The UCI Cinemas Network has just confirmed the exhibition of the highly anticipated ‘Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train’, a box office success that won the Japanese Academy of Animation award. year at the 44th edition of the Japan Academy Awards, known as the Japanese Oscar.
The film surpassed the “Spirited Away” collection and became the largest worldwide box office in HISTORY for an anime, with $ 400 million at the box office worldwide.
The premiere is scheduled for May, but the presale of tickets is starting soon.
The animated film is a direct continuation of the first season of the Demon Slayer AnimixPlay. The plot follows Tanjiro Kamado and his sister, Nezuko, who led peaceful lives until they were attacked by evil beings. In addition to losing all of his family members, Tanjiro saw his sister become one of them. In an attempt to make her human again and prevent other people from going through the same thing, the boy transforms into a demon slayer.
Based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, published between 2016 and 2020 in the weekly Shonen Jump, with 23 bound volumes in total, the plot has been set in Japan for around 100 years. The film is directed by Haruo Sotozaki.