Celebrating the third anniversary of the debut of global hit anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, fans can tune in this weekend to a double bill of special events streamed live from Japan during Kimetsu Festival ~3rd Anniversary Celebration~
Among the stage programs within the festival, the most anticipated are the two events themed to the show’s -Entertainment District Arc- and -Mugen Train Arc-, which will feature a live reading of an original story and a special live dubbing performed by all-star cast voice actors. These events will be presented in various countries and regions via Sony Music Solutions’ proprietary ticketed livestreaming platform, Stagecrowd, with English and Traditional Chinese subtitles available.
Kimetsu Party -Entertainment District Arc-
Saturday, April 16, at 15:00 (JST) / Friday, April 15, at 23:00 (PDT)
- Archive Streaming available after the performance until 23:59 (JST) on April 24.
- Buy Tickets [Price: 4,120JPY, includes system fees.
- Participating Cast: Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado), Akari Kito (Nezuko Kamado), Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu Agatsuma),Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke Hashibira) and Katsuyuki Konishi (Tengen Uzui).
Kimetsu Party -Mugen Train Arc-
Sunday, April 17, at 15:00 (JST)/Saturday, April 16, at 23:00 (PDT)
- Archive Streaming available after the performance until 23:59 (JST) on April 24.
- Buy Tickets [Price: 4,120JPY, includes system fees]
- Participating Cast: Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado), Akari Kito (Nezuko Kamado), Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu Agatsuma), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke Hashibira) and Satoshi Hino (Kyojuro Rengoku).
The streams will be available in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Peru, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Based on Koyoharu Gotoge’s Shueisha Shonen Jump comics, with accumulated circulation surpassing 150 million copies, and animation produced by ufotable, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a story of a boy, Tanjiro Kamado who had his family murdered by a demon and joins Kisatsutai in hopes to turn his demonized sister Nezuko back to human.
The series launched in April 2019 with the -Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc-, followed by the release of a feature film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train in Oct 2020 and the broadcast of TV anime season 2, –Mugen Train Arc- and -Entertainment District Arc- from 2021 through 2022. Season 3, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc-, has just been announced.
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