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| Premiere screening of "The Roar of Victory" for the Hashira Training Arc. https://demonslayer-anime.com/worldtour2024/info/ Koyoharu Gotouge's Kimetsu is back, possibly for the penultimate season, going into the 9-chapter Hashira Training arc. MY FIRST STORY x HYDE's opening is definitely an improvement from the last one, though it's still decent. The episode kicks off with about five minutes of Sanemi and Obanai anime-original scenes, or at least that's what I think. I stopped reading the manga at this point, so I'm just an anime-only viewer now and could be mistaken. It felt like filler, but regardless, ufotable's animation is always top-notch. And let's be real, it's Kimetsu — the animation is always on point. With less than 10 chapters to adapt, there are bound to be plenty of new scenes, especially during the Hashira meeting. Personally, I don't mind, especially when it means more screen time for best girl Mitsuri. Out of anything in this episode, the scene between Kagaya and his servant was a standout moment — it was beautifully executed. The soundtrack and everything else about the episode were spot-on. You know, one thing that kinda gets under my skin when I'm watching this show is all the screaming and goofiness. I mean, I get it's part of the show's vibe, but sometimes it feels a bit out of place, especially during those more serious moments. Anyway, it's pretty obvious that this whole training arc is just setting the stage for the next big arc, which has got manga readers super excited. But hey, it's Kimetsu — we'll take whatever we can get from it. And yeah, it's becoming pretty clear that ufotable is fully invested in adapting the entire manga. I mean, those over-the-top previews with little to no editing? They're practically screaming how much cash this series is bringing in. So, no surprise they're gonna milk it for all it's worth till the very end. But yeah, most of the episode is basically exposition. But there were some really cute moments, especially when Zenitsu first sees Nezuko in the sunlight, and pretty much everything with Tanjiro in the infirmary was hilarious. It feels like there's a lot of potential for the events in the future, but I wonder if the show can deliver on that promise. Training arcs are a common feature in shonen anime and can be maybe interesting at times. There's definitely some tension brewing among the Hashira members, and it's nice to see the return of some old faces like Tengen to assist with the training. The great calm before the storm... is basically how I can sum up this season to be as. |
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| how much time does the last episode of previous season take? it it just summary or full 50 minutes? |
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| Watched this in cinema, can’t find the MAL entry though Keen to get into it!! Looks like it’ll be a great arc Loved seeing the other Hashira skills |
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| Oh damn, looks like MAL removed the last “movie” as well |
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| This 'movie', is an example of how not to make a movie. Pretty much 75% copied from the 'Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen' season. And that combined with a 8 minute recap of the 3 seasons before it. Not worth the money nor time to go to the cinema for. The noises when the movie 'ended' were horrible; it didn't even end properly. A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers. I've seen something happening like this before; with the Goblin Slayer movie. Half recap, half new content. Shortly after that, the Odd Taxi movie; 95% recap and only 5% new content. I have no idea what anime studios are smoking these days, but this ain't looking good. (Also; why do 40% of watchers give this a 5/5 stars? I didn't knew the fanbase would has such a... special opinion.) |
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| I could be disappointed that was the most DBZ moment, having half of the movie being a recap of the last 2 episodes of the swordsmith arc. However was nice to see Nezuko conquering the sun in a big screen, so was okay. Having more Nezuko scenes, everyone beginning to mustering their forces preparing for the last arc, was fun. Now wait for season begin, and then wait more 2 weeks for new content. |
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| Just saw it and yah, people gonna be upset about the recap but I think it set up this next arc wonderfully π₯ |
| Finally seeing this in the cinema today. Should be the beginning of the end for Demon Slayer. Well I just got back from the new episode and it was really light and fun overall. Here are some more of my thoughts:
Really looking forward to the rest of the season when it comes out in April, even if it will just be somewhat of a build up to the final confrontation. |
InfinityDude88Feb 22, 11:55 PM
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| Just saw it in theaters. The anime only Sanemi and Obanai additional scenes are cool. Getting some more lore about demon slayer marks and giving a glimpse of the overall training regimen was great. This season is going to be one big build up and hype train to the final battle. |
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| Just saw it. Added a few anime original scenes with sanemi and obanai Also i believe the kanao scene was also anime original. Just happy to hear her talk for a bit <3 Cant wait for the new episodes to come out. Spring 2024 is stacked |
| Just got back from watching the To the Hashira training premiere and honestly it was good (atleast the first episode of the new arc was but the recaps were a bit too overbearing this time) I know it's a recap movie so my complaint isn't actually a valid one but just wanted to say that lol. It was still a fun experience in the cinema though. Also those Obanai and Sanemi anime original scenes were really amazing tbh. My reaction was like this wasn't in the manga I think? and I was right. |
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Reply to Dinoe
This 'movie', is an example of how not to make a movie.
Pretty much 75% copied from the 'Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen' season. And that combined with a 8 minute recap of the 3 seasons before it.
Not worth the money nor time to go to the cinema for. The noises when the movie 'ended' were horrible; it didn't even end properly.
A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers.
I've seen something happening like this before; with the Goblin Slayer movie. Half recap, half new content. Shortly after that, the Odd Taxi movie; 95% recap and only 5% new content. I have no idea what anime studios are smoking these days, but this ain't looking good.
(Also; why do 40% of watchers give this a 5/5 stars? I didn't knew the fanbase would has such a... special opinion.)
Pretty much 75% copied from the 'Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen' season. And that combined with a 8 minute recap of the 3 seasons before it.
Not worth the money nor time to go to the cinema for. The noises when the movie 'ended' were horrible; it didn't even end properly.
A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers.
I've seen something happening like this before; with the Goblin Slayer movie. Half recap, half new content. Shortly after that, the Odd Taxi movie; 95% recap and only 5% new content. I have no idea what anime studios are smoking these days, but this ain't looking good.
(Also; why do 40% of watchers give this a 5/5 stars? I didn't knew the fanbase would has such a... special opinion.)
Dinoe said: A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers. As someone who hadn't seen the last arc nothing about this was confusing. The season recaps are enough to get the overall idea (while you hear the awesome openings) of what's happening too. It's honestly not that deep; this is a show about fighting demons, some of which are powerful. The woman has mad skill issues if she cares enough about the details to be confused but not enough to remember them in the show. Also, not sure what noises you're referring to tbh I was annoyed we had American subtitles and I was left wondering if it was average Fahrenheit or an insane temperature in Celcius though. And the quality of the visuals themselves was low with a resolution that looked pirated when watching on the big screen (also there was so much CGI which looked bad IMO). Hopefully, it looks less cheap on the small screen lol I really don't think this counts as a movie though since It's just episodes stitched together to hype up the new season, so I'm not sure criticisms apply |
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| watched in cinema. Was fun, finale of swordsmith was epic and dramatic, damn nezuko sequence almost teared me up. This arc feels like it will get dark with fatalities but also epic wtih fights. At least this ep1 felt like great foreshadowing. |
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Reply to CrazyDragy
Dinoe said:
A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers.
A family was sitting next to me at the cinema. One woman in there had only seen season 1. Needless to say; they were confused. Having a movie that is part of a movie should be possible without having seen the source material (One Piece, Hero Aca, etc.). But this movie falls flat for both fans and newcomers.
As someone who hadn't seen the last arc nothing about this was confusing. The season recaps are enough to get the overall idea (while you hear the awesome openings) of what's happening too. It's honestly not that deep; this is a show about fighting demons, some of which are powerful. The woman has mad skill issues if she cares enough about the details to be confused but not enough to remember them in the show. Also, not sure what noises you're referring to tbh
I was annoyed we had American subtitles and I was left wondering if it was average Fahrenheit or an insane temperature in Celcius though. And the quality of the visuals themselves was low with a resolution that looked pirated when watching on the big screen (also there was so much CGI which looked bad IMO). Hopefully, it looks less cheap on the small screen lol
I really don't think this counts as a movie though since It's just episodes stitched together to hype up the new season, so I'm not sure criticisms apply
| @CrazyDragy So the cinema's advertising it as a movie, and having people pay for it like they would for every other movie, doesn't mean that it is a movie? I think quite the opposite. Criticism is important, especially when they wrongly introduce this as a 'movie'. It was simply put; a 30 minute OVA that somehow took 130 minutes to watch. But if you are okay with that, I don't won't judge it. I simply am not satisfied for having a wrongly cinema experience from this. Not only did I theoretically pay 4x the amount as you would for a new experience (since 75% of it was copy-paste from the previous season), but I had to sit through that copy paste too. Along with all the other fans. If this keeps up, they can basically make 4 movies which each copy 75% of the previous one; which results in 1 'movie with new content' that people payed 4x the original price for (25%*4). |
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| I thought I'd hate the recap part but seeing some quality Ufotable action scenes on the big screen still makes for a decent experience. It looks like Ubuyashiki-sama is in serious condition now. Hopefully this won't affect the morale of the Demon Slayer Corps, especially after the rigorous Hashira training for the prospective next generation slayers. Tomioka-san appears to be even more distant from the other Hashira members, I wonder what his deal is. Saying something like he's not like the others is a little too strong, yikes. Tanjirou picked up on it at some point too, so I'm guessing it'll be covered eventually... Tamayo-san invited to the Corps main headquarters? They're definitely prepping for a big fight with Muzan and co. Exciting developments! |
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| The Oganai and Sanemi fighting against demons original scene was amazing. I'm glad they decided to add things here and there to give our hashiras some character development. A necessary improvement, definitely. The new opening is great, but I also liked that they used the last season's opening song as a credit ending but this time is a new epic orchestal version. It was amazing. Can't wait to hear it again. |
| Are those mindless-looking Oni canon or are they a new thing? I'm asking since the castle part was apparently anime original. |
| Was surprised to see this out but nice. Starting off the season with Snake and Wind hashira chasing demons and getting a glimpse of the castle. The hashira meeting, their number reduced to just seven. I'm glad both Mitsuri and Muichirou survived. Always glad to have more Shinobu. Finally getting into the lore of the mark and my girl Mitsuri lol, same as Tanjiro. Was hilarious to watch. Amane beautiful as always btw. Happy to see Tengen and his wives are doing well. Got emotional watching this episode. With that the hashira training arc begins and Tamayo was invited to work with the demon slayers. You know what that means, shit's about to get real. |
MegamiRemJun 9, 7:24 AM
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| where did this come from i was taken a back with no warning too |
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| I'm not against this type of event. It's a nice idea to build a bit of extra hype and possibly make a little money as well. These animations aren't cheap and both, Aniplex and ufotable, have been in the business long enough to know what works and what doesn't. I think everyone knows what they're in for if they decide to go watch this on the big screen, so I'm not sure how you can go watch this and then complain about the content knowing exactly what will be shown to you. Personally, I had a good time watching the finale of the previous season again but on a nice, big screen. If it were me, I probably would've cut it a little differently though. I would've cut half of the finale and instead shown a bit more of Mitsuri's fight. I think there is enough material you can cut away - especially since this is aimed at viewers who've definitely seen the previous season. Anyways, I think they used the BD visuals with small upgrades but I'm not 100% sure. It still looked spectacular. The new season seems utterly packed with content. I don't know how they'll be able to put everything that's in the OP into 12 or 13 episodes, to be honest. New enemies, plus training for 3 or possibly 4 characters with every hashira and then some? It's a mystery to me at this point but time will tell. |
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| I think that was the first time I watched an episode of a season in a cinema, certainly an experience. Was surprised how many people were watching. I knew beforehand that I'd watch the last episode of the last season again before watching something new, but I didn't mind it that much, even though I just finished that season a few weeks ago. New episode was good, though not that much action scenes. But it's a training arc, so no surprise there. Looking forward to the rest of the season. |
| Saw in theatres alongside the last two episodes of swordsmith village. was phenomenal on the big screen! |
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| Pretty good first episode. Makes me wonder how much longer this season will be, the beginning part intrigued me on the castle stuff. Why is Tomioka not partaking? Hm! Iunno. We’ll see!! |
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| Experiencing the fights in IMAX, even with all the recaps, was worth it. |
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| Damn, I saw To the Hashira Training movie some time ago, but forgot to leave a comment in this thread, haha. Leaving the whole movie's content ans focusing on the brand new content, I liked it. The first episode of the Pillar Training arc was a good one. Brilliant looking anime original, action-packed sequence with Sanemi and Iguro looked great on a big screen. It will surely look great on smaller displays, at home, once the regular TV broadcast starts. The rest of episode was a very solid introduction to the whole arc. It showed a glimpse of what the viewers may expect to see. Apart from the scene with Sanemi and Iguro, I enjoyed the most two other scenes: Pillar Emergency Meeting, and the scene with Tamayo. So, in short, it was pleasant to watch. |
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| Great first episode. LOVED the vibe. |
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| 40 minutes so this is good for 2 episodes the training arc starts now they added some fillers as expected too |
| The next arc has finally started and it looks like they're setting up for future developments as expected. Kanroji bits were so fucking hilarious. I love her. She was cute there. I don't know how people will take this arc but it is an important arc for the future. So, enjoy it. Tanjiro chomping down on food was satisfying to see as well. Many funny scenes which are cute. Nezuko speaking is cute as well. Akari Kitou finally got her chance to speak in the show. LOL. Tajiro's new blade looks amazing. Hashiras are the coolest. Tengen as a teacher is still playing his role in all of this. The training is in full force. It was a good introductory episode. That's all I can say. But, it was enjoyable. Also, the new OP is nice as well. Pretty art direction as usual from Ufotable. |
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Waiting eagerly for the first episode |
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