Ahead of the upcoming premiere of the anime’s second season, Funimation will stream Demon Slayer “omnibus” episodes that recap the series so far.
New specials, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Asakusa Arc and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Arc Tsuzumi, re-editing episodes from their respective seasons in the Demon Slayer anime into a one and a half hour/two hour format. The two new specials will join the three previous specials, recounting the events of Sibling’s Bond, Mt. Natagumo and The Hashira Meetings, on Funimation’s streaming service. The premiere provides a slightly quicker way for new fans of the series to catch up on the events of Season 1, or for existing fans to give themselves a quick swath of the story ahead of the Season 2 premiere. , will begin October 10 with a seven-episode retelling of the Mugen Train Arc.
While Season 2 of Mugen Train will mainly be made from re-edited footage from the movie Mugen Train, the first episode of this season will be a whole new story showing how the Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku flame has burned. How to advance the demon of the same name – the remote control locomotive. After the end of the Mugen Train Arc, the second season of the series will begin with brand new content with the start of the Entertainment Section, which features Tanjiro and company partnering with Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui to investigate A variety of possible demons are- related disappearances in the red light district of a large city. The Entertainment District’s entertainment section is one of the most critically acclaimed story installments from the original manga and its anime adaptation will begin airing on December 5 with an hour-long episode.
Anyone who wants to catch up on the series before season 2 premieres can also watch the full 26 episodes of the anime’s first season, which are available on Funimation, Netflix, and Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll also recently began streaming an English dub of the series, as well as the movie Mugen Train. Fans who want to see Mugen Train on the big screen and missed the film’s theatrical record in 2020 should look forward to New York Comic-Con, where Funimation will host a special screening of the film with the original version. English dub of the film. actors attend.
Demon Slayer was created by Koyoharu Gotouge and began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016. The series tells the story of Tanjiro Kamado, a kind but shy young man who decides to become a demon hunter after most of the time. His family was massacred and the sole survivor, his sister was cursed to become a demon. The manga has more than 150 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the 10 best-selling manga series of all time.