Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1

Ufotable's 2019 first season, 26 episodes of the Unwavering Resolve arc, opened by LiSA's "Gurenge".

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1, also known as the Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc, is the first season of the anime, adapting the first seven volumes of Koyoharu Gotouge's manga, chapters 1 to 54, and aired for 26 episodes from April 6 to September 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11 and other networks. Produced by Ufotable, it was announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump on June 4, 2016.

Quick Facts

Season name

Demon Slayer:; Kimetsu no Yaiba

Episodes

Network

Tokyo MX
GTV
GYT
BS11

First aired

6 April 2019

Last aired

28 September 2019

Facts from the source article.

Background

Haruo Sotozaki directed the season with scripts by the Ufotable staff, music by Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina, character designs by Akira Matsushima and Hikaru Kondo as producer. Set in Japan's Taishō era, where humanity secretly fights demons with enhanced strength, rapid regeneration and unique Blood Demon Arts, it follows the teenager Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a Demon Slayer after his family is slaughtered and his younger sister Nezuko is turned into a demon. The opening theme is "Gurenge" by LiSA and the ending "from the edge" by FictionJunction feat. LiSA, with episode 19 ending on "Kamado Tanjiro no Uta" by Go Shiina featuring Nami Nakagawa.

Before broadcast, the first five episodes screened theatrically in Japan for two weeks from March 29, 2019, as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sibling's Bond, with screenings in Los Angeles and Australia. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll, Hulu and Funimation, AnimeLab simulcast it in Australia and New Zealand, and the English dub ran on Adult Swim's Toonami from October 13, 2019, to May 3, 2020. Aniplex released it in Japan on eleven Blu-ray and DVD volumes from July 31, 2019, to June 24, 2020, with cover art by Matsushima.