Spring Anime "Blade of Demon's Destruction" Sword Forge Village Arc starts distribution today! Episode 2 scene cuttings, ED theme, and Blu-ray/DVD jackets are released!

Scene cuts, ED theme information, and Blu-ray & DVD announcements have been released from the spring anime "Demon Slayer" Sword Forge Village Arc.

Based on the manga by Yoseharu Agatoge (Shueisha Jump Comics), "Demon Slayer" will be adapted into an anime by ufotable in 2019. The story follows Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was killed by demons, who joins the "Demon Slayer Squad" and fights to turn his sister Priestess back into a human. In the "Sword Forge Village Arc," Kamado fights powerful demons together with the pillars of the Oni-killing Squad, Mitsuri Kanroji and Muichiro Tokitoru.

⇒The theme song for the spring anime "Demon Slayer" Sword Forge Village Arc is sung by MAN WITH A MISSION x milet! ufotable proposes male/female twin vocals [Presentation Video & Comments].

⇒Click here for the list of spring 2023 anime.

The TV anime "Demon Slayer" Sword Forge Village will start airing on April 9, 2023 (Sun) on Fuji TV networks nationwide. Scene cuts for the second episode have also been released.

The first episode will be available on ABEMA, Netflix, Prime Video, etc. from 1 p.m. on Monday, April 10.

Scene cut from the second episode

Blu-ray & DVD information】The jacket of the first volume is by Mitsuri Kanroji!

The Blu-ray and DVD will be released in six volumes (Volume 1 will be released on June 21, 2023). The jacket of the first volume depicts Mitsuri Kanroji, newly drawn by Akira Matsushima.

The volume also includes luxurious extras, such as a video of the stage greeting in Tokyo in February 2023. Volume 2 and after will include stage greeting videos from around the world, so please look forward to them.

Volume 1 release announcement CM

Product Information
TV anime "Demon Slayer" Sword Forge Blu-ray & DVD Volume 1
Included story: Episode 1 "Somebody's Dream
＜Limited Edition
Blu-ray: 7,700 yen (tax included) ANZX-16601-16603
DVD: 6,600 yen (tax included) ANZB-16601～16603
3-disc set (full-length disc + bonus disc + bonus CD)

＜Limited Edition Special Features
Digi jacket newly drawn by Akira Matsushima, character designer
Special three-sided box
Special three-sided box
[Included in the full-length disc]
Kimetsu Performance
Cast: Hanae Natsuki, Seki Toshihiko
Non-Credit OP
Special features [Included on the disc]
World Tour Screening Tokyo Stage Greeting Digest
Saturday, February 4
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono, Tadashi Matsuoka, Yuma Takahashi (host)
February 5 (Sun.)
Cast: Katsuyuki Konishi, Kengo Kawanishi, Kana Hanazawa, Yuma Takahashi (MC)
February 12 (Sun.) Onimai Tsuji Mutsuraku / Kangen no Oni Shugen
Cast: Toshihiko Seki, Ryutaro Okiayu, Mamoru Miyano, Akira Ishida, Toshio Furukawa, Kosuke Toriumi, Miyuki Sawashiro, Ryota Osaka, Yuma Takahashi (MC)
Special bonus CD (music for the play 1: film scoring version)
Booklet (12 pages)

Blu-ray version comes with a Blu-ray bonus disc, DVD version comes with a DVD bonus disc.

OP theme is now available & ED theme is announced!

MAN WITH A MISSION x milet "Kizuna no kiseki", the opening theme of the swordsmith village version, is now available on various streaming services. The ending theme will be "Koikogare" by milet x MAN WITH A MISSION.

Both lyrics and music for "Koikogare" are written by Yuki Kajiura, who has worked on the ending theme for the anime "Demon Slayer".

▼ "Kizuna No Kiseki" download/streaming distribution.
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Cast comments for "Sangen Gathering" are now available!

The "Kangen no Oni" (The gathering of the demons) at the Infinity Castle was depicted in the first episode of "The Village of the Sword Forge". To commemorate the TV broadcast, text comments by Ryutaro Okiayu as "Black Death" (Jogensen no.1), Mamoru Miyano as "Douma" (Jogensen no.2), Toshio Furukawa as "Hantengu" (Jogensen no.4) and Kosuke Toriumi as "Tamatsubo" (Jogensen no.5) are available on the official website and Twitter.

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The text is excerpted from the "Sangen Gathering Book," a special gift for visitors to the "World Tour Screening 'Demon Slayer': Sangen Gathering and the Village of the Swordsmith".

■ "Demon Slayer" TV Animation "The Village of the Sword Forge

＜Broadcast Information
April 9, 2023 (Sun.) 11:15 p.m. - Broadcasting nationwide on Fuji Television Network, Inc.
April 15, 2023 (Sat) 11:30 p.m. - Broadcast on TOKYO MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV

<Distribution Information
The first episode will be distributed from 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 10, 2023, and the second and subsequent episodes will be distributed from 0:00 p.m. every Monday night.
ABEMA, dAnime Store, Netflix, Prime Video, etc. ⇒For details, see the official website.

＜Staff＞ Original story
Original story: Yoseharu Goge (Shueisha Jump Comics)
Director：Haruo Tonozaki
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director : Akira Matsushima
Script Production : ufotable
Sub Character Design: Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi
Prop Design: Shoji Koyama
Art Director: Koji Eto
Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao
3D Director: Kazuki Nishiwaki
Color Design: Yuko Omae
Editing: Manabu Kamino
Music: Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
Animation Production: ufotable

Opening Theme: MAN WITH A MISSION x milet "Kizuna no kiseki" (Sony Music Records)
Ending Theme: milet x MAN WITH A MISSION "Koikogare" (SMERecords)

<Cast
Tanjiro Kamado: Natsuki Hanae
Kamado Nezuko*: Akari Kito
Agatsuma Zenitsu: Hiro Shimono
Inosuke Hashibira: Teijo Matsuoka
Uzui Tengen: Katsuyuki Konishi
Muichirou Tokitoru: Kengo Kawanishi
Mitsuri Kanroji: Kana Hanazawa
Kibutsuji Musan: Toshihiko Seki
Kuroshibo: Ryutaro Okiayu
Doma: Mamoru Miyano
Akaza: Akira Ishida
Half a Tengu: Toshio Furukawa
Gyokko: Kosuke Toriumi
Daki: Sawashiro Miyuki
Gyutaro: Ryota Osaka

Ne + Er is the correct spelling of "Ne" in "Priestess".
Tsuji" in "Onimai Tsuji" is correctly written as "itten shinnyou".

(C) Yoseharu Goge / Shueisha, Aniplex, ufotable