Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part 1 Heads to Streaming Services on July 28
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle Part 1 is coming to streaming services on July 28. Crunchyroll, which announced the news at AX '26, and Muse Asia are streaming the movie in select regions and territories.
On Crunchyroll, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I movie premieres on July 28, 2026, at 8:00 AM PT.
The first part of the planned trilogy premiered in Japan on July 18, 2025. This movie is a direct sequel to the latest, fourth season of the TV anime.
Ufotable animated Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle Part 1. The staff included:
- Director: Haruo Sotozaki
- Character Designer: Akira Matsushima
- Chief Animation Director: Akira Matsushima
- Script: Ufotable
- Sub-Character Design: Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi
- Art Director: Masaru Yanaka, Yuri Kabasawa
- Chief Director: Hikaru Kondo
The first season of the anime adaptation premiered in 2019 and was followed by the Mugen Train movie, which was later turned into an episodic format (with a new first episode) and combined with new episodes to make the second season of the TV anime. The second season adapted the "Entertainment District" and was followed by the third, which focused on the "Swordsmith Village" arc. The most recent was the "Hashira Training" arc, which premiered in 2024 and ran for eight episodes.
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The anime is an adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The manga ended in 2020 and was compiled into 23 volumes. VIZ Media licensed it in English.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the most successful anime and manga franchises of today. As of February 2021, the original manga alone had over 150 million copies in circulation.
Source: Press Release, AX '26
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