Aniplex of America and Crunchyroll have today announced that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village will be released in cinema in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 March 2023, as part of a cinematic event worldwide consisting of Episodes 10 and 11 of the series’ Entertainment District Arc, as well as the extended Episode 1 of the highly anticipated Swordsmith Village Arc, all of which will be combined into one feature-length cinematic experience remastered in 4K. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV series, which debuted in 2019, and Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, which took the world by storm in 2020, are currently available to stream on Crunchyroll. The series is based on Koyoharu Gotoge‘s manga, which boasts over 150 million copies in circulation in Japan. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is an action-packed, thrilling tale of a young man in search of a cure for his sister, who has been turned into a demon after their family is viciously slaughtered by demons.
After his family is viciously murdered, a kind-hearted boy named Tanjiro Kamado resolves to become a Demon Slayer in hopes of turning his younger sister Nezuko back into a human.
Together with his comrades, Zenitsu and Inosuke, along with one of the top-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro embarks on a mission within the Entertainment District, where they encounter the formidable, high-ranking demons, Daki and Gyutaro.
