It has been announced that the " Hashira Training Arc " of the anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba," based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge , will be rebroadcast on Fuji TV (Kanto local) from August 11th to 15th.
The program, titled "The first chapter of the movie ' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' Infinity Castle Arc is now showing to rave reviews! Emergency call! You still have time! Full-scale broadcast of the TV anime ' Hashira Training Arc'," will air on August 11th, with the first episode airing on August 11th, episodes 2 and 3 on the 12th, episodes 4 and 5 on the 13th, episodes 6 and 7 on the 14th, and the final episode on the 15th, all at 1:50 PM.
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kimetsu no Yaiba" tells the story of Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was killed by demons, who joins the Demon Slaying Corps in order to turn his sister Nezuko, who has turned into a demon, back into a human. The original manga was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from 2016 to 2020. The total number of copies of the manga sold worldwide is over 220 million. The TV anime "Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc" aired from April to September 2019, and the movie "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 first part of the "Infinity Castle Arc" trilogy, "Chapter 1: Akaza Returns," was released on July 18th. Within eight days of its release, it grossed over 10 billion yen, breaking the record held by the previous highest grossing film in Japan, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Mugen Train," and becoming the fastest film to reach 10 billion yen in the history of Japanese box office sales.
