Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village

Kimetsu no Yaiba: To the Swordsmith Village
Information
English	Kimetsu no Yaiba: To the Swordsmith Village
Kanji	「鬼滅の刃」上弦集結、そして刀鍛冶の里へ
Rōmaji	Kimetsu no Yaiba Jougen Shuuketsu, Soshite Katanakaji no Sato e
Production
Original Story	Koyoharu Gotoge
Studio	ufotable
Direction	Haruo Sotozaki
Music	Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
Air Date	February 3, 2023 (Japan) March, 2023 (International)
Episodes	43-45
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Kimetsu no Yaiba: To the Swordsmith Village (鬼滅 ({{{2}}}) の刃 (上弦) 集結 (そし) て (刀鍛) 冶 (だい) の里へ ({{{2}}}) , Kimetsu no Yaiba: Jougen Shuuketsu, Soshite Katanakaji no Sato e^?) is a movie anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable. The Movie consists of the last two episodes of Season 2 and the premiere of Season 3. This film was a Ufotable collaboration, announced as a World Tour, showing the film in different countries in the same year.

Summary

After his family is viciously murdered, a kind-hearted boy named Tanjiro Kamado become a Demon Slayer in hopes of turning his younger sister Nezuko back into a human. Together with his comrades, Zenitsu and Inosuke, along with the Sound Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tengen Uzui, his path takes him on a mission within the Entertainment District, where they encounter the formidable Daki and Gyutaro, holders of the position Upper Rank Six.

In the wake of the battle, Muzan Kibutsuji summons the remaining Upper Ranks. During the coming weeks, Tanjiro journeys to the Swordsmith Village to receive his new sword, joined by a familiar face and two of the Corps' Hashira; Muichiro Tokito and Mitsuri Kanroji. There, he discovers more about his Hinokami Kagura, as well as a man in his dreams that seems almost familiar to him.

Staff

• Original Story: Koyoharu Gotoge
• Animation Studio: ufotable
• Direction: Haruo Sotozaki
• Character Design: Akira Matsushima
• Chief Animation Director: Akira Matsushima

Cast

• Japanese Cast
• English Cast

• Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado
• Akari Kitō as Nezuko Kamado
• Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
• Kengo Kawanishi as Muichiro Tokito
• Kana Hanazawa as Mitsuri Kanroji
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Daki
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Hinatsuru
• Shizuka Ishigami as Makio
• Nao Toyama as Suma
• Ryōta Ōsaka as Gyutaro
• Toshihiko Seki as Muzan Kibutsuji
• Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kokushibo
• Mamoru Miyano as Doma
• Akira Ishida as Akaza
• Toshio Furukawa as Hantengu
• Kōsuke Toriumi as Gyokko
• Marina Inoue as Nakime
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Yoriichi Tsugikuni

• Zach Aguilar as Tanjiro Kamado
• Abby Trott as Nezuko Kamado
• Aleks Le as Zenitsu Agatsuma
• Bryce Papenbrooke as Inosuke Hashibira
• Griffin Burns as Muichiro Tokito
• Kira Buckland as Mitsuri Kanroji
• Ray Chase as Tengen Uzui
• Erica Lindbeck as Daki
• Anairis Quiñones as Hinatsuru
• Erica Mendez as Makio
• Emi Lo as Suma
• Brandon McInnis as Gyutaro
• Greg Chun as Muzan Kibutsuji
• Jonah Scott as Kokushibo
• Stephen Fu as Doma
• Lucien Dodge as Akaza
• Christopher Corey Smith as Hantengu
• Brent Mukai as Gyokko
• Amber Lee Connors as Nakime
• Mick Lauer as Yoriichi Tsugikuni

Music

• Opening Theme: "Zankyosanka" ( Zankyōsanka^?) by Aimer / "Kizuna no Kiseki" by Man With A Mission X Milet
• Ending Theme: None

Promotional Material

Poster

Trailers

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba - Promotion Reel 2023

External links

• Official Japanese anime website