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Funimation, Aniplex USA to Release Demon Slayer Film in N. American Theaters in Early 2021
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sequel to the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba television anime series.
The film will Koyoharu Gotouge drew the manga, which shows Rengoku's first mission.
The main staff of the previous television anime are returning for the sequel film. Aniplex are handling the film's distribution in Japan.
Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga inspired a television anime that premiered in April 2019, and aired its 26th and final episode in September 2019.
Aniplex of America describes the television anime's story:
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.
Aniplex of America shipped the anime's first limited-edition Blu-ray Disc volume, which includes the first 13 episodes, on June 30. The second limited-edition volume, which will include episodes 14-26, will ship on November 24. Aniplex of America is partnering with Funimation to distribute the anime's standard-edition Blu-ray Discs. Funimation shipped the first standard-edition volume on September 29, and it will ship the second volume in January 2021.
The manga debuted in reach 100 million copies in circulation (not sales).
Ryōji Hirano will launch a short spinoff manga titled publish the spinoff in this year's 45th and 46th issues of Weekly Shonen Jump on October 12 and 17.
