Popular anime series Demon Slayer’s the Infinity Castle Arc will be adapted into a movie trilogy and released in theatres worldwide by Crunchyroll in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the anime streaming platform announced on Sunday.
“The end is near. Crunchyroll is excited to bring Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle to theaters as an epic trilogy,” Crunchyroll wrote on X alongside the official trailer of the film trilogy.
Crunchyroll has acquired the rights to distribute the movies globally. However, it won’t distribute the films in Japan and a few other Asian countries.
The news was officially confirmed on Sunday following the release of the final episode of the show’s Season 4 covering the Hashira Training Arc.
The Infinity Castle Arc of the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge follows Tanjiro, the Demon Slayer Corps and the seven Hashira being pulled by the demon king Muzan into his lair for a battle. The story covers various fights against the Upper Rank demons, the most powerful demons in existence.
Set in Taisho-era Japan, Demon Slayer follows the story of Tanjiro Kamado, who returns home one day to find that his family has been killed by demons and his sister Nezuko has been turned into one. He resolves to avenge his family and find a cure for his sister. Soon, he comes across the Demon Slayer Corps and undergoes rigorous training to become a skilled swordsman.
Ufotable, the studio behind Demon Slayer, is also known for creating the film trilogy The Fate Heaven’s Feel, for the popular Fate/Stay Night anime series.
Previously, four movie adaptations of the anime were released, with the recent one hitting the theatres prior to the fourth season’s premiere on May 12. The movie adaptation of Demon Slayer’s Mugen Train Arc broke records in 2020 as it emerged as the highest-grossing anime movie of all time.