Script for pillar training episode 1 released Smiling Tanjiro & Nezuko on the cover

The new TV anime series “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Pillar Training'' was broadcast on Fuji TV on the 12th. After the broadcast, the script for the first episode was released on ufotable's official X.

X also introduces the script used in the actual production of the first episode of the TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' Pillar Training Edition “To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji.'' -Kamado Brothers and Sisters-'', the script was released.

On the cover of the script, you can see Tanjiro and Nezuko smiling.

In the first episode, “To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji,'' in the village of swordsmiths, two of the top demons were defeated thanks to the efforts of Tanjiro and the two pillars. And the existence of Nezuko, who has conquered the sun, foreshadows a big battle with Muzan Kibutsuji. Meanwhile, the pillars gathered at the Ubuyashiki residence and a pillar meeting was held.

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Training Edition” is an episode that takes place between volumes 15 and 16 of the original comic, and tells the story of Tanjiro and his friends receiving training from the highest-ranking swordsmen and pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps in order to become even stronger. Ru.

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” is based on the manga of the same name that was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from February 2016 to May 2020, and is a popular work that has sold over 150 million copies in total.

The story is set in a world inhabited by man-eating demons during the Taisho era. Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family was killed by demons, sets out to return his sister Nezuko, who has become a demon, to a human, and to avenge the demon that killed his family. A story about joining the Demon Slayer Corps and going on a journey.

The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from April to September 2019, and it gained popularity and became a social phenomenon. The movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train'', which connects to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a huge hit with domestic box office revenue exceeding 40 billion yen, and the movie will continue from December 2021. The second season of the TV anime “Yukaku Edition'' depicting the world is broadcast. Then, the third season, “Swordsmith's Village'', which is a continuation of the second season, was broadcast from April 2023.