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1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Streams Behind-the-Scenes English Dub Video Featuring Channing Tatum

posted on by Alex Mateo
Film opens in U.S., Canada on Friday


Crunchyroll began streaming on Thursday a behind-the-scenes video for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy: The video features Zach Aguilar (Tanjiro), Abby Trott (Nezuko), Aleks Le (Zenitsu), Bryce Papenbrook (Inosuke), Johnny Yong Bosch (Giyu), Alejandro Saab (Kaigaku), Lucien Dodge (Akaza), and the recently revealed cast member Channing Tatum (Keizo):

In addition to Tatum, Rebecca Wang joins the cast as Koyuki.

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Image via Demon Slayer franchise's X/Twitter account
Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Aniplex will screen the first film in theaters, including IMAX and other premium large screen formats, in the United States and Canada on Friday. The film will screen in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub.

The first film opened in Japan on July 18. The film is playing on 443 screens (a franchise record) throughout Japan, including IMAX screenings. Outside Japan, Aniplex aims for the new film to play in over 150 countries and regions, which is wider than the franchise's previous world tour of over 145 countries and regions.

The film has so far sold 22,007,405 tickets for a cumulative total of 31,425,916,900 yen (about US$213 million). This makes the film the fastest film in Japan to reach 30 million yen (about US$203 million), reaching the milestone in 46 days. Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train held the previous record, reaching the milestone in 59 days.

The film has surpassed Titanic to become the #3 highest-earning film of all time in Japan. The film is likely to surpass Spirited Away in Japan in the coming days.

Haruo Sotozaki is directing the anime at ufotable, and ufotable is also credited for the screenplay. Aimer is performing the song "Taiyō ga Noboranai Sekai" ("A World Where the Sun Never Rises"), and LiSA is performing the song "Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake" ("Shine in the Cruel Night").

Source: Email correspondence


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