By ATSUSHI OHARA/ Staff Writer
March 11, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Fans of the wildly popular manga “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” have a treat in store with a second season of its animated TV series scheduled to air later this year, production company Aniplex Inc. announced.
The anime is based on a manga of the same name by Koyoharu Gotoge. The comic’s serial run in the Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology ended in May.
The story centers around a boy named Tanjiro Kamado, whose family is slain by an “oni” demon.
The second season, subtitled “Entertainment District Arc,” is set in a red-light district where a demon lives.
It is a follow-up to the first season of the TV show that aired in 2019 and an animated feature film adaptation released last fall that became Japan's highest-grossing film of all time.
An illustration of Tengen Uzui, a senior swordsman who fights alongside Tanjiro and other warriors, was also unveiled.
Other details, such as the broadcaster and airtime, will be announced later.
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Tengen Uzui, one of the main characters featured in the second season of the "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" animated TV series ((c) Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable (Provided by Aniplex Inc.)
