Lantern7 November 16, 2019 Share November 16, 2019 Five episodes of this anime have aired on Toonami, so I think it’s past due for a thread. Basic premise: boy finds his family slain and his sister turned into a demon. He goes out into the world and becomes a demon slayer. From what I’ve heard, the manga is currently selling better than One Piece. Link to comment
lathspel November 28, 2019 Share November 28, 2019 Thanks for firing up a thread. I mentioned before - the fact that Tonjiro joins up with a guy basically wearing the Akatsuki cloud pattern robe can’t be good, right? For some reason the authentic (?) looking legwear really makes this show real for me. (That, and the protagonist’s ever-changing forehead scar.) Link to comment
Vermicious Knid December 3, 2019 Share December 3, 2019 I'm liking it so far. There's no gaggle of teenagers and it looks like we'll be spared some kind of Chunnin Exam scenario. If I counted correctly Tonjiro was training for two years while his sister slept. Link to comment
lathspel December 19, 2019 Share December 19, 2019 I’m somehow bummed that our protagonist beats the arrow demon by just remembering to do his mystical techniques but moreso. Then I remembered that was the plot of shows I really liked, like BLEACH, so I guess I can’t complain too hard. I guess I just wanted there to be more of a trick to it somehow. Link to comment
Lantern7 January 11, 2020 Author Share January 11, 2020 Is anyone watching? I'm not entirely invested, but I can see the appeal . . . and I can see why Nezuko could qualify for "Best Girl" status even if she's become a demon. Link to comment
Lantern7 February 21, 2020 Author Share February 21, 2020 Checking in again. We're at a point where Tanjiro has two other demon slayers for company: cowardly Zenitsu (who manages to be a badass only when he's unconscious) and Inosuke (psycho who wields two swords, has a boar's head, and have little manners). I'm getting how the latter is popular. Maybe part of it is that Inosuke runs around shirtless, and he doesn't wear a weirdly tacky jacket? Link to comment
Vermicious Knid March 13, 2020 Share March 13, 2020 So, Tanjiro and Nezuko both leveled up? Their father dancing was a beautiful bit of animation. Link to comment
Lantern7 March 19, 2020 Author Share March 19, 2020 (edited) Anyone else keeping up? Apparently, Tanjiro can swap out water techniques for fire. The two older Slayers looked badass . . . nice contrast from putzes Zenitsu and Inosuke. Edited March 19, 2020 by Lantern7 Link to comment
lathspel April 9, 2020 Share April 9, 2020 I’m glad we finally met the rest of the Gotei-13 Hashira. No surprise that they generally don’t like the protagonist. I’m not a big fan of Zenitsu and Inosuke, mostly because they are both really yelly and a little of that goes a long way. I enjoyed the plot about the spider kid who wanted to build a family. It was a nice turnaround that the giant Dad was not the big bad. They never explained why spider kid was picked for powers by the ultimate big bad, though. Link to comment
Lantern7 August 23, 2020 Author Share August 23, 2020 Team Four Star (the guys behind Dragon Ball Abridged) briefly summarizes Demon Slayer. Link to comment
Lantern7 October 10, 2020 Author Share October 10, 2020 Since New York Comic Con isn't happening this year, they've gone to virtual stuff. Here, we have a DSKNY "panel," featuring news about the upcoming movies. They're hoping it'll get released in American theaters in 2021. Also, the anime will be rerun from the beginning, starting tomorrow night at 3 a.m. on Toonami. Link to comment
Lantern7 March 30, 2021 Author Share March 30, 2021 Curious if anyone else is watching the first season on Toonami. Link to comment
Lantern7 April 26, 2021 Author Share April 26, 2021 Now I'm curious if anyone reading this saw the movie. I did that today. It was pretty good, though it doesn't help anyone new to the property get into things. It took too long for Nezuko to pop out of her box. Just two minutes. "Tanjiro was a kid whose family was brutally slaughtered by a demon. His sister survived, but she was transformed into a demon herself." Not that complicated. 1 Link to comment
Galileo908 April 27, 2021 Share April 27, 2021 I caught the movie over the weekend. I thought it was pretty good (Inosuke steals the whole damn thing a minute in and does not stop) And yeah, it doesn't do much to get new viewers up to speed, at least not right away. Link to comment
ZoqFotPik May 2, 2021 Share May 2, 2021 (edited) I saw the movie on Thursday. I thought it was good not great. I thought it was very disjointed. It really felt like watching episodes back to back. I didn't think the story flowed very well. Rengoku's fight saved the movie. Also, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you definitely need to have watched the series to understand what's going on. Pros: The music Fight animation is excellent. Especially Rengoku's. Zenitsu's screaming was kept to a minimum Cons: As I said very disjointed. You could see where the manga chapters ended and where the episode breaks would have/will occur. While the fight animation is excellent, the rest of it is less so. Especially the tentacles. Spoiler The telegraphed Rengoku's fate too early. As soon as he said he would mentor the three, I knew he was not long for this world. Spoiler Even though it was my favorite part, the appearance of The Upper 3 comes out of nowhere. There was never any indication that he was even in the area. Edited May 2, 2021 by ZoqFotPik Link to comment
Lantern7 July 6, 2021 Author Share July 6, 2021 37 minutes ago, BetterButter said: Surprised the heck out of me! Aside from not pointing out Nezuko’s deal, Honest Trailers did a bang-up job. Oh, and there are spoilers. Link to comment
tennisgurl July 6, 2021 Share July 6, 2021 (edited) I finally got to see the movie, I thought it was quite good. It definitely felt like an arc of the show slightly condensed to fit into a film format, but I thought that it still worked out well. If you haven't seen the show you are definitely going to be confused though, they could have maybe dumped just a tiny bit of exposition on us for the sake of any newbies. The fight animation is beautiful as always. The train being slowly filled with gross demon stomach was also sufficiently creepy. Edited July 9, 2021 by tennisgurl Link to comment
Vermicious Knid July 7, 2021 Share July 7, 2021 Season 2 teaser. I saw somewhere it's supposed to air in Japan in October. Mugen Train can be seen a couple different ways: Quote You can watch Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (aka Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) for free if you've never had a Funimation account before. The service gives 14-day free trials to new members, and Mugen Train is there for you right now.... Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is $14.99 on premium video on demand services, such as Apple TV/iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and YouTube. Unofficial DVD release date is being listed for July 31. Link to comment
Lantern7 July 9, 2021 Author Share July 9, 2021 WatchMojo lists their ten best fights from the anime. Link to comment
Lantern7 October 8, 2021 Author Share October 8, 2021 Here's the trailer for the second season: Link to comment
Lantern7 February 27 Author Share February 27 Bumping up to see if anyone has been watching the Entertainment District arc. The latest episode that aired on Toonami featured Nezuko going wild and nearly killing the demon Daki. Apparently, her next level includes having her blood hold her limbs and head when she gets cut up. Weird stuff. Link to comment
desusperius July 2 Share July 2 So it looks like they're adapting the final arc as a movie trilogy instead of a TV series. Still hoping the Swordsmith Village arc and Hashira Training arc get to air on Toonami eventually. Link to comment
desusperius August 4 Share August 4 Swordsmith Village arc comes to Toonami on August 10. Link to comment
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