Demon Slayer – The Film: Mugen Prepare made an enormous amount of cash on the field workplace, so after all the collection will finish with three extra movies.
The discharge of Demon Slayer – The Film: Mugen Prepare was in all probability lightning in a bottle. It got here out in October 2020 in Japan, when there wasn’t a lot competitors resulting from COVID and other people may exit for a stroll (though perhaps they should not have). This led to the movie changing into the highest-grossing movie in Japanese historical past, taking dwelling over 40 billion yen, virtually 10 billion yen greater than the earlier file holder Spirited Away (which was launched in 2021, after all). Due to this fact, it isn’t stunning that, following the ultimate episode of the present season of the anime, the official Japanese Demon Slayer Twitter account shares that the ultimate arc of the manga will likely be lined by a trilogy of movies.
This announcement will seemingly be welcomed by many followers of the collection, as Mugen Prepare was additionally a giant occasion within the West, and was paired with a trailer which you can watch above. It doesn’t present a lot, however it clearly hints on the collection’ ultimate arc, Infinity Fortress. Crunchyroll and Sony additionally introduced that that they had acquired the trio of movies for worldwide theatrical launch (excluding sure Asian territories and Japan). A launch date hasn’t been set but, and it’s unclear how quickly the movies will likely be launched back-to-back, however we will in all probability count on one thing like a late 2025 launch, or very early 2026 on the newest.
Demon Slayer’s first season aired in 2019, which was adopted by the Mugen Prepare film in 2020. After that, it spawned three extra seasons, in addition to a pair extra motion pictures (To the Swordsmith Village and To the Hashira Coaching), although these had been simply compilation motion pictures with some footage from the upcoming season added on the finish.
