Name: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Special Edition Hashira Training Arc Part 2
Director: Haruo Sotozaki
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Action, Thriller
Released: 2025-06-27
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito

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Your favorite demon slayers hit the gym before the apocalypse. Yes, it's filler. No, you won't care.

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Your favorite demon slayers hit the gym before the apocalypse. Yes, it's filler. No, you won't care.

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Watch(KR)

Shonen hype machineTraining montage fever dreamEmotional damage incoming

Overview

Animation Fantasy Action Thriller

A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 60–63, The members of the Demon Slayer Corps and their highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira. In preparation for the forthcoming final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji, the Hashira Training commences. While each carry faith and determination within their hearts, Tanjiro and the Hashira enter a new story.

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Standout Aspects

Sound

Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina's score will destroy you.

Acting

Natsuki Hanae's scream acting should be illegal.

Best for:Theater·Binge·Friends

Director

Haruo Sotozaki

ReleasedJun 27, 2025

Runtime1h 45m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensityhigh

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Natsuki Hanae

Tanjiro Kamado (voice)

Akari Kito

Nezuko Kamado (voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This compilation film exists solely because Ufotable needed breathing room before Infinity Castle's three-film rollout. The studio literally animated filler so they wouldn't burn out animating the finale.

Insight

The Hashira Training arc in the manga was controversial for slowing momentum before the final battle; the anime expansion gives characters like Muichiro and Mitsuri emotional payoffs that retroactively justify the pacing.