rank and receive even more blood from Muzan Kibutsuji.

Meanwhile, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira decide to buy tickets to board the Infinity Train and join Kyojuro Rengoku, the Flame Hashira, with the hope of learning more about the Hinokami Kagura as well as defending the onboard passengers.

Staff

 * Information provided by the official English website


 * Original Story: Koyoharu Gotōge
 * Animation Studio: ufotable
 * Direction: Haruo Sotozaki
 * Character Design: Akira Matsushima
 * Chief Animation Direction: Akira Matsushima
 * Screenplay: ufotable
 * Sub Character Design: Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi
 * Prop Design: Masaharu Koyama
 * Conceptual Art: Koji Eto, Masaru Yanaka, Yuri Kabasawa
 * Photography Direction: Yuichi Terao
 * 3D Direction: Kazuki Nishiwaki
 * Color Setting: Yuko Omae
 * Editing: Manabu Kamino
 * Music: Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina

Cast

 * Information provided by the official English website

Japanese

 * Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado
 * Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
 * Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
 * Akari Kitō as Nezuko Kamado
 * Satoshi Hino as Kyojuro Rengoku
 * Daisuke Hirakawa as Enmu
 * Akira Ishida as Akaza
 * Rikiya Koyama as Shinjuro Rengoku
 * Junya Enoki as Senjuro Rengoku
 * Megumi Toyoguchi as Ruka Rengoku
 * Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho
 * Tomokazu Sugita as Gyomei Himejima
 * Katsuyuki Konsihi as Tengen Uzui
 * Kenichi Suzumura as Obanai Iguro
 * Takahiro Sakurai as Giyu Tomioka
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kagaya Ubuyashiki
 * Rina Satō as Amane Ubuyashiki

English

 * Zach Aguilar as Tanjiro Kamado
 * Aleks Le as Zenitsu Agatsuma
 * Bryce Papenbrook as Inosuke Hashibira
 * Abby Trott as Nezuko Kamado
 * Mark Whitten as Kyojuro Rengoku
 * Landon McDonald as Enmu
 * TBA as Akaza
 * TBA as Shinjuro Rengoku
 * TBA as Senjuro Rengoku
 * TBA as Ruka Rengoku
 * Erika Harlacher as Shinobu Kocho
 * Crispin Freeman as Gyomei Himejima
 * Ray Chase as Tengen Uzui
 * Erik Scott Kimerer as Obanai Iguro
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Giyu Tomioka
 * Matthew Mercer as Kagaya Ubuyashiki
 * TBA as Amane Ubuyashiki

Music

 * Theme Song: "Homura" by LiSA

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.60/10.

Box office records
As of April 9, 2021 on Wikipedia.It has grossed over US$435.23 million worldwide, making it the first Japanese film and anime film to reach the milestone of US$400 million worldwide box office and was the only R-rated animated film to broke multiple box office records according to;


 * The highest-grossing anime film, and Japanese film of all time in Japan.
 * The highest-grossing animated film of 2020, and fifth highest-grossing traditional animated film of all time.
 * The third highest-grossing film of 2020.
 * The highest-grossing horror film of 2020, and 12nd highest-grossing horror film of all time.
 * The 13th highest-grossing foreign language overall, and 2nd highest-grossing foreign language of all time without Chinese-related.
 * The highest-grossing R-rated film of 2020 and animated film of all time, and the 29th highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide.
 * The 2nd highest-grossing animated film distribute by Sony.
 * Most of other Asia regions, where it became several highest-grossing film.

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