Demon Slayer’s last arc to be a film trilogy — right here’s the trailer

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba simply wrapped its Hashira Coaching arc however the (Mugen) practice isn’t slowing down: on the heels of the finale, Crunchyroll that Demon Slayer’s subsequent arc, Infinity Fortress, will roll out in theaters as an “epic trilogy of movies.” In a information launch, Crunchyroll notes that “the three-part cinematic motion pictures represents the ultimate arc and end result of the vastly in style award-winning anime shonen collection.”

Primarily based on the manga collection by Koyoharu Gotoge, printed beneath Shueisha’s Leap Comics, Demon Slayer at the moment consists of 23 volumes which have sole upward of 150 million copies, a quantity that turned it into some of the in style anime on the planet. For Crunchyroll, nabbing the worldwide distribution rights (excluding just a few Asian territories) to three further Demon Slayer movies is a serious boon; the 2020 movie Mugen Prepare stays the highest-grossing anime film of all time, the highest-grossing Japanese movie on the international field workplace of all time, and the second-highest grossing anime movie in U.S. field workplace historical past (having earned $49.5 million, greater than Madame Internet made in 2024!). Sony’s latest acquisition of the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain expressly for the aim of platforming anime movies in America makes the trilogy a serious milestone in Crunchyroll’s marketing campaign to be a one-stop store for all issues anime within the U.S..

Pictures: Koyoharu Gotoge, SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

After coaching with the Hashira within the earlier arc, Demon Slayer’s majin protagonist Tanjiro is off to the Infinity Fortress to tackle Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King. A teaser for the film trilogy is mild on footage from any of the Infinity Prepare movies — it’s mild on animation usually — however it offers followers who solely know the anime a style for what’s subsequent.

The untitled first Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Fortress film is at the moment undated. All of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is streaming on Crunchyroll.