Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the most popular franchises in recent memory, so of course Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan wants to highlight Tanjiro and his friends. The park is retiring some of its previous Demon Slayer stuff, but is also adding more …Read more »
If you’re a fan of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s music, then you’ll likely want to know that Aniplex of America, GEA Live, RoadCo Entertainment, and Crunchyroll have all come together to create two live Demon Slayer concerts in America. The first will take place …Read more »
There are lots of polls in Japan asking people about their favorite things in regards to anime, like favorite characters or theme songs. TV Asahi decided to do something a little different, and asked 1,740 individuals outside of Japan what their favorite anime theme songs …Read more »
New episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be here next month! Specifically, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc anime debuts on Crunchyroll on Sunday, May 12, and its first episode will be an hour long. After that, a new episode …Read more »
This past weekend, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- — which combines the end of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc with the beginning of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc — hit the U.S. box …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-, which is the first episode of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc, hit Japanese theaters this past weekend and topped the box office. 443,700 people bought tickets, which raked in 646,790,467 yen (which …Read more »
Content Warning: Discussion of suicide Famous Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke has been sentenced in the deaths of his parents. The actor, who has appeared in a One Piece Kabuki play and was scheduled to direct and act in a Demon Slayer Kabuki play, had been accused …Read more »
The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Anime: Volume One would be a great addition to any Demon Slayer fan’s collection. It’s 119 large pages in a handsomely packaged paperback. The illustrations are glossy and done in full, beautiful color. In it you’ll …Read more »
BuzzFeed set up a chat with several actors from the Demon Slayer dub: Zach Aguilar, who plays Tanjiro; Aleks Le, who plays Zenitsu; Bryce Papenbrook, who plays Inosuke; and Abby Trott, who plays Tanjiro’s sister Nezuko; to talk about their work. The actors, among other …Read more »
All the performances scheduled for next year’s new Demon Slayer Kabuki play have been called off. It is said that these cancellations occurred because of “various circumstances.” It was worded to indicate that the play as a whole has been postponed, not cancelled, though no …Read more »
Ichikawa Ennosuke is famous in Japan for being a Kabuki actor, but now he’s in the news because of two indictments. Police think that Ennosuke helped his parents kill themselves in a suicide pact. The day of the incident, back in May, a Japanese magazine …Read more »
Hayamitsu Kikyo is a swordsmith at Kikyo Hayamitsu Japanese Sword Smithy in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, and he likes to show visitors the art of making the Japanese sword. And in part because of Demon Slayer, he’s seeing more foreign tourists and women showing up to …Read more »
Buckle in for an extended episode of swordfighting and demon slaying with Tanjiro and the crew. It’s been announced that the season finale of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc will be 70 minutes long. The episode airs in Japan June 18. You …Read more »
If you’ve been waiting for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc English dub, then mark your calendars for May 28. This Sunday it will become available on Crunchyroll at 1:30 PM PST/4:30 PM EST for people to watch during their long weekend. …Read more »
The otaku dating service Tora Con marked the Japanese holiday Children’s Day by putting out kid-related surveys. This included asking which anime characters you’d like to have as your own child. It asked “Which anime character do you want to make your kid?” (implying adoption) …Read more »
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