During a panel at the event AnimeJapan 2021 The first frames were revealed for the second season of the animated manga adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no yaiba. This second season is titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku hen There is no planned release date yet, but this has been confirmed for this year.
On the other hand, Koyoharu Gotouge started publishing the original manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha Completed in February 2016 and May 2020 with a total of 23 compiled volumes. The work also inspired several spin-off series and an amendment.
Production team
- Haruo Sotozaki ((Tales of Zestiria the X, Tales of Symphonia of Animation) will again direct the series in the studios Ufotable ((Fate / Zero, Kara no Kyoukai, Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu).
- Akira Matsushima ((Maria-sama ga Miteru, Tales of Zestiria the X.) will be responsible for character design in conjunction with Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama Y. Mika Kikuchiwho acted as a supporting character designer in the first season and in the film.
- Yuki Kajiura ((Sword Art Online, Fate / Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) and Gou Shiina ((Stories of Zestiria the X, Juuni Taisen, God Eaters) will be responsible for composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjirou Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives in the mountains with his family. Tanjirou became the head of his family after the death of his father and makes constant trips to the village at the foot of the mountain to sell firewood and charcoal.
However, his life changes when he returns home one day after a night out and finds that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjirou and her sister Nezuko are the only survivors now, but she has been turned into a demon, though surprisingly she still shows emotion and appears to have a sense of reason. After meeting Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjirou He decides to become a demon hunter in order to hunt down his family’s killer and find a way to get Nezuko back to normal.
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