Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃 Kimetsu no Yaiba) is the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotōge's manga by Ufotable. It was announced for a 26-episode run in the 27th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, on June 4th, 2018, and premiered on April 6th, 2019. In September 2021, it was announced that the second season will air for two cours throughout the Fall and Winter. On September 25, following the Fuji TV broadcast of the Mugen Train film, it was announced that the "Entertainment District" arc would premiere on December 5, 2021 and would be preceded by a television series recompilation of the "Mugen Train" arc that premiered on October 10, 2021.

The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America, and streams on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and FunimationNow. In July 2019, Aniplex of America announced that an English dub of the anime was in production. The English dub, produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment premiered on October 12th, 2019 on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States.

Synopsis

Since ancient times, rumors have abounded of man-eating Demons lurking in the woods. Because of this, the local townsfolk never venture outside at night. Legend has it that a Demon Slayer also roams the night, hunting down these bloodthirsty Demons. For young Tanjiro Kamado, these rumors will soon to become his harsh reality. Ever since the death of his father, Tanjiro has taken it upon himself to support his family. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they've found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjiro finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko Kamado, turned into a Demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought. Thus begins Tanjiro's journey to seek out the Demon who killed their family and turn his sister human again.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s).	Ep(s).
Main Characters
	Tanjiro Kamado	Natsuki Hanae	Zach Aguilar	1-
	Tanjiro Kamado	Satomi Satō (child)	Allegra Clark	1	19
	Nezuko Kamado	Akari Kitō	Abby Trott	1-
	Nezuko Kamado	Akari Kitō	Abby Trott	2	40
	Zenitsu Agatsuma	Hiro Shimono	Aleks Le	1-
	Inosuke Hashibira	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	Bryce Papenbrook	1-
Secondary Characters
Pillars
	Giyu Tomioka	Takahiro Sakurai	Johnny Yong Bosch	1-
	Shinobu Kocho	Saori Hayami	Erika Harlacher	1-
	Kyōjurō Rengoku	Satoshi Hino	Mark Whitten	1-3
	Kyōjurō Rengoku	Mariya Ise (child)	Ryan Bartley	2	33
	Tengen Uzui	Katsuyuki Konishi	Ray Chase	1-
	Mitsuri Kanroji	Kana Hanazawa	Kira Buckland	1-
	Mitsuri Kanroji	Kana Hanazawa	Kira Buckland	3	54
	Gyōmei Himejima	Tomokazu Sugita	Crispin Freeman	1-
	Muichiro Tokito	Kengo Kawanishi	Griffin Burns	1-
	Muichiro Tokito	Kengo Kawanishi	Griffin Burns	3	52-53
	Iguro Obanai	Kenichi Suzumura	Erik Scott Kimerer	1-
	Sanemi Shinazugawa	Tomokazu Seki	Kaiji Tang	1-
	Sanemi Shinazugawa	Tomokazu Seki	Kaiji Tang	3	50
Ubuyashiki Family
	Kagaya Ubuyashiki	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Matthew Mercer	1-
	Hinaki Ubuyashiki	Yumiri Hanamori	Kimberly Woods	1-
	Nichika Ubuyashiki	Ari Ozawa	Brianna Knickerbocker	1-
	Kiriya Ubuyashiki	Aoi Yūki	Christine Marie Cabanos	1-
	Kanata Ubuyashiki	Shiori Izawa	Mela Lee	1
	Amane Ubuyashiki	Rina Satō	Suzie Yeung	2-
Butterfly Estate
	Kanao Tsuyuri	Reina Ueda	Brianna Knickerbocker	1-
	Aoi Kanzaki	Yuri Ehara	Reba Buhr	1-
	Sumi Nakahara	Ayumi Mano	Michelle Marie	1-
	Kiyo Terauchi	Yūki Kuwahara	Jackie Lastra	1-
	Naho Takada	Nanami Yamashita	Kimberly Woods	1-
Former Pillars
	Sakonji Urokodaki	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Brook Chalmers	1-
Twelve Demon Moons
	Muzan Kibutsuji	Toshihiko Seki	Greg Chun	1-3
	Enmu	Daisuke Hirakawa	Landon McDonald	1-2
	Rui	Kōki Uchiyama	Billy Kametz	1
	Kyōgai	Junichi Suwabe	Steven Jay Blum	1
	Gyūtarō	Ryōta Ōsaka	Brandon McInnis	2
	Gyūtarō	Ryōta Ōsaka	Brandon McInnis	2	44
	Ume / Daki / Warabihime	Miyuki Sawashiro	Erica Lindbeck	2


				2	44
	Dōma	Mamoru Miyano	Stephen Fu	2-3
	Akaza	Akira Ishida	Lucien Dodge	2-3
	Nakime	Marina Inoue	Amber Lee Connors	3
	Kokushibō	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Jonah Scott	3
	Hantengu	Toshio Furukawa (First form)	Christopher Smith	3
		Kaito Ishikawa (Karaku)	Caleb Yen
		Yūichirō Umehara (Sekido)	YongYea
		Shunsuke Takeuchi (Urogi)	Chris Hackney
		Sōma Saitō (Aizetsu)	Brian Timothy Anderson
		Kōichi Yamadera (Zohakuten)	Ben Balmaceda
		Toshio Furukawa (Human and Urami)	Christopher Smith	3	55
	Gyokko	Kōsuke Toriumi	Brent Mukai	3
Other Demons
	Susamaru	Mikako Komatsu	Sarah Anne Williams	1
	Yahaba	Jun Fukuyama	Xander Mobus	1
	Father Spider Demon	Tetsu Inada	Kellen Goff	1
	Mother Spider Demon	Ami Koshimizu	Allegra Clark	1
	Older Brother Spider Demon	Shōtarō Morikubo	Derek Stephen Prince	1
	Older Sister Spider Demon	Ryōko Shiraishi	Erica Lindbeck	1
Recurring Characters
Kamado Family
	Kie Kamado	Hōko Kuwashima	Dorothy Fahn	1-2
	Tanjūrō Kamado	Shinichirō Miki	Kirk Thornton	1-2
	Takeo Kamado	Yō Taichi	Michelle Ruff	1-2
	Shigeru Kamado	Kaede Hondo	Jessica DiCicco	1-2
	Hanako Kamado	Konomi Kohara	Ryan Bartley	1-2
	Rokuta Kamado	Aoi Koga	Philece Sampler	1-2
Demon Allies
	Tamayo	Maaya Sakamoto	Laura Post	1, 3-
	Yushiro	Daiki Yamashita	Kyle McCarley	1, 3-
Kasugai Crows
	Matsuemon Tennoji	Takumi Yamazaki	Doug Erholtz	1-
	Ukogi / Chuntaro	Manaka Iwami	Abby Trott	1
	Ginko	Rie Kugimiya	Cristina Valenzuela	3-
	Urara	Yui Horie	Cristina Valenzuela	3
Hunter Corps
	Genya Shinazugawa	Nobuhiko Okamoto	Zeno Robinson	1, 3-
	Genya Shinazugawa	Nobuhiko Okamoto	Alan Lee (child)	3	50
	Murata	Kōki Miyata	Khoi Dao	1-
	Goto	Makoto Furukawa	Derek Stephen Prince	1, 3-
	Kakushi Girl	Hisako Tōjō	Jennie Kwan	1
Urokodaki Students
	Sabito	Yūki Kaji	Max Mittelman	1
	Makomo	Ai Kakuma	Ryan Bartley	1
Lost Brothers
	Teruko	Miho Okasaki	Grace Lu	1
	Shoichi	Mitsuhiro Ichiki	Michael Johnston	1
	Kiyoshi	Shunichi Toki	Brandon Winckler	1
Wives of Tengen Uzui
	Hinatsuru	Atsumi Tanezaki	Anairis Quiñones	2-
	Makio	Shizuka Ishigami	Erica Mendez	2-
	Suma	Nao Tōyama	Emi Lo	2-
Rengoku Family
	Senjurō Rengoku	Junya Enoki	Cedric Williams	2
	Shinjurō Rengoku	Rikiya Koyama	Imari Williams	2
Swordsmith Village
	Hotaru Haganezuka	Daisuke Namikawa	Robbie Daymond	1-
	Kozo Kanamori	Eiji Takemoto	Kyle Hebert	1, 3-
	Tecchin Tecchi Kawahara	Yūsaku Yara	Mike McFarland	3
	Kotetsu	Ayumu Murase	Jeannie Tirado	3
Other Characters
	Enmu's Minions	Takuya Eguchi	Matthew Mercer	2
		Sayaka Senbongi	Mela Lee
		Yūya Hirose	Erik Scott Kimerer
		Hibiku Yamamura	Michelle Ruff
	Daki's Belt	Shizuka Itō	Wendee Lee	2
	Muscular Mice	Subaru Kimura	Bill Rogers	2
	Muscular Mice	Subaru Kimura	Khoi Dao	2

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
First Season
	Saburo	Masaki Terasoma	Jake Eberle	1
	Demon in the Temple	Hikaru Midorikawa	Ben Diskin	2
	Mt. Fujikasane Demons	Satoshi Tsuruoka	Doug Erholtz	4
	Mt. Fujikasane Demons	Jun Fukushima	Zeno Robinson
	Final Selection Candidate	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Steve Staley
	Hand Demon	Takehito Koyasu	Kirk Thornton	4-5
	Hand Demon	Aki Toyosaki (child)	Jessica DiCicco	5
	Tokie	Misako Tomioka	Xanthe Huynh	6
	Swamp Demon	Ryōhei Kimura	Sean Chiplock	6-7
	Kazumi	Kōdai Sakai	Lucien Dodge	6-7
	Tokyo Woman	Riho Sugiyama	Ryan Bartley	7
	Rei Kibutsuji	Yūko Minaguchi	Kirsten Day	7-8
	Muzan's Daughter	Haruka Shiraishi	Xanthe Huynh
	Toyo	Mitsuo Iwata	Frank Todaro
	Yatsu	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Doug Erholtz	8
	Yatsu's Brother	Shinya Takahashi	Landon McDonald
	Yatsu's Sister-in-Law	Mitsuki Nakae	Kirsten Day
	Repulsed Girl	Yūki Takada	Xanthe Huynh	11
	Tsuzumi Mansion Survivor	Yūsuke Tonozaki	Khoi Dao	11
	Tongue Demon	Tarusuke Shingaki	Matthew Mercer	12
	Horned Demon	Yoshihisa Kawahara	Matthew Mercer	12
	Doctor	Shinya Takahashi	Greg Chun	14
	Hisa	Ikuko Tani	Barbara Goodson	14-15
	Demon Slayers	Takara Inoue	Griffin Burns	15
	Demon Slayers	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Khoi Dao	16
	Ozaki	Hisako Tōjō	Dorothy Fahn	16
	Kaigaku	Yoshimasa Hosoya	Alejandro Saab	17
	Jigoro Kuwajima	Shigeru Chiba	John DeMita	17-18
	Kotoha Hashibira	Mamiko Noto	Jennie Kwan	18
	Eldest Sister Spider Demon	Kanae Itō	Jennie Kwan	20
	Former Demon Slayers	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Kirk Thornton
	Former Demon Slayers	Yūsuke Tonozaki	Alejandro Saab
	Rui's Mother	Natsuko Kuwatani	Bridget Hoffman	21
	Rui's Father	Shinnosuke Tachibana	Kyle Hebert	21
	Kanae Kocho	Ai Kayano	Bridget Hoffman	25
	Slave Owner	Chado Horii	Crispin Freeman	25
	Rokuro	Taiten Kusunoki	Ray Chase	26
	Wakuraba	Sōichirō Hoshi	Stefan Martello
	Mukago	Kana Ueda	Kira Buckland
	Kamanue	Kenn	Alan Lee
Second Season
	Demon Slayer	Seiichirō Yamashita	Brandon Winckler	27
	Soba Shop Owner	Issei Futamata	Ray Chase
	Kaname	Susumu Chiba	Mark Whitten
	Fuku	Inori Minase	Anjali Kunapaneni
	Tomi	Kikuko Inoue	Jill Remez
	Tatsu	Ayaka Nanase	Griffin Burns
	Slasher Demon	Kentarō Itō	Jarred Kjack
	Chief Engineer	Akihiro Mine	Ray Chase
	Confused Conductor	Katsumi Fukuhara	Kaiji Tang
	Ticket Inspector	Jun Kasama	Kirk Thornton	28
	Mugen Engineer	Shinya Takahashi	Crispin Freeman	31-32
	Ruka Rengoku	Megumi Toyoguchi	Suzie Yeung	33
	Owners	Riho Sugiyama	¿?	34
		Teruyuki Tanzawa	¿?
		Shinya Takahashi	¿?
	Mountain Shrine Demon	Haruki Ishiya	¿?
	Toshikuni's adoptive mother	Naoko Komatsu	¿?	34, 55
	Koinatsu	Chiwa Saitō	Vivian Lu	35, 37
	Girls of the Tokito House	Takako Tanaka	¿?
	Girls of the Tokito House	Emiri Suyama	¿?
	Tokito House Owners	Shinya Takahashi	¿?	35
	Tokito House Owners	Riho Sugiyama	¿?	35-36
	Gaby from the Ogimoto House	Rin Kusumi	¿?	35-36
	Omitsu	Kaoru Katakai	Cassie Ewulu	36
	Girls of the Kyogoku House	Rika Nagae	¿?
		Yū Sasahara	¿?
		Minami Tanaka	¿?
	Omitsu's Husband	Atsushi Imaruoka	¿?	36-37
	Angry Man	Shinya Takahashi	¿?	39
	Woman	Riho Sugiyama	¿?	39
	Yoriichi Tsugikuni	Kazuhiko Inoue	Mick Lauer	39, 45
	Samurai	Shinya Takahashi	¿?	44
Third Season
	Sumiyoshi Kamado	Hirofumi Nojima	Howard Wang	45
	Kakushi Guide	Iori Saeki	¿?	45, 55
	Goldfish Demons		¿?	47-48
			¿?	48-49
			¿?	49
	Suyako Kamado	Misato Fukuen	Cristina Valenzuela	49
	Tokito's Memory Demon	Kentarō Kumagai	¿?	49, 52
	Shizu Shinazugawa	Ryōka Yuzuki	Laila Berzins	50
	Teiko Shinazugawa	Azumi Waki	Brianna Knickerbocker
	Sumi Shinazugawa	Kaori Maeda	Laura Post
	Hiroshi Shinazugawa	Maki Kawase	Cristina Valenzuela
	Koto Shinazugawa	Aimi Tanaka	Abby Trott
	Shūya Shinazugawa	Misato Matsuoka	Jeannie Tirado
	Muichiro's Parents	Noriaki Sugiyama	Jalen K. Cassell	51-52
	Muichiro's Parents	Manami Numakura	Cristina Valenzuela	52
	Tetsuido	Atsushi Ono	John Bentley
	Yuichirō Tokito	Kengo Kawanishi	Griffin Burns
	Mitsuri's Parents	Kenji Nojima	Ricco Fajardo	54
	Mitsuri's Parents	Junko Minagawa	Jennifer Sun Bell
	Mitsuri's First Fiance	Shinya Takahashi	¿?
	Shop Owner	Chado Horii	¿?
	Sumo Wrestler	Daisuke Egawa	¿?
	Grateful Mother	Mitsuki Nakae	¿?
	Grateful Son	Shuri Miyumi	¿?
	Magistrate	Daisuke Egawa	¿?	54-55
	Blacksmiths		¿?	55
			¿?
			¿?
	Blind Retainer	Taketora	¿?
	Tepponchu	Fukushi Ochiai	¿?
	Tetsutani	Rikuya Yasuda	¿?
	Maid	Mitsuki Nakae	¿?
	Muzan's Doctor	Shōmaru Zōza	¿?
	Feudal Lord	Seiyu Fujiwara	¿?

Additional Voices[]

Brian Timothy Anderson (Season 3)
Ben Balmaceda (Season 3)
Jennifer Sun Bell (Season 3)
Laila Berzins (Season 3)
Johnny Yong Bosch (Season 1)
Edward Bosco - Villager #C (ep. 1)
Kira Buckland - Tokyo Citizen #C (ep. 8
Reba Buhr
Griffin Burns - Tokyo Policeman #C (ep. 8), Kakushi #B (ep. 21)
Bill Butts (Season 3)
Kimberley Anne Campbell
Brook Chalmers
Ray Chase
Greg Chun - Satoko's Father (ep. 6)
Allegra Clark - Accusing Woman (ep. 1), Satoko's Mother (ep. 6), Snowball Child #B (ep. 21)
Khoi Dao - Tokyo Citizen #B (ep. 8)
Kirsten Day - Villager #A (ep. 1), Bog Villager #B (ep. 6), Tokie's Mother (ep. 6)
Ben Diskin - Villager #B (ep 1)
Jake Eberle - Farmer (ep 2), Bog Villager #C (ep. 6), Transformed Man (ep. 7), Tokyo Policeman #B (ep. 8)
Dorothy Fahn - Snowball Child #C (ep 21)
Ricco Fajardo (Season 3)
Dorah Fine
Crispin Freeman
Chris Hackney (Season 3)
Erika Harlacher
Erik Scott Kimerer - Kakushi #C (ep. 21)
Jarred Kjack
Jennie Kwan - Snowball Child #A (ep. 21)
Alan Lee

Aleks Le - Kasugai Crow #B (ep. 21)
Vivian Lu
Michelle Marie
Stefan Martello - Kyōgai's Father (ep. 13)
Landon McDonald - Tokyo Citizen #A (ep. 8)
Kristen McGuire
Matthew Mercer
Kayli Mills
Max Mittelman - Accused Man (ep. 1), Mt. Fujikasane Demon #B (ep. 5)
Laura Post - Bog Villager #A (ep. 6)
Derek Stephen Prince
Anairis Quiñones
Phillip Reich (Season 3)
Lisa Reimold
Zeno Robinson - Transformed Man
Bill Rogers (Season 2)
Michelle Ruff - Villager #D (ep. 1), Mt. Sagiri Woman (ep. 2)
Alejandro Saab - Tokyo Policeman #A (ep 8), Kakushi #D (ep. 21)
Stephanie Southerland
Steve Staley - Mt. Fujikasane Demon #A (ep. 5)
Kaiji Tang
Joe J. Thomas
Kirk Thornton - Cocky Demon Slayer (ep. 18)
Jeannie Tirado (Season 3)
Cristina Valenzuela (Season 3)
Howard Wang
Cedric Williams
Imari Williams
Kimberly Woods

Videos[]

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba - UPPER RANK DEMON DUB TRAILER

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc - DUB TRAILER

Notes[]

Steve Blum and Bridget Hoffman's first new anime role at Bang Zoom! Entertainment since Durarara!!x2 in 2015.
Michael Johnston's first new anime role since 2017.
Muzan's adoptive mother is voiced in the Entertainment District arc by Emi Lo but her appearance and death in the Swordsmith Village arc is handled by Vivian Lu.

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2019-present	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami)	United States

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Classification	Country
	February 20, 2022 - Present	Anime	Digital	+16
	February 20, 2022 - Present	Anime	Digital	+16

External Links[]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at the Internet Movie Database