by Push the blade against the opponent who was far higher. Boys who stand up even if they get hurt or fall down. Whether the flesh is scraped, the chest is pierced, or the bones are crushed, he keeps holding the sword with all his might. The boys defeated an immortal demon that heals quickly even if it is injured or loses a part of its body.
The TV anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” infinite train edition and Yukaku edition have been completed. The final episode, “No matter how many times you are reborn,” will be on air with a 45-minute expansion frame. It was broadcast with a special composition that does not put a TV commercial in the main part.
The four people, Tanjiro Kamado, Sound Hashira Tengen Umeda, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Hashibira Inosuke, who cut off the necks of the demons of the first string, Taro Kamado, who received the blood of the demon’s chief, Oni Mai Tsuji, and the fallen princess. The disappearing husband Taro and the fallen princess fight each other. After seeing his brother and sister arguing in a nasty manner, Kanjiro gently stops them. Yutaro looks back on his past and disappears quietly. The battle is over. Sound Hashira Tengen Umeda decides to retreat from the line and talks about entrusting the future to the next generation.
With this eleventh episode, the Yukaku edition that continues from the infinite train edition is completed.
The previously broadcast TV anime Mugen Train edition is a reconstruction of the movie version released in October 2020. The first episode of the anime original, the opening and ending sung by Lisa, and a new cut were added, and it was broadcast as a TV anime in all seven episodes.
The contents of the movie version are kept as they are, and the background of Flame Hashira and Purgatory Anjuro is drawn deeper, further emphasizing the size of what Sumijiro and his colleagues lost. It was an important story that could be said to have become a turning point in the entire story of “Kimetsu no Yaiba”.
With the reorganization of the infinite train edition as a TV anime this time, it was decided to follow the same flow as a continuation of the Kojiro Kamon and Ritsushi edition (first season) that had been broadcast on TV anime in the past.
And the following TV anime Yukaku edition will be broadcast in all 11 episodes. Draws a battle scene that greatly exceeds the infinite train edition, and depicts it with an action animation that is exceptional for TV animation. He talked about the growth of Tanjiro Kamado and his step toward overthrowing the demons.
The infinite train edition and the Yukaku edition are episodes that correspond to the 7th volume, 54th episode to the 11th episode, 97th episode of the original comics. It is a story drawn just around the first year since the serialization of “Kimetsu no Yaiba” began in “Weekly Shonen Jump”. “Weekly Shonen Jump” is known to reflect the popularity of reader questionnaires in the order of publication, but “Kimetsu no Yaiba” at this time was serialized 50 times, and the popularity of readers was reasonable at that time. Among the works, it was a mid-sized work. In the 53rd episode (15th issue of 2017 / released on March 13, 2017) just before the start of the infinite train edition, the center color (color page sandwiched between the middle of the magazine) is displayed. When the infinite train edition started, the popularity suddenly went up. During the serialization of the Yukaku edition, the magazine’s opening color and center color were displayed many times, stepping up to become one of the faces of “Weekly Shonen Jump.”
The brush of the original author, Koyoharu Gotouge, is also slamming, the gag and serious swings are wide, the gag’s broken face is bold, and the composition of the decisive cut is drawn with big sesame is sharp. It is increasing. Especially in the infinite train edition, “I’ll tell you why you can’t step into the supreme realm. Because you’re human. Because you’re old. Because you’re dying.” It’s the beauty of living things “(Kyoujuro Rengoku),” The demon slayer is always fighting in the darkness of the night in your favor !! It’s a living human being !! The lost limbs will never be returned ”(Kojiro Kamon). In the Yukaku edition, there are deep scenes and lines that are related to the theme of the work, such as “Don’t be ashamed. The living one wins” (Umeda Tengen). Indeed, even in the work “Kimetsu no Yaiba”, it can be said that the Yukaku edition was the core episode.
The animation was announced in the 27th issue of 2018 (released on June 4, 2018) where the 112th episode after the end of the playground was published, and it may be the episode that decided the animation.
How to animate this important episode.
Although it has a track record in the TV anime Kojiro Kamon Ritsushi, the animation production staff must have been under great pressure. In this infinite train edition and the Yukaku edition, we are challenging two things, “what we did not change” and “what we changed”.
One of the “things I didn’t change” is the staff system. This work is mainly produced by the in-house staff of the animation production company ufotable. If you look at the staff members, you can see that they are almost the same as the staff members of the works that the company has produced. In “Kimetsu no Yaiba”, the main staff will continue from Kimetsu Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
The staff of ufotable Tokushima (they also have a production studio in Tokushima) is in charge of detailed daily scenes, and in-house action directors and action animators are put in the key action scenes, and the staff is thick. Is working on each story firmly. Also, the style of production has not changed. As with the production of the Ritsushi edition, the unique touch of the original comic and the composition of the frames are firmly reproduced in the main animation, and the movement between the frames is drawn with free animation. Then, the film scoring method, which creates music (drama accompaniment) according to the video, adds emotional music. High-quality drawings tend to be the focus of attention in this work, but considerable effort is also put into acoustics. I think it was one of the challenges to inherit from the Ritsushi ed. And “changed”.
One of them is the musical aspect mentioned above. In the Yukaku edition, Aimer will be in charge of the opening and ending. She is an artist who is in charge of theme songs in numerous dramas and animations, and her ufotable works include the TV anime “Fate / stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]” and the movie version “Fate / stay night [Heaven’s Feel]”. Is also the artist who was in charge. With her participation, the Yukaku edition brought a “feeling of the darkness of the night” and a “feeling of running”.
There are also changes in the gekitomo music. In the Ritsushi ed., The number of times Japanese musical instruments were used was intentionally reduced, and the so-called “Japanese scale” melody was also few. However, in the Yukaku edition, the story is lively by adopting the main theme that uses the sound of the shamisen and the Japanese scale. In terms of music as well, it may be said that a change has been made.
Another of the “changes” is the original depiction of the anime. In the TV anime infinite train edition, one episode is produced as a whole anime original story number. In the Yukaku edition, the original depiction of the anime was conspicuous, such as the scene of Tanjiro Kamado’s demon subjugation in the first episode, and the scene of visiting the graves of Tengen Umeda and his three brides. For example, the cut of “Honesty Tanjiro Kamado can’t make a normal face when he lie” in the second episode of the Yukaku edition was drawn as an easy-to-understand gag scene with a retro movie-like production.
In the Ritsushi edition, the original scenes of the anime were woven in detail, but in the TV anime Infinite Train edition and Yukaku edition, the weight is getting stronger. As the original author’s brush runs and the number of parts that are freely expressed, such as the dream scene of the infinite train drawn in the original comic, gradually increases, the range expressed by the animation staff is expanding steadily. Probably.
Draw innumerable bands operated by the demon of the first string, Fallen Princess, with 3DCG, and hit it with the swashbuckler action drawn by Kanjiro and others. It can be said that such an expression is an updated version of the action (Kemari) action (8th to 10th episodes of Kojiro Ritsushi) operated by the demon, Shusamaru, edited by Kojiro Kakumon. Update the expressions that challenged the past and create new expressions. This is one of the pleasures of seeing long-term series works.
As the manga artist continues to serialize, the brush will ride, the characters will be drawn lively, and the momentum of the work will increase. The season of fertility that occurs in long-term serialized works, so to speak, is the time of probable change. The talented animation staff and the studio will further expand the fulfilling episode.
At the end of the eleventh episode, which is the final episode of the Yukaku edition, the production announcement of the next swordsmith village edition was made. In the swordsmith’s village edition, Koi Pillar, Kanroji Mitsuri, and Kasumi Pillar, Tokito Muichiro appear. It’s a big challenge for Kanjiro and Nezuko. In the original, there are plenty of gag depictions, and the serious action scenes are awesome. What kind of animation will it be?
I just wait for the time of the TV anime swordsmith’s village edition on air with the thought of Chiaki every day.
