Harding, Daryl (February 14, 2021). "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV Anime Season 2 Premieres in 2021". Crunchyroll . Retrieved February 14, 2021. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021 . Retrieved January 8, 2021. Episode 45: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 15, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 3–9". Anime News Network . Retrieved April 16, 2023. Episode 43: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 12, 2022). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 31–February 6". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022.

Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 18, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021 . Retrieved May 17, 2020. Episode 34: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 11, 2021). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, November 29–December 5". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022. Story". demonslayer-anime.com. Aniplex of America. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019 . Retrieved April 6, 2019. The anime series is licensed by Aniplex of America [5] and streamed Crunchyroll, Hulu, and FunimationNow. [6] AnimeLab is simulcasting the series in Australia and New Zealand. [7] The series ran for 26 episodes and adapted the manga from the beginning of the first volume to the first chapters of the seventh. [8] Kimetsu no Yaiba: Brother and Sister's Bond · Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Movie - Mugen Train ( BD&DVD) · Kimetsu no Yaiba: To the Swordsmith Village

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After two years of strenuous training during which he learns the "Water Breathing" style, Tanjiro takes part in a formidable exam and is one of the few survivors to pass, officially making him a member of the Corps. He begins his work of hunting down and slaying demons alongside Nezuko, who has been hypnotized to not harm humans and who occasionally helps him in battle. One of Tanjiro's assignments brings him to Asakusa where he encounters Muzan Kibutsuji, the evil progenitor of all demons and the one who murdered his family. Tanjiro and Nezuko also meet Tamayo and Yushiro, two demons who are free from Muzan's control. They ally to develop a cure for Nezuko, though it will require Tanjiro to supply Tamayo with blood samples from the Twelve Kizuki – Kokushibo, Doma, Akaza, Hantengu, Gyokko, Gyutaro, Enmu, Rokuro, Wakuraba, Mukago, Rui, and Kamanue – the twelve most powerful demons under Muzan's command. Episode 49: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 18, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, May 1–7". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 18, 2023.

As the first volume to a series, it works very well. It introduces the main protagonists, gives us their origin story, and the gist of the overarching plot. It is simple but effective. Just about appropriate for a story you can enjoy mindlessly. in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020 . Retrieved October 31, 2020. a b Harding, Daryl (September 19, 2020). "Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film to Have Massive 4.5 Million Copy Print Run of Exclusive Bonus Manga for Theaters". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021 . Retrieved February 1, 2021.Mugen Train Vol.1 · Mugen Train Vol.2 · Entertainment District Vol.1 · Entertainment District Vol.2 · Entertainment District Vol.3 · Entertainment District Vol.4 · Entertainment District Vol.5 · Entertainment District Vol.6 Nobuyuki Izumi of Real Sound compared the series' premise, setting, and structure to Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 's first two parts, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, and to Kazuhiro Fujita's Ushio & Tora. [239] Accolades [ edit ] Year a b c 鬼滅の刃公式ファンブック 鬼殺隊見聞録・弐 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021 . Retrieved February 1, 2021. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the first series to take all top 10 positions of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [215] The manga occupied the entire top 10 for a full month, and it was also the first series in Oricon's history to occupy the entire top 19 weekly rank. [216] [217] In October 2020, the twenty-two volumes, at the time, of the series occupied the top 22 spots of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [199] It was the best-selling manga for the first half of 2020, with 45,297,633 copies sold, [218] and its twenty volumes (including a special edition of volume 20) at the time, were among the top 25 best-selling manga volumes of 2020. [219] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 's first twenty-two volumes were the best-selling manga volumes of 2020, [220] making the series as well the best-selling manga series in 2020, with 82,345,447 copies sold. [221]

Chen, Brian X. (April 23, 2021). "What to Know Before Watching 'Demon Slayer: Mugen Train' ". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021 . Retrieved April 23, 2021. Loo, Egan (June 18, 2023). "Demon Slayer Manga's Hashira Geiko Arc Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023 . Retrieved June 18, 2023. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Limited Edition Blu-ray Vol. 1". demonslayer-anime . Retrieved June 30, 2020.

A fourth season covering the "Hashira Training" arc was announced following the end of the third season finale. [60] Episode 33: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 4, 2021). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, November 22–28". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022. Kimetsu no Yaiba" 鬼滅の刃. Tokyo MX. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021 . Retrieved April 6, 2019.