Takahiro Sakurai: Looking back on the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc:"It warmed my heart"

The "Pre-Release Prayer Event" for the new theatrical version of " Koyoharu Gotouge Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns" (released on July 18th), an anime adaptation of the popular manga " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba : Kimetsu no Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotouge, was held at Zojoji Temple (Minato Ward, Tokyo) on July 11th, with voice actors from the Demon Slaying Corps , including Natsuki Hanae , who plays Tanjiro Kamado , and Takahiro Sakurai , who plays Giyu Tomioka , in attendance.

Sakurai looked back on the " Hashira Training Arc, " the work that preceded the " Infinity Castle Arc ," and said, "I remembered the first episode (of Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc), where I met Tanjiro at the beginning of the story and reached out to him based on my own intuition, but in the second episode of the "Hashira Training Arc," I was able to reach out to Tanjiro and receive a push from him. I thought it was amazing when I felt how long it had been." "When we were recording the first episode, I couldn't have imagined it at all, so I myself was also very emotional during the "Hashira Training Arc," she said, turning to Hanae and expressing her gratitude, "Thank you, Tanjiro, for making me feel that way."

Appearing at the event were Akari Kito as Kamado Nezuko, Hiro Shimono Hiro as Zenitsu Agatsuma , Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira , Reina Ueda as Kanao Tsuyuri , Okamoto Nobuhiko Okamoto as Shinazugawa Genya, Kengo Kawanishi , Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho , Muichiro Tokito Mitsuri Kanroji , Tomokazu Seki as Gyomei Himejima, Tomokazu Sugita as Himejima Gyomei, and Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui .

The story of " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" is about Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was killed by demons, joining the Demon Slaying Corps to turn his sister Nezuko, who has turned into a demon, back into a human. The original work was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from 2016 to 2020. The comics have sold over 150 million copies in total. The TV anime "Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc: Mugen Train" was released in October 2020. The "Entertainment District Arc" aired from December 2021 to February 2022, the "Swordsmith Village Arc" from April to June 2023, and the "Hashira Training Arc" from May to June 2024. The "Infinity Castle Arc" is a trilogy.