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Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc Anime to Air Without Changes
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Yuriko Nakamura, the manager of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime season will air every Sunday at 11:15 p.m. this coming fall and winter.
The station had already Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film on September 25. The staff will announce more details for the Entertainment District Arc, such as casting, after the film's broadcast.
The Entertainment District Arc season continues the story from the Mugen Train film as Tanjirō and the others take on their next mission.
Nakamura explained that Fuji TV decided upon the Entertainment District Arc season's timeslot as one part of its overall decision process for its entire programming schedule. Regarding the story's content set in a red-light district, she said that the anime will go through the usual standards-and-practices review, but the station plans to air the content without changes. She added that Fuji TV received a great response from being able to air a project that became a social phenomenon, in collaboration with ufotable.
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premiered the television anime in October 2019.
The series was followed up by the Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film in October 2020. The film earned 40,096,913,600 yen ($366.53 million) in Japan as of June 6.
In 45 countries and territories worldwide, Mugen Train sold a total of 41.35 million tickets to earn the equivalent of 51.7 billion yen ($475 million) as of May 23. The film was the highest-earning anime film ever at the U.S. box office.
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