【Sep-2021】Japan TV Broadcast of the Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba: New Season and Stories (Yukaku and Infinite Train Edition)
New information on the second season of the popular anime series, the Kimetsu no Yaiba: YUKAKU edition, was just announced. It will be broadcast every Sunday from 11:15 PM starting from December 5th, 2021. In addition to Fuji TV, it will be also broadcast on 30 stations nationwide, including TOKYO MX and BS11.
In addition, a spin-off story consisting of 7 new episodes (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinite Train edition) will also be broadcast be broadcast from 11:15 PM starting on October 10th, 2020. This story connects the first and the second season of the series.
"Kimetsu no Yaiba" is based on the manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from February 2016 to May 2008. Set in the world where human-eating demons lived in the Taisho era, a charcoal-selling boy, Tanjiro Kamado, changed his life when his family was murdered by a human-eating demon. The story tells his journey and struggle to return his sister, Nezuko Kamado, to human by defeating demons who has killed his family and others.
NEW Season 2: The YUKAKU Edition
At the start of season 2, Tanjiro Kamado and his friends head for the YUKAKU area, along with Uzui Tengen, one of the highest rank of the swordfighters, the hashira (柱), in the demon slaughter corps (the kisatsutai 鬼斬隊) to challenge and defeat some demons who undoubtedly stronger than in the past episodes.
Aimer will sing the theme songs; the " Zankyousanka (残響散歌)" for the opening song, and the "Asa ga kuru (朝が来る)" for the ending theme.
Spin-Off Story: The Infinite Train Edition
On the other hand, a spin-off story, Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinite Train episodes, will also be broadcast from 11:15 PM starting on October 10. This story consists of 7 episodes, which connect the stories in the first and the second season of the series.
LiSA will sing the theme songs of the Infinite Train edition: the opening song " Akeboshi (明け星)" and the ending song, the "Shirogane (白銀)".
