The summary of the first episode "Somebody's Dream" is as follows.Tanjiro and his team fought to the death against Riku, Fallen Princess, and Taro, and won the battle.The "death of the Jogen-no-oni-squad demons" accomplished by Tanjiro and his team brought about a change in the situation that had remained unchanged for a hundred years, and caused a stir among the demons, including Kibutsuji Muzan.

　The third season of the "TV anime 'Demon Slayer' The Village of the Swordsmith" will be broadcast on Fuji Television at 11:15 p.m. on the 9th in a one-hour special, and on TOKYO MX, BS11, and Gunma Television at 11:30 p.m. on the 15th for TOCHIGI TV.

　"Demon Slayer" is based on the manga of the same title that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, and is a popular work with a total of over 150 million copies of the comics sold. Set in the Taisho era (1912-1926) in a world inhabited by cannibalistic demons, the story is about a boy, Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was killed by demons, who joins the "Kisatsutai" and sets out on a journey to defeat the demons that killed his family in order to return his sister Nezuko, who turned into a demon, to human form.

　The first season of the TV anime aired from April to September 2019 and became a social phenomenon, igniting its popularity. The movie "Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinity Train", which is connected to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a blockbuster hit, grossing over 40 billion yen at the domestic box office, and the second TV anime season "Yugaku-hen", which follows the movie, aired from December 2021.

　The third season, "The Village of the Swordsmith," which follows the second season, is based on the story from the 12th volume of the original comics. For the first time in 113 years, the Jogen-no-oni-squad is missing a demon, and an angry Muzan gives further orders to the remaining Jogen-no-oni-squad demons. Meanwhile, Haganezuka is furious with Tanjiro for spilling his sword in a fight with Gyuutaro, and in search of a new sword, Tanjiro visits The Village of the Swordsmith, where Haganezuka is working.

　The main characters in the story are two of the Pillars, which represent the highest ranking swordsmen of the Kisatsutai. These two are the pillar's Kasumi Pillar, Muichiro Tokitou (CV: Kengo Kawanishi), and the Love Pillar, Mitsuri Kanroji (CV: Kana Hanazawa). The first episode will be aired as a one-hour special, and the OP theme song will be "Kizuna no Kiseki," a new collaborative song by rock band MAN WITH A MISSION and musician milet.

Source : ORICON NEWS