A special edited version of the TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yukaku Edition” was broadcast on Fuji TV’s Saturday premium slot on the 17th. After the broadcast, the provided illustration was published on Ufotable Cafe Tokyo’s official X.
[Image]Cool look!Published “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” illustration provided by Usu
The provided illustration depicts Tengen Uzui, a sound pillar with a cool and determined face.
This was planned in commemoration of the new TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Lessons” which will be broadcast from this spring. In the second season of the anime, “Yuukaku Edition,” Tanjiro and his friends meet the Sound Pillar Tengen Uzui, and a mission set in a red-light district is depicted.
In addition, “Special Edited Edition “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” Yukaku Battle Edition” will be broadcast from 9 pm on the 24th.
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” is based on the manga of the same name that was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from February 2016 to May 2020, and is a popular work that has sold over 150 million copies in total.
The story is set in a world inhabited by man-eating demons during the Taisho era. Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family was killed by demons, sets out to return his younger sister Nezuko, who has become a demon, to a human, and to avenge the demon who killed his family. A story about joining the Demon Slayer Corps and going on a journey.
The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from April to September 2019, and it gained popularity and became a social phenomenon. The movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train”, which connects to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a huge hit with domestic box office revenue exceeding 40 billion yen, and will be released from December 2021 to February 2022. The second season of the TV anime, “Yukaku Edition,” which is a continuation of the movie, will be aired in February. A continuation of the second season, the third season, “Swordsmith’s Village”, was broadcast from April to June 2023.
In addition, the new TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Training Edition”, which will be broadcast in the spring of 2024, is an episode that takes place between volumes 15 and 16 of the original comic.・The story of receiving training from the pillars will unfold.