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Crunchyroll announced on Friday that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle – Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, will release on Crunchyroll with Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs on July 28 at 8:30 p.m. IST.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment released the film in Indian theaters on September 12 across 750 screens nationwide in Japanese with English subtitles as well as with English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs. The film is the highest-grossing anime film in India. It crossed ₹10 crore (US$1,132,400) in pre-sales, making the film the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film based on opening day sales. Crunchyroll hosted an early screening for the film on September 7. The company’s brand ambassadors Rashmika Mandanna and Tiger Shroff attended the event. The film re-released for ScreenX on March 6 in select Indian cities.
The film opened in Japan on July 18, 2025, and ended its run in Japanese theaters on April 9 after screening for 266 days. The film sold a cumulative total of 27,455,968 million tickets to earn 40,200,019,000 yen (about US$252.5 million) in Japan.
Crunchyroll describes the anime film:
Tanjiro Kamado – a boy who joined an organization dedicated to hunting down
demons called the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was turned
into a demon.While growing stronger and deepening his friendships and bonds with fellow corps
members, Tanjiro has battled many demons with his comrades – Zenitsu Agatsuma
and Inosuke Hashibira. Along the way, his journey has led him to fight alongside the
Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira, including Flame
Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku aboard the Mugen Train, Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui
within the Entertainment District, as well as Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love
Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji at the Swordsmith Village.As the Demon Slayer Corps members and Hashira engaged in a group strength
training program, the Hashira Training, in preparation for the forthcoming battle
against the demons, Muzan Kibutsuji appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion. With the
head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the
headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the
hands of Muzan Kibutsuji.The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons’
stronghold – the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle
between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc television anime premiered on the Fuji TV channel and its affiliates with a one-hour special in May 2024, and ended with the 60-minute-long eighth episode in June 2024. Crunchyroll began streaming the Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs for the anime season in June 2024.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-, the theatrical screening of the one-hour first episode of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc television anime and the final episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc, opened in Japanese theaters on February 2, 2024. The screenings for the anime opened in Indian theaters on February 23, 2024. Sony Pictures Entertainment hosted a premiere screening for the anime in Mumbai on February 21, 2024. Early screenings began in several cities across India on February 22, 2024. The film crossed ₹5,19,94,270 in revenue in its first week in India becoming the highest-earning international film in the country for 2024 at the time.
Voice actor Natsuki Hanae and producer Yūma Takahashi attended the “world tour” theatrical screening for the film in India in April 2024. Hanae and Takahashi also attended the Mumbai Comic-Con event for a Demon Slayer panel at Jio World Centre, BKC.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc anime premiered on April 9, 2023 with a one-hour special and aired for 11 episodes. Crunchyroll and Netflix streamed the anime in India as it aired in Japan. Crunchyroll added the Hindi dub of the anime in May 2023 and began streaming the Tamil and Telugu dubs in January 2024.
Source: Press release
