Demon Slayer
| Demon Slayer | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 鬼 滅 の 刃 |
| transcription | Kimetsu no Yaiba |
 | |
| genre | Action, fantasy , drama |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Koyoharu Gotōge |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Shūkan Shōnen Jump |
| First publication | February 15, 2016 - May 18, 2020 |
| expenditure | 20th |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyōdai no Kizuna |
| Original title | 鬼 滅 の 刃 - 兄妹 の 絆 - |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Director | Haruo Sotozaki |
| music | Gō Shiina , Yuki Kajiura |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2019 |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 26th |
| Director | Haruo Sotozaki |
| music | Gō Shiina , Yuki Kajiura |
| First broadcast | April 6, 2019 on BS11 , Gunma TV , Tokyo MX , Tochigi TV |
Demon Slayer ( Japanese 鬼 滅 の 刃 , Kimetsu no Yaiba ) is a manga series by Koyoharu Gotōge . It has been released in Japan since 2016 and was adapted as an anime television series, also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba . The work is about the fate of two siblings, the younger of the two has become an allegedly man-eating demon and the older is trying to find a cure for this condition. The anime falls into the genres of action, fantasy and drama.
By May 2020, there were 60 million copies of the manga in circulation.
content
The boy Tanjirō Kamado grows up as the eldest son of a charcoal burner. In order to take care of his younger siblings and his parents, he does a lot of work and even in deep winter he still goes from the forest to the city to sell coal. There the hardworking boy is popular with many. But when he returned to his family's hut one day, they were all robbed. According to the traces, it was the devils, of whom the legends tell and who eat people at night. Only Tanjirō's sister Nezuko is still breathing, so he takes her with him on the way to town. On the way, however, it turns out that she has also become a devil and thus a danger. You meet Giyū Tomioka, who hunts the demons. He wants to kill Nezuko, but Tanjirō wants to protect his little sister. A fight ensues in which Nezuko also protects her brother. Tomioka therefore finally lets them both live and sends them to his master Sakonji Urokodaki.
On the journey to master Urokodaki, the siblings meet another devil, against whom they have to defend themselves, and against whom Nezuko again protects their brother. She herself has to hide herself from sunlight during the day in order not to disintegrate and not be recognized by people as the devil. Arrived at Urokodaki Tanjirō apprenticed to him to become a demon hunter and one day to be able to help his sister to become human again. Finally, with the help of two ghosts, he succeeds in completing his apprenticeship and taking the demon hunter test: to survive a night on Mount Fujikasane, which is inhabited by devils. In the end, only a few of the examinees survived, including the fearful Zenitsu Agatsuma and the confident Genya Shinazugawa. They receive a raven as an ambassador who accompanies them and informs them of their assignments.
After the exam, Tanjirō receives a sword specially forged for him. He is sent with him on his first assignments, in which he is supposed to defeat devils that hunt people. He always carries Nezuko with him in a wooden box, protected from the sunlight. She is of great help to him in combat at night. Finally he arrives in Tokyo, which has already been modernized. He is amazed at the technology he has never seen before and surprisingly meets the devil Muzan Kibutsuji for the first time. This is the origin of the other devils and gathers a group of chosen ones around it: the twelve moons. When Tanjirō tries to chase after him because he hopes that Nezuko will cure him, he meets Tamayo and Yushiro. The two devils live peacefully among people as doctors and assistants. They want to help the siblings, but are then attacked by Kibutsuji's devils. After a tough fight, they decide to research the devils together and help Nezuko. Tanjirō is supposed to collect blood samples for Tamayo from all devils.
On his next assignment, the demon hunter meets Zenitsu again, whom he has to stop from flirting with a girl. Together they have to help three siblings whose eldest is trapped in a house full of devils. There they meet the wild demon hunter Inosuke Hashibira with the head of a boar. All three can kill the devils of the house together - in too much fear Zenitsu passes out and becomes a great fighter in a trance - but then Nezuko has to be protected from the irrepressible Inosuke.
publication
The series has been published in Shūkan Shōnen Jump magazine by Shueisha since February 2016 . He brought out the chapters in 20 anthologies so far. The manga ended with its 205th chapter on May 18, 2020.
Demon Slayer was not a hit before the anime was implemented as a manga, as Hiroyuki Nakano, editor-in-chief of Shūkan Shōnen Jump , admitted in an interview. In terms of sales per volume, the series was significantly behind other contemporary hits of the Shūkan Shōnen Jump , such as One Piece , My Hero Academia , Haikyu !! , The Promised Neverland and Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma . By February 2019, after three years of running, the manga had only sold 3.5 million times.
According to Nakano, manga sales would normally increase gradually while an anime adaptation was being broadcast, but Demon Slayer's sales instead suddenly skyrocketed after the end of the first season. In September 2019 the series had 10 million copies, in December 2019, with the publication of the 18th anthology, 25 million copies, and in May 2020 finally 60 million copies. According to chart company Oricon, over 45 million edited volumes were sold between November 2019 and May 2020 alone.
An English translation of the series is published by Viz Media , a French by Panini Comics , a Spanish by Norma Editorial , an Italian by Edizioni Star Comics , and a Chinese by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan. A German version has been published by Manga Cult since April 2020 .
Anime
The studio created both an anime television series and a feature film for 2019 . The film Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyōdai no Kizuna , which was released on March 29, 2019 , was directed by Haruo Sotozaki and consists of the first five episodes of the series. On April 6, 2019, the television series started, which was created under the same director who also wrote the scripts together with Takashi Suhara and Toshiyuki Shirai . For the character design was Akira Matsushima responsible and the artistic direction was Koji Eto and Masaru Yanaka .
The broadcast in Japan takes place on the stations BS11 , Gunma TV , Tokyo MX and Tochigi TV . At the same time, the anime will be published internationally on various online platforms with subtitles in several languages. This includes streaming with German subtitles via Wakanim .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speakers ( seiyū ) | German speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Tanjirō Kamado | Natsuki Hanae | Constantin von Jascheroff |
| Nezuko Kamado | Akari Kitō | Julia Meynen |
| Sakonji Urokodaki | Hōchu Ōtsuka | Klaus-Dieter Klebsch |
| Giyu Tomioka | Takahiro Sakurai | Nico Sablik |
music
The music for the film and series was composed by Gō Shiina and Yuki Kajiura . The opening credits are Gurenge from LiSA , the credits are underlaid with the title from the edge by FictionJunction feat. LiSA.
Web links
- Official website at Shonen Jump (Japanese)
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Manga and its adaptations on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Franchise Will Have 60 Million Copies in Circulation. Anime News Network, May 6, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Jump Editor-in-Chief Explains What's Unusual About Demon Slayer's Success. Anime News Network, February 11, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - February 2019 (Updated). Anime News Network, March 3, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga's Total Print Run Reaches Ten Million Copies. Crunchyroll, September 2, 2019, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Franchise to Have Over 25 Million Copies in Circulation. Anime News Network, November 26, 2019, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2020 (First Half). Anime News Network, May 28, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in the German synchronous file