# Aniples Inc and Crunchyroll announce exclusive May premiere for “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training Arc”

URL: https://technosports.co.in/crunchyroll-may-premiere-demon-slayer/  
Published: 2024-04-11  
Updated: 2024-04-11  
Author: Rahul Roy

Fresh from the *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- *World Tour and theatrical experience, Aniplex Inc. and Crunchyroll will be exclusively premiering ***Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc*** starting **Sunday, May 12, 2024**. As part of its previously announced Spring 2024 season lineup, Crunchyroll will exclusively simulcast new episodes every week everywhere the service is available.

*Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* is based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge published under SHUEISHA’s JUMP COMICS, which consists of 23 volumes and over 150 million copies in publication. The animation production is by **ufotable.**

The story begins when Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family is killed by a demon, joins the Demon Slayer Corps to turn his younger sister Nezuko back into a human after she is transformed into a demon. *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba *first premiered in April 2019 with the *Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc, *followed by the feature film *Mugen Train* in October 2020,  and the TV series *Mugen Train Arc* and *Entertainment District Arc* from 2021 through 2022. In 2023, the *Swordsmith Village Arc* debuted on Crunchyroll, shortly after the *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- World Tour* theatrical release.

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## Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc Official Synopsis:

*To the Hashira Training…*

*The members of the Demon Slayer Corps and their highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira.*

*In preparation for the forthcoming final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji, the Hashira Training commences. While each carry faith and determination within their hearts, Tanjiro and the Hashira enter a new story.”*

The first episode of *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc *premiered globally in movie theaters, along with the gripping finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc, this past February allowing fans to get a sneak peek at the highly anticipated Hashira Training Arc in one-extra-sized blockbuster experience. Additionally, fans in select cities including New York, Berlin, Mexico City, São Paulo, Paris, and London, flocked to the *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-* World Tour which brough talent from Japan – including Natsuki Hanae, the Japanese voice of main character Tanjiro Kamado, and Aniplex producer Yuma Takahashi, and more – together for these special one-night-only advanced screenings.

The *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* TV series, which debuted in 2019, and *Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train*, which took the world by storm in 2020, are currently available to stream on [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba).

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## Japanese voice cast and characters:

**Natsuki Hanae** as Tanjiro Kamado

**Akari Kito **as Nezuko Kamado

**Hiro Shimono **as Zenitsu Agatsuma

**Yoshitsugu Matsuoka **as Inosuke Hashibira

**Takahiro Sakurai **as Giyu Tomioka

**Katsuyuki Konishi **as Tengen Uzui

**Kengo Kawanishi** as Muichiro Tokito

**Saori Hayami **as Shinobu Kocho

**Kana Hanazawa** as Mitsuri Kanroji

**Kenichi Suzumura** as Obanai Iguro

**Tomokazu Seki **as Sanemi Shinazugawa

**Tomokazu Sugita** as Gyomei Himejima

Dubs for English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian,  Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu will be produced and released in the future.

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