Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen

After a string of mysterious disappearances begin to plague a train, the Demon Slayer Corps' multiple attempts to remedy the problem prove fruitless. To prevent further casualties, the Flame Pillar, Kyoujurou Rengoku, takes it upon himself to eliminate the threat. Accompanying him are some of the Corps' most promising new blood: Tanjirou Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira, who all hope to witness the fiery feats of this model demon slayer firsthand.

Unbeknownst to them, the demonic forces responsible for the disappearances have already put their sinister plan in motion. Under this demonic presence, the group must muster every ounce of their willpower and draw their swords to save all two hundred passengers onboard. As things begin to spiral out of control, Tanjirou's resolve and commitment to duty are put to the test.

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Kamado, Tanjirou Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Agatsuma, Zenitsu Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Hashibira, Inosuke Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kamado, Nezuko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Rengoku, Kyoujurou Main

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Kochou, Shinobu Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Tomioka, Giyuu Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Uzui, Tengen Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Kanroji, Mitsuri Supporting

Tokitou, Muichirou Supporting

Kondou, Hikaru Producer

Miyake, Masanori Producer

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

Fujio, Akifumi Producer

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Oct 16, 2020

Jacrispy36

Recommended

I was super lucky to be able to see this in theaters the day this came out!

Story: 6/10 The story is a continuation of the Demon Slayer Anime that ended last year in 2019, being an adaptation of the Mugen Train Arc. You may recognize the main villain or demon of this arc from the first season, well you did see him. He was the the demon who Muzan had given his blood to, the one who wanted to be tortured. It closely follows the Manga's events, showing off Rengoku using his Sun Breathing Techniques, and all the fights. It feels bloated with fights ... and not much else, but that's mostly the manga's fault. The movie does play out the emotional scenes quite well. Kimetsu no Yaiba was never big on the story aspect so it will be expected for the movie and any adaptations if they want to stick to the source material.


Art: 10/10: Once again, Studio Ufotable has knocked it out of the park with the breathtaking animation they have. But this time around it's even better with a movie budget. Its so smooth and satisfying that it just draws you in like that. The breathing techniques were the highlight of the First Season, and its the same for here. I have no idea how Studio Ufotable does it. With Tanjirou's breathing, the almost 3d looking camera angles, the fast paced movements, Nezuko's Exploding blood, Zenitsu's lighting, Inouske in all of his glory, its absolutely fantastic.

Sound 7/10: Another amazingly great aspect. At times like that, I love being in a Japanese theater, because everybody is very silent, doesn't laugh at jokes or gasps, its a great expierence. The sound effects are pretty good, with the Voice acting being taken to the next level. But the real highlight in terms of the sound, is the amazing Musical Score. I said it once and I will say it again, Demon Slayer has one of the best orchestrated soundtracks in an Anime that I have ever seen. The low and melancholy piano keys, the tense and sharp violin, the soft and relaxing flute, the haunting chorus, it all comes together to make a amazing score.

Characters: 6/10: Nothing really changed from the first season, with most characters sticking with their personalities. But at times it just feels like the second season of the anime and not a feature length film. I mean, its an exact adaptation so you expect it to be similar to the manga but its very similar to the source material and the previous Season. The constant yelling between the trio is very annoying, like the first season. Even when writing this review, I feel like I'm just reviewing the anime. The only thing that changed was the art but everything stays the same in terms of my thoughts on the anime.

Enjoyment: 8/10: I enjoyed the Demon Slayer Anime, but this, raised the bar even higher, I highly highly highly suggest watching this when it comes out on streaming services. Demon Slayer is shaping up to be another gigantic manga and anime series even if it might not deserve it fully. But if your a big fan of Shonen Jump or the second season, OR even the manga I would suggest watching it. But its not perfect, I think too many people have hyped up Demon Slayer, which can be bad when the ending eventually gets animated, because it will all come crashing down. But still good for the time being.

Overall: 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 15, 2021

JangoRook

Mixed Feelings

Let's start with the negative first. The film itself lasts almost 2 hours, and there are 2 villains. One of them is useless, and seriously because not only does that one villain have no role but the whole part with him is completely unnecessary and in no way contributes to the development of the story. In addition, too much time was wasted here to suggest that the things that happen to the main characters are used for their character development, which did not happen. There’s also the classic problem of many shonen stories, and that’s bad writing of villains and by that I mean both, ... and especially the initial villain who’s only there to be a punching bag. The next problem is related to the last third of the film, first of all there is an attempt to draw some so-called philosophy that is not well realized. Next up are those dialogues that are catastrophically poorly written, and there's also the end of a film that creates excessive pathos from very not-sad things. Now let's get to the good stuff. First of all, the film immediately begins without summarizing previous events and the occasional extra word about the power system. And of course the animation is very good with very detailed and fluid fights, and the music is a bit weaker than in the series, but still very good that contributes to the hype in the action scenes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 18, 2021

Fotsuan

Not Recommended

Time is money, they say. There's a bunch of interesting things to do in our free time. Choose wisely, they also say. This time, I will be writing about two unwise choices. Mine to watch Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen and, the most important one, ufotable's choice to waste their effort on this movie.

Ufotable is undoubtedly one of the best animation studios out there. When it comes to animation and OST, Mugen Train was a blast. There were some insane fights with amazing soundtrack. Voice acting was decent too. But all of this was a given. After making movies like the Heaven's Feel trilogy and ... other spectacular works, ufotable has proven their incredible skill in creating breathtaking fights and sceneries. Unfortulately, there are some people like me, who want a good story or good characters in order to enjoy a movie with beautiful animation.

Let me say it straight; I spent two hours of my life watching this movie. Two hours which showed just a single event; Rengoku and the boys' horrific train trip. In terms of story and character development, most of this arc's content was slow and superficial. The writing was awful, the plot conveniences were too many and the characters were, mostly, as plain as they could be.

A big part of the movie included a certain villain's annoying and meaningless monologues, another part included ufotable showing off their incredible animation skills by animating too many character fighting techniques, and there were scenes where certain characters were forgotten and did nothing for a (long) while. The train battle planning was unbelievably bad and watching it made me realize there was no point in dragging it for so long. Too many buttpulls!

As you can understand, I have no complaints against the insane job the studio did, but the source material is incredibly bad. Do you guys think ufotable made the correct choice to make this movie when there were many fine works out there waiting to have an anime adaptation?
I think not! I wish I could watch another movie whose plot supports its dreamful animation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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