The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga series, has announced the premiere date and new casting for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen), as well as details about the TV adaptation of the Mugen Train Arc.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train aired on TV September 25 in Japan.
Haruo Sotozaki is returning to direct the second season at ufotable, and Akira Matsushima is again designing the characters. The cast from the first television anime season is returning, including Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui.
It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself.
Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.
Miyuki Sawashiro joins the cast as Daki.
Aimer will be performing the opening song "Zankyō Sanka" (Song of Reverberation) and ending song "Asa ga Kuru" (Daybreak) for the Entertainment District Arc.
The Entertainment Arc will air on 30 stations and channels (including Fuji TV and Tokyo MX) in Japan on December 5.
Funimation will stream the Entertainment Arc in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Crunchyroll will also stream Season 2.
The Mugen Train Arc will have a 7-episode TV adaptation, which includes a new first episode that will premiere on October 10. The remaining episodes add about 70 new animation cuts and new BGM, and a new trailer.
LiSA will be performing the opening song "Akeboshi" (Morning Star) and ending song "Shirogane" (Silver) for the TV adaptation of the Mugen Train Arc.
Haruo Sotozaki is returning to direct the second season at ufotable, and Akira Matsushima is again designing the characters. The cast from the first television anime season is returning, including Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui.
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Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.