Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba just wrapped its Hashira Training arc but the (Mugen) train isn’t slowing down: on the heels of the finale, Crunchyroll that Demon Slayer’s next arc, Infinity Castle, will roll out in theaters as an “epic trilogy of films.” In a news release, Crunchyroll notes that “the three-part cinematic movies represents the final arc and culmination of the hugely popular award-winning anime shonen series.”
Based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge, published under Shueisha’s Jump Comics, Demon Slayer currently consists of 23 volumes that have sole upward of 150 million copies, a number that turned it into one of the most popular anime on the planet. For Crunchyroll, nabbing the worldwide distribution rights (excluding a few Asian territories) to three additional Demon Slayer films is a major boon; the 2020 film Mugen Train remains the highest-grossing anime movie of all time, the highest-grossing Japanese film at the global box office of all time, and the second-highest grossing anime film in U.S. box office history (having earned $49.5 million, more than Madame Web made in 2024!). Sony’s recent acquisition of the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain expressly for the purpose of platforming anime films in America makes the trilogy a major milestone in Crunchyroll’s campaign to be a one-stop shop for all things anime in the U.S..
After training with the Hashira in the previous arc, Demon Slayer’s majin protagonist Tanjiro is off to the Infinity Castle to take on Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King. A teaser for the movie trilogy is light on footage from any of the Infinity Train films — it’s light on animation in general — but it gives fans who only know the anime a taste for what’s next.
The untitled first Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle movie is currently undated. All of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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