Demon Slayer (Season 4) Talkback (Spoilers)

[Yojimbo]

Demon Slayer: Hashira Training
Season 4

Where: Crunchyroll

# of Episodes: xx, Episodes 56 to

Previous Talkbacks:
1. Demon Slayer (Season One) Talkback Threads

Spoiler

-01. Cruelty
-02. Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki
-03. Sabito and Makomo
-04. Final Selection
-05. My Own Steel
-06. Swordsman Accompanying a Demon
-07. Muzan Kibutsuji
-08. The Smell of Enchanting Blood
-09. Temari Demon and Arrow Demon
-10. Together Forever
-11. Tsuzumi Mansion
-12. The Boar Bares Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps
-13. Something More Important Than Life
-14. The House with the Wisteria Crest
-15. Mount Natagumo
-16. Letting Something Else Go First
-17. You Must Master a Single Thing
-18. A Forged Bond
-19. Hinokami
-20. Pretend Demon
-21. Against Corps Rules
-22. Master of the Mansion
-23. Hashira Demon
-24. Rehabilitation Training
-25. Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri
-26. New Mission

2. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Movie Discussion Thread (the previous arc)
--Note: In Demon Slayer: Entertainment District, this movie is Season 2A, from Episodes 27 to 33.

Spoiler

-27. Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku
-28. Deep Sleep
-29. Should Have Been
-30. Insult
-31. Move Forward!
-32. Azaka
-33. Set Your Heart Ablaze

3. Demon Slayer: Entertainment District (Season 2B) Talkback Thread (Anime Forum) or Talkback (Adult Swim Forum)

4. Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village (Season 3) Talkback Thread (Anime Forum)

6/18: Season 4 Hashira Training arc promo.

 

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"First Episode of “Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc” to Get Theatrical Release"​

"It has been an almost annual tradition for Demon Slayer content to get a theatrical release since the first movie grossed over five hundred million dollars worldwide. This year, we are getting another season premiere with a theatrical release. The premiere of the fourth season, the Hashira Training Arc, will be streaming this February and begin screening in various countries. As with season three, the premiere will be a double-length episode.

In addition to the main theatrical screenings, season 4 will have “World Tour” in major cities across the globe. A few of these screenings will include cast and crew members of the show."

Read the full article here.

Anyone here able to attend these theatrical screenings?!?

 

[Yojimbo]

11/27: Season 4 info coming December 10.

12/10: Season 4 Hashira Training Arc will premiere in Spring 2024 with a 1 hour episode. A bit of footage is in the new world tour promo reel.


1/18: Dates for the global tour and a trailer for season 4 - mostly previous seasons but some new glimpses at the Hashira. In U.S. theaters on February 23.


2/5: To on one's surprise, the Hashira Training Arc 1st episode screening debuted at #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The screening sold 443,700 tickets for 646,790,467 yen (about US$4.35 million) in its first three days.

 

[PicardMan]

Mr. AJ Cosplay from Anime News Network has seen the theatrical screening of the first episode of the Hashira Training Arc. He says it was all talk and no action, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training Red Carpet Premiere Report. Considering this is a theatrical release, I am kind of surprised there isn't some sort of big screen scene showpiece like last season's scene at Muzan's Infinity Castle. Even if this is a slow arc, adding an anime original scene was kinda what I expected. The action scenes are still the reason to watch Demon Slayer and a season without them seems unexciting. MHA season 7 is probably higher on my hype list for 2024.

 

[Yojimbo]

Mr. AJ Cosplay from Anime News Network has seen the theatrical screening of the first episode of the Hashira Training Arc. He says it was all talk and no action, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training Red Carpet Premiere Report. Considering this is a theatrical release, I am kind of surprised there isn't some sort of big screen scene showpiece like last season's scene at Muzan's Infinity Castle. Even if this is a slow arc, adding an anime original scene was kinda what I expected. The action scenes are still the reason to watch Demon Slayer and a season without them seems unexciting. MHA season 7 is probably higher on my hype list for 2024.

It's the third season, by now, it should be known the first episodes of a new season of Demon Slayer has little to no action. That's why the end of the previous season was included. lol.

 

[PicardMan]

It's the third season, by now, it should be known the first episodes of a new season of Demon Slayer has little to no action. That's why the end of the previous season was included. lol.

That's why it seems like a weird choice to have these theatrical premieres of the first episode as they don't seem to be suited for the theatrical experience, but it seems to be making loads of money for Ufotable anyway because people seem to be hungry for Demon Slayer even in the slow episodes.

 

[Yojimbo]

2/25: Another short teaser of Hashira Training arc.


3/9: Hashira Training premieres on May 12.

 

[wonderfly]

The News Team's PicardMan has a new review on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Review: “Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training”: A Middling Television Episode in a Movie Theater"​

"For the second time, a Demon Slayer season premiere debuted in a movie theater rather than the small screen. This time around it was the premiere of a training arc, which does not seem quite cinematic enough to work as a theatrical release. Anime studio “Ufotable” knew that the fans wanted action and an anime-exclusive scene that wasn’t in the manga was added to fulfil this quota. The episode begins with the snake and wind hashira slicing up demons and providing the silver screen spectacle you’d expect from Demon Slayer. After the action sequence, Demon Slayer goes back into it’s usual wacky hijinks.

Despite how gory and violent this series is, it has surprisingly been significantly lighter than its battle shonen contemporaries. Whether you consider Zenitsu the Jar Jar of anime or a misunderstood character who deserves respect, your mind won’t be changed. Anyway, I have always found the not really funny comedy just something you have to endure to get to the great Ufotable action scenes. As the title of the arc, “The Hashira Training arc” implies, we end the episode seeing random extras go through training from hell with the implication that our main characters have to endure that. For an hour-long premiere, hardly anything happened except for one major reveal (major spoilers next paragraph)."

Read the full review here.

 

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Demon Slayer Season 3 Premieres Soon, Trailer Now Live"​

"It’s not easy being Tanjiro, the central character of popular shonen Demon Slayer. Last arc, he thought he’d get a welcome break by visiting the carefree Entertainment District, but within a matter of days he was fighting for his life against high-level demons Daki and Gyutaro. They nearly killed him and all his friends off, but he somehow managed to deliver the finishing blow and behead them. So NOW it’s time to rest, right?

Think again! After performing so badly, the gang feels they need more training — plus, Tanjiro broke his sword in the last battle and needs to forget a new one. Thus begins what was called the Swordsmith Village Arc in the manga and is called the Hashira Training Arc here."

Read the full article here.

And here's the trailer for the new season:

 

[Yojimbo]

Ha, a flashy eyepatch. Looking forward to the Hashira getting more screen time but got a feeling Giyu might decline and leave, lol.