On the official site for the animated adaptation of the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga it was announced that Ufotable Studios is producing a series of four-episode shorts to commemorate Valentine's Day. This project is titled Kimetsu Gakuen Valentine-hen and will be released through the official Aniplex YouTube channel on February 14.
The shorts will accompany the event "Kimetsu-Sai -Anime Ni-Shuunen Kinen-Sai-", which will be broadcast online the same day and which will commemorate the second anniversary of the premiere of this animated adaptation. Thus, the fourth short will be broadcast during the broadcast of this event.
Finally, Gotouge published the original manga in Shueisha publisher's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016 and finalized it in May 2020 with a total of 23 volumes. The animated adaptation of the manga had a total of 26 episodes and was produced by Ufotable studios, under the direction of Haruo Sotozaki and released in April 2019. Subsequently, a film titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen, was released in theaters in Japan on October 16.
Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjirou Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives with his family in the mountains. Tanjirou has become the head of his family after the death of his father, making constant trips to the village at the foot of the mountain to sell firewood and charcoal.
However, his life changes when one day, returning home from a night out, he discovers that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjirou and his sister Nezuko are the only survivors now, but she has been turned into a demon, although she surprisingly still displays emotions and seems to have a sense of reason. After an encounter with Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjirou decides to become a demon hunter to hunt down the murderer of his family and find a way to return Nezuko to normal.
Sources: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime's website, Oricon
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