Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc Anime To End With Episode 8

The official website of Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc anime announced on June 16, 2024 that the ongoing season will end with episode number 8.

While this will be the shortest season in the anime series in terms of episode count, fans can still look forward to the last two episodes of the Hashira Training Arc, as both them will have an extended runtime.

Episode 7, which airs on June 23 in Japan will have a runtime of 40 minutes, while the final episode 8, which airs on June 30, will have a runtime of 60 minutes.

The season had also premiered with a one hour long special episode.

Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc is animated by Ufotable.

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: Official website of Demon Slayer