Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3

Season 3
Information
English	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc
Kanji	鬼滅の刃：刀鍛冶の里編
Rōmaji	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato Hen
Production
Original Story	Koyoharu Gotoge
Studio	ufotable
Direction	Haruo Sotozaki
Music	Yuki Kajiura Go Shiina
Air Date	April 9th, 2023 - June 18th, 2023 (Japanese) May 28th, 2023 - August 6, 2023 (English)
Episodes	11
Anime Guide
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Season 3, subtitled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc (鬼 (き) 滅 (めつ) の刃 (やいば) ：刀 (かたな) 鍛 (か) 冶 (じ) の里 (さと) 編 (へん) , Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato Hen^?), is the third season of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba by ufotable.

The first episode was an one hour special and received an early premiere in cinemas worldwide as part of a special screening alongside the final two episodes of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc. The final 11th episode of the Swordsmith Village Arc, premiered on June 18th, 2023, on an extended 70-minute timeslot.

Plot

Tanjiro's journey leads him to the Swordsmith Village, where he reunites with two Hashira, members of the Demon Slayer Corps' highest-ranking - Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji. With the shadows of demons lurking near, a new battle begins for Tanjiro and his comrades.

Staff

• Original Story: Koyoharu Gotoge
• Animation Production: ufotable
• Director: Haruo Sotozaki
• Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Akira Matsushima
• Screenplay: ufotable
• Sub Character Design: Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi
• Prop Design: Masaharu Koyama
• Art Director: Koji Eto
• Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao
• 3D Director: Kazuki Nishiwaki
• Color Setting: Yuko Omae
• Editing: Manabu Kamino
• Music: Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
• Animation Producer: Hikaru Kondo
• Sound Director: Hikaru Kondo
• Production: Aniplex, Shueisha, ufotable

Cast

• Japanese Cast
• English Cast

• Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado
• Akari Kitō as Nezuko Kamado
• Kengo Kawanishi as Muichiro Tokito
• Kana Hanazawa as Mitsuri Kanroji
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Genya Shinazugawa
• Toshio Furukawa as Hantengu
  • Yūichirō Umehara as Sekido
  • Kaito Ishikawa as Karaku
  • Soma Saito as Aizetsu
  • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Urogi
  • Koichi Yamadera as Zohakuten
  • Toshio Furukawa as Urami
• Kōsuke Toriumi as Gyokko
• Toshihiko Seki as Muzan Kibutsuji
• Akira Ishida as Akaza
• Mamoru Miyano as Doma
• Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kokushibo
• Marina Inoue as Nakime
• Hirofumi Nojima as Sumiyoshi Kamado
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Yoriichi Tsugikuni
• Reina Ueda as Kanao Tsuyuri
• Makoto Furukawa as Goto
• Nanami Yamashita as Kiyo Terauchi
• Ayumi Mano as Sumi Nakahara
• Yūki Kuwahara as Naho Takada
• Yuri Ehara as Aoi Kanzaki
• Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
• Yusaku Yara as Tecchin Tecchikawahara
• Ayumu Murase as Kotetsu
• Daisuke Namikawa as Hotaru Haganezuka
• Eiji Takemoto as Kozo Kanamori
• Misato Fukuen as Suyako Kamado
• Akari Kitō as Nezuko Kamado
• Kengo Kawanishi as Yuichiro Tokito
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kagaya Ubuyashiki
• Rina Satō as Amane Ubuyashiki
• Ari Ozawa as Nichika Ubuyashiki
• Atsushi Ono as Tetsuido
• Rikiya Yasuda as Tetsumotonaka
• Wataru Hatano as Tetsudoji
• Fukushi Ochiai as Tetsutani
• Maaya Sakamoto as Tamayo
• Daiki Yamashita as Yushiro

• Zach Aguilar as Tanjiro Kamado
• Abby Trott as Nezuko Kamado
• Griffin Burns as Muichiro Tokito
• Kira Buckland as Mitsuri Kanroji
• Zeno Robinson as Genya Shinazugawa
  • Alan Lee as young Genya
• Christopher Corey Smith as Hantengu
  • Yong Yea as Sekido
  • Caleb Yen as Karaku
  • Brian Timothy Anderson as Aizetsu
  • Chris Hackney as Urogi
  • Ben Balmaceda as Zohakuten
  • Christopher Corey Smith as Urami
• Brent Mukai as Gyokko
• Greg Chun as Muzan Kibutsuji
• Lucien Dodge as Akaza
• Stephen Fu as Doma
• Jonah Scott as Kokushibo
• Amber Lee Connors as Nakime
• Howard Wang as Sumiyoshi Kamado
• Mick Lauer as Yoriichi Tsugikuni
• Brianna Knickerbocker as Kanao Tsuyuri and Nichika Ubuyashiki
• Derek Stephen Prince as Goto
• Jackie Lastra as Kiyo Terauchi
• Michelle Marie as Sumi Nakahara
• Kimberly Woods as Naho Takada
• Reba Buhr as Aoi Kanzaki
• Bryce Papenbrook as Inosuke Hashibira
• Aleks Le as Zenitsu Agatsuma
• Mike McFarland as Tecchin Tecchikawahara
• Jeannie Tirado as Kotetsu
• Robbie Daymond as Hotaru Haganezuka
• Kyle Hebert as Kozo Kanamori
• Cristina Vee as Suyako Kamado
• Griffin Burns as Yuichiro Tokito
• Matthew Mercer as Kagaya Ubuyashiki
• Suzie Yeung as Amane Ubuyashiki
• John Eric Bentley as Tetsuido
• Ricco Fajardo as Tetsumotonaka
• Phillip Reich as Tetsudoji
• Joe J. Thomas as Tetsutani
• Laura Post as Tamayo
• Kyle McCarley as Yushiro

Music

• Opening Theme: "Kizuna no Kiseki" (絆 (きずな) ノ奇 (き) 跡 (せき) , Kizuna no Kiseki^?) by MAN WITH A MISSION and Milet
• Ending Theme: "Koi Kogare" (コイコガレ, Koi Kogare^?) by MAN WITH A MISSION ft. Milet
• Insert Song: "Kamado Nezuko no Uta" (竈門 (かまど) 禰 (ね) 豆 (ず) 子 (こ) のうた, Kamado Nezuko no Uta^?) by Go Shiina feat. Nami Nakagawa (Episode 55)

Episodes

#	Title	Date (JP)	Date (EN)
01	Someone's Dream 誰かの夢, Dareka no Yume	April 9, 2023	May 28, 2023
02	Yoriichi Type Zero 緑壱零式, Yoriichi Zeroshiki	April 16, 2023	June 4, 2023
03	A Sword from Over 300 Years Ago 三百年以上前の刀, Sanbyaku-nen Ijō Mae no Katana	April 23, 2023	June 11, 2023
04	Thank You, Tokito 時透君ありがとう, Tokitō-kun Arigatō	April 30, 2023	June 18, 2023
05	Bright Red Blade 赫刀, Kakutō	May 7, 2023	June 25, 2023
06	Aren't You Going To Be A Hashira? 柱になるんじゃないのか?, Hashira ni narun janai no ka	May 14, 2023	July 2, 2023
07	Awful Villain 極悪人, Gokuakunin	May 21, 2023	July 9, 2023
08	The Mu in Muichiro 無一郎の無, Muichirō no Mu	May 28, 2023	July 16, 2023
09	Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito 霞柱・時透無一郎, Kasumi Bashira Tokitō Muichirō	June 4, 2023	July 23, 2023
10	Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji 恋柱・甘露寺蜜璃, Koi Bashira Kanroji Mitsuri	June 11, 2023	July 30, 2023
11	The Connected Bonds: Daybreak And First Light 繋いだ絆 彼は誰時 朝ぼらけ, Tsunaida Kizuna Kawataredoki Asaborake	June 18, 2023	August 6, 2023

Blu-ray & DVD Volumes

Main article: Episodes and Volumes

BD&DVD
Swordsmith Village Volume 1 Swordsmith Village Volume 2 Swordsmith Village Volume 3 Swordsmith Village Volume 4 Swordsmith Village Volume 5 Swordsmith Village Volume 6

Promotional Material

Key Visuals

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Magazine Covers

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Newtype July 2023

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Trailers

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Trailer

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba - Promotion Reel 2023

External links

• Official Japanese anime website