Crunchyroll announced on June 25, 2024, that they will start streaming the English dub of Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc on the platform from June 30, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. PT, with episodes releasing weekly.
It was previously revealed that the ongoing season will end with episode number 8, and will be the shortest season in the anime series in terms of episode count.
Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc started airing on May 12, 2024, with a one hour long special episode.
Cast includes:
- Akari Kito as Nezuko Kamado
- Hiro Shimono as Zenitsu Agatsuma
- Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Inosuke Hashibira
- Kana Hanazawa as Mitsuri Kanroji
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Tengen Uzui
- Kengo Kawanishi as Muichiro Tokito
- Kenichi Suzumura as Obanai Iguro
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Genya Shinazugawa
- Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho
- Takahiro Sakurai as Giyu Tomioka
- Tomokazu Seki as Sanemi Shinazugawa
- Tomokazu Sugita as Gyomei Himejima
- Makoto Furukawa as Goto
MY FIRST STORY and HYDE have collaborated to perform the opening theme song, titled “Mugen,” for Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 tankobon volumes.
Season 1 of the anime aired from April to September 2019, with a sequel film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, released in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all time.
Second season of the anime series aired from October 2021 to February 2022 while a compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, was released in February 2023. Third season aired from April to June 2023 while another compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, was released in February 2024.
Source: Crunchyroll