Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV Series Details:
| Japanese title | 鬼滅の刃 |
| Also known as | Kimetsu no Yaiba |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese English |
| Genre | Adventure Dark fantasy Martial arts Anime television series |
| No. of Seasons | 4 |
| No. of Episodes | 63 |
| Release date | April 6, 2019 – present |
| Running time | 24m |
| Age rating | TV-MA |
| Directed by | Haruo Sotozaki |
| Written by | Ufotable |
| Produced by | Akifumi Fujio Masanori Miyake Yūma Takahashi Hikaru Kondo (S1) Takashi Takano (S2 EDA) |
| Cinematography by | Yûichi Terao |
| Edited by | Manabu Kamino |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura Go Shiina |
| Production Company | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll BI: Anime Limited NA: Aniplex of America SA/SEA: Muse Communication |
| Distributor | Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11 (S1) Fuji TV (S2–) English network US: Adult Swim (Toonami) |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV Series Voice Cast & Character:
Main characters
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tanjiro Kamado (竈門 炭治郎, Kamado Tanjirō) | Natsuki Hanae Satomi Satō (child) | Zach Aguilar Allegra Clark (child) |
| Nezuko Kamado (竈門 禰豆子, Kamado Nezuko) | Akari Kitō | Abby Trott |
| Zenitsu Agatsuma (我妻 善逸, Agatsuma Zen’itsu) | Hiro Shimono | Aleks Le |
| Inosuke Hashibira (嘴平 伊之助, Hashibira Inosuke) | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Bryce Papenbrook |
| Kanao Tsuyuri (栗花落 カナヲ, Tsuyuri Kanao) | Reina Ueda | Brianna Knickerbocker |
| Genya Shinazugawa (不死川 玄弥, Shinazugawa Gen’ya) | Nobuhiko Okamoto | Zeno Robinson |
Secondary characters
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Giyu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇, Tomioka Giyū) | Takahiro Sakurai | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Shinobu Kocho (胡蝶 しのぶ, Kochō Shinobu) | Saori Hayami | Erika Harlacher |
| Kyojuro Rengoku (煉獄 杏寿郎, Rengoku Kyōjurō) | Satoshi Hino Mariya Ise (child) | Mark Whitten Ryan Bartley (child) |
| Tengen Uzui (宇髄 天元, Uzui Tengen) | Katsuyuki Konishi | Ray Chase |
| Mitsuri Kanroji (甘露寺 蜜璃, Kanroji Mitsuri) | Kana Hanazawa | Kira Buckland |
| Muichiro Tokito (時透 無一郎, Tokitō Muichirō) | Kengo Kawanishi | Griffin Burns |
| Sanemi Shinazugawa (不死川 実弥, Shinazugawa Sanemi) | Tomokazu Seki | Kaiji Tang |
| Obanai Iguro (伊黒 小芭内, Iguro Obanai) | Kenichi Suzumura | Erik Scott Kimerer |
| Gyomei Himejima (悲鳴嶼 行冥, Himejima Gyōmei) | Tomokazu Sugita | Crispin Freeman |
Supporting characters
| Kagaya Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 耀哉, Ubuyashiki Kagaya) | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Matthew Mercer |
| Amane Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 あまね, Ubuyashiki Amane) | Rina Satō | Suzie Yeung |
| Hinaki Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 ひなき, Ubuyashiki Hinaki) | Yumiri Hanamori | Kimberly Woods |
| Nichika Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 にちか, Ubuyashiki Nichika) | Ari Ozawa | Brianna Knickerbocker |
| Kiriya Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 輝利哉, Ubuyashiki Kiriya) | Aoi Yūki | Christine Marie Cabanos |
| Kanata Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 かなた, Ubuyashiki Kanata) | Shiori Izawa | Mela Lee |
| Muzan Kibutsuji (鬼舞辻 無惨, Kibutsuji Muzan) | Toshihiko Seki | Greg Chun |
| Nakime (鳴女, Nakime) | Marina Inoue | Amber Lee Connors |
| Kaigaku (獪岳, Kaigaku) | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Alejandro Saab |
| Kokushibo / Upper Rank 1 (黒死牟, Kokushibō) | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Jonah Scott |
| Doma / Upper Rank 2 (童磨, Dōma) | Mamoru Miyano | Stephen Fu |
| Akaza / Upper Rank 3 (猗窩座) | Akira Ishida | Lucien Dodge |
| Hantengu / Upper Rank 4 (半天狗) | Toshio Furukawa (Hantengu and Urami) Yūichirō Umehara (Sekido) Kaito Ishikawa (Karaku) Shunsuke Takeuchi (Urogi) Soma Saito (Aizetsu) Koichi Yamadera (Zohakuten) | Christopher Corey Smith (Hantengu and Urami) Yong Yea (Sekido) Caleb Yen (Karaku) Chris Hackney (Urogi) Brian Timothy Anderson (Aizetsu) Ben Balmaceda (Zohakuten) |
| Gyokko / Upper Rank 5 (玉壼, Gyokko) | Kohsuke Toriumi | Brent Mukai |
| Daki / Upper Rank 6 (堕姫, Daki) | Miyuki Sawashiro | Erica Lindbeck |
| Gyutaro / Upper Rank 6 (妓夫太郎, Gyūtarō) | Ryōta Ōsaka | Brandon McInnis |
| Enmu / Lower Rank 1 (魘夢, Enmu) | Daisuke Hirakawa | Landon McDonald |
| Rokuro / Lower Rank 2 (轆轤, Rokuro) | Taiten Kusunoki | Ray Chase |
| Wakuraba / Lower Rank 3 (病葉, Wakuraba) | Sōichirō Hoshi | Stefan Martello |
| Mukago / Lower Rank 4 (零余子, Mukago) | Kana Ueda | Kira Buckland |
| Rui / Lower Rank 5 (累, Rui) | Koki Uchiyama | Billy Kametz |
| Kamanue / Lower Rank 6 (釜鵺, Kamanue) | KENN | Alan Lee |
| Kyogai (響凱, Kyōgai) | Junichi Suwabe | Steve Blum |
| Minor characters | ||
| Spider Demon (Mother) (蜘蛛鬼「母」, Kumo Oni: Haha) | Ami Koshimizu | Allegra Clark |
| Spider Demon (Father) (蜘蛛鬼「父」, Kumo Oni: Chichi) | Tetsu Inada | Kellen Goff |
| Spider Demon (Brother) (蜘蛛鬼「兄」, Kumo Oni: Ani) | Showtaro Morikubo | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Spider Demon (Sister) (蜘蛛鬼「姉」, Kumo Oni: Ane) | Ryoko Shiraishi | Erica Lindbeck |
| Yahaba (矢琶羽, Yahaba) | Jun Fukuyama | Xander Mobus |
| Susamaru (朱紗丸, Susamaru) | Mikako Komatsu | Sarah Anne Williams |
| Sakonji Urokodaki (鱗滝 左近次, Urokodaki Sakonji) | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Brook Chalmers |
| Sabito (錆兎, Sabito) | Yuki Kaji | Max Mittelman |
| Makomo (真菰, Makomo) | Ai Kakuma | Ryan Bartley |
| Kasugai Crows (鎹鴉, Kasugai Garasu) | Takumi Yamazaki (Tanjiro’s) Rie Kugimiya (Muichiro’s) | Doug Erholtz |
| Tamayo (珠世, Tamayo) | Maaya Sakamoto | Laura Post |
| Yushiro (愈史郎, Yushirō) | Daiki Yamashita | Kyle McCarley |
| Makio (まきを, Makio) | Shizuka Ishigami | Erica Mendez |
| Suma (須磨, Suma) | Nao Tōyama | Emi Lo |
| Hinatsuru (雛鶴, Hinatsuru) | Atsumi Tanezaki | Anairis Quiñones |
| Aoi Kanzaki (神崎 アオイ, Kanzaki Aoi) | Yuri Ehara | Reba Buhr |
| Goto (後藤, Gotō) | Makoto Furukawa | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Sumi Nakahara (中原 すみ, Nakahara Sumi) | Ayumi Mano | Michelle Marie |
| Naho Takada (高田 なほ, Takada Naho) | Yūki Kuwahara | Kimberly Woods |
| Kiyo Terauchi (寺内 きよ, Terauchi Kiyo) | Nanami Yamashita | Jackie Lastra |
| Hotaru Haganezuka (鋼鐵塚 螢, Haganezuka Hotaru) | Daisuke Namikawa | Robbie Daymond |
| Kozo Kanamori (鉄穴森 鋼蔵, Kanamori Kōzō) | Eiji Takemoto | Kyle Hebert |
| Kotetsu (小鉄, Kotetsu) | Ayumu Murase | Jeannie Tirado |
| Murata (村田, Murata) | Kōki Miyata | Khoi Dao |
| Jigoro Kuwajima (桑島 慈悟郎, Kuwajima Jigorō) | Shigeru Chiba | John DeMita |
| Kanae Kocho (胡蝶 カナエ, Kochō Kanae) | Ai Kayano | Bridget Hoffman |
| Tanjuro Kamado (竈門 炭十郎, Kamado Tanjūrō) | Shin-ichiro Miki | Kirk Thornton |
| Kie Kamado (竈門 葵枝, Kamado Kie) | Houko Kuwashima | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
| Takeo Kamado (竈門 竹雄, Kamado Takeo) | Yō Taichi | Michelle Ruff |
| Hanako Kamado (竈門 花子, Kamado Hanako) | Konomi Kohara | Ryan Bartley |
| Shigeru Kamado (竈門 茂, Kamado Shigeru) | Kaede Hondo | Jessica DiCicco |
| Rokuta Kamado (竈門 六太, Kamado Rokuta) | Aoi Koga | Philece Sampler |
| Sumiyoshi (炭吉, Sumiyoshi) | Hirofumi Nojima | Howard Wang |
| Shinjuro Rengoku (煉獄 槇寿郎, Rengoku Shinjurō) | Rikiya Koyama | Imari Williams |
| Ruka Rengoku (煉獄 瑠火, Rengoku Ruka) | Megumi Toyoguchi | Suzie Yeung |
| Senjuro Rengoku (煉獄 千寿郎, Rengoku Senjurō) | Junya Enoki | Cedric Williams |
| Yoriichi Tsugikuni (継国 縁壱, Tsugikuni Yoriichi) | Kazuhiko Inoue | Mick Lauer |
Storyline:
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive – Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
About Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV Series:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃, Kimetsu no Yaiba, rgh. “Blade of Demon Destruction”) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Ufotable, based on the manga series of the same name by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a Demon Slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko, is turned into a demon.
The series premiered on April 2019, having aired on Tokyo MX and other networks (first season only), and is currently airing on Fuji TV (second season onwards). In North America, it is licensed by Aniplex of America, and streams on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Funimation. The English dub of the series aired on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in the United States.
A sequel film set after the events of the first season, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, was released in October 2020 while the compilation films, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, were respectively released in February 2023 and February 2024.
The series received critical acclaim for its storyline, animation, action sequences, characters, and voice acting (original and dubbed), as well as numerous awards, and is considered one of the best anime of the 2010s.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season Overview:
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | April 6, 2019 | September 28, 2019 | Tokyo MX |
| 2 | 18 | October 10, 2021 (7 episodes) December 5, 2021 (11 episodes) | November 28, 2021 February 13, 2022 | Fuji Television |
| 3 | 11 | April 9, 2023 | June 18, 2023 | Fuji Television |
| 4 | 8 | May 12, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Fuji Television |
