This Sunday, June 30, 2024, season 4 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has just ended. The opportunity for ufotable to reveal his plan for the final arc.
Demon Slayer: The Crazy Project
A few months ago, fans of Japanese animation discovered the latest episode of The attack of the Titans, produced by the MAPPA studio. An epic and emotionally devastating episode, with an exceptional duration of 1h24. A little film. For his part, Japanese studio ufotable is determined to transform the final season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in event !
Indeed, while season 4 of the animated series adapted from the eponymous manga by Koyoharu Gotōge has just ended, ufotable has revealed its ambitions for the sequel: to adapt the arc of The Infinite Fortress into a trilogy of films intended for the cinema. A great opportunity for fans to discover in optimal conditions the beauty of the animation to which the Japanese studio has accustomed us. A first teaser and a poster have been unveiled.
This project – as excessive as it may seem – is obviously a good calculation on the part of ufotable. We remember that the film Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Infinite Train is the feature film that broke all admissions and box office records in Japanexceeding Spirited away by Hayao Miyazaki. Since this exceptional success, the studio has forged close ties with cinemas, by offering the first episode on the big screen ahead of each season, during special cinema screenings.
Expecting to equal, or even surpass, the revenues of the Infinity Train, ufotable must nevertheless avoid falling into the trap of MAPPA, which by fragmenting the final season of The attack of Titanshas mitigated its impact. The Japanese studio will have to be careful not to space out the releases of the three films too much, in order to preserve the emotion of the climax. In any case, we are impatient to discover the rest of Demon Slayer At the movie theater !
