Indian otakus have a reason to rejoice as Crunchyroll has officially started registrations for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- early screening in Indian theaters. However, the early screening is limited to Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The much-anticipated television premiere featuring the Hashira Training Arc will air on streaming platforms in Spring 2024. However, before that, the theatrical screenings include a one-hour-long debut episode from the arc. The screening will also feature the last episode from Demon Slayer’s Swordsmith Village Arc.
Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc release date in India, plot & more
Crunchyroll had earlier assured fans to bring the anime’s World Tour preview screening to India. As promised, it recently announced that the early theatrical screening for the anime will take place in Mumbai theaters on February 21, 2024. However, the screenings will begin on February 23, 2024, for theaters all around India.
The Swordsmith Village Arc debuted on Crunchyroll and Netflix with a one-hour special episode on April 9, 2023. Moreover, to make matters more exciting for Indian fans, Crunchyroll also added a Hindi dub for the anime.
Crunchyroll, the company bringing the Hashira Training Arc to global theaters, describes the plot of Demon Slayer in the following manner: “It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon.”
It continues, “To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a ‘demon slayer’ so that he can turn his sister back into a human and kill the demon that massacred his family.”
In India, the anime initiated its theatrical premiere in March 2023, following a theatrical premiere in Japan in February 2023. The episodes included the Entertainment District Arc’s episodes 10 and 11, along with the Swordsmith Village Arc’s debut episode.
