The final stage is close for the mega pop new - wafture shonen anime seriesDemon Slayer , which will conclude its epic narrative as amovie trilogy . Now we know when that begins : the first moving-picture show in the anime ’s final curtain call , Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle , will come to U.S. theaters September 12 .
Announced last June , Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castlecomes off the heel of the anime ’s cliffhanger quaternary time of year . The series follows a son refer Tanjiro Kamado who , after the murder of his family at the hands of a demon , joins the Demon Slayer Corps in the hope of turning his sister Nezuko , who was transformed into a ogre . The last moments ofDemon Slayer‘s quaternary season placed its submarine straightaway into the heart of the demon ’s den , the Infinity Castle , localize them on an irreversible course toward an explosive final conflict .
Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle , reanimate by Ufotable , will be stagger globally by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment , leave off Japan and other select Asian territories . The picture show will be available in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub , and will also have IMAX covering .
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For international readers fortunate enough to engender outside of the hellscape of the U.S. , here are the release date and territories forInfinity Castle . Be sure to check up on Crunchyroll ’s social for extra dates ) .
“ Demon Slayerhas been a phenomenal dealership , and we at Crunchyroll are enthralled to have been a part of it from the rootage , ” Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini enounce in a former press release . “ Crunchyroll is thrilled to be able to bring this trilogy of films to lover , on the bad screen door , and it prognosticate to be one of the truly epical and eventful dad ethnical events of our clip when it hits theaters . ”
In many ways , Demon Slayeris a series that popularize ongoing anime receivingworldwide theatrical releases . So it ’s a bit poetic — if not capitalistically motivated — for Crunchyroll and company to capitalize on the Zanzibar copal ’s coda with one finalbox bureau knock . Time will order whether the celluloid trilogy will be just that … or if all parties postulate will milk the enfranchisement for all its worth with a subsequent anime telly time of year chop up up its theatrics in episodic clump — with sprinkles of setting that did n’t make it past the film ’s foreshorten room floor , as has bechance in the past . ( Here ’s hoping they do n’t do that this metre around . )
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