1st episode screening opened in Japan on February 3
Philippine cinema chain SM Cinema announced on Friday that the first episode of the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) television anime will screen in SM Cinema theaters. SM Cinema did not reveal an opening date for the screenings. The screening will also include episodes 10 and 11 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc.
The anime will premiere in Japan in April with a one-hour special, but will have theatrical screenings in over 95 countries, starting in Japan on February 3. The screening sold 813,000 tickets and earned 1,158,765,410 yen (about US$8.75 million) in its first three days in Japan.
The first television anime of Koyoharu Gotouge‘s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga premiered in April 2019.
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film began screening in Japan in October 2020. Odex screened the film in various Southeast Asian territories, including Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Myanmar. bilibili is streaming the film in Southeast Asia.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, a seven-episode arc that adapts the Mugen Train film, premiered in October 2021. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen) television anime then premiered in December 2021.