Japan's cinema chain TOHO CINEMAS announced last week that it has lifted restrictions on occupancy of its theaters nationwide for the weekend of October 16-18. It is worth mentioning that this coincides with the premiere of the film Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen.
The seating restrictions in theaters in Japan were first implemented in May to facilitate social distancing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, the Japanese government approved measures to ease these seating restrictions in stages and cinemas, allowing cinemas to fill their theaters to maximum capacity from September 19, although food was only allowed in theaters at 50% of its capacity. capacity. It is worth mentioning that, although the cinemas had this approval by the government, they had not implemented it until now.
For the following weekends, theaters will temporarily allow full capacity. Drinks will continue to be sold on the premises, but visitors are prohibited from ingesting them during screenings. Everyone is also required to wear a mask and refrain from engaging in conversations on the premises.
The feature film is scheduled to premiere in theaters in Japan on October 16 and is a direct sequel to the events of the anime, adapting the "Infinity Train Arc" from the original manga. Koyoharu Gotouge began publishing the manga in Shueisha publisher's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016 and ended it in May 2020. The publisher published the twenty-second compiled volume on October 2 in Japan, with a initial print run of 3.7 million copies.
Source: Toho Cinemas
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