An illustration featuring Himejima, the central character in episode 6 of the new "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hashira Training Arc," has been released on ufotable's official X account.

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hashira Training Arc" covers the episodes from volumes 15 to 16 of the original manga, where Tanjiro and his friends undergo training with the highest-ranking swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, the Hashira, to become stronger.

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" is a popular series based on the manga of the same name, serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from February 2016 to May 2020, with the comics surpassing 150 million copies in circulation. Set in the Taisho era, the story follows a young boy, Tanjiro Kamado, whose family is killed by demons. To turn his demon-transformed sister, Nezuko, back into a human and to avenge his family, he joins the Demon Slayer Corps and embarks on a journey.

The first season of the TV anime aired from April to September 2019, igniting its popularity and becoming a social phenomenon. The movie "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train," which follows the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a massive hit, surpassing 40 billion yen in domestic box office revenue. The second season, "Entertainment District Arc," aired from December 2021, and the third season, "Swordsmith Village Arc," followed in April 2023.

Source : ORICON NEWS