Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 3 concluded this past June, continuing Tanjiro Kamado’s battle against the demonic forces of Lord Muzan and earning a spot on our list of the best anime of 2023. Fans of the series won’t have to wait long for a continuation, as the fourth season of the anime is already in production and due to premiere early next year.
Here’s everything we know about the upcoming fourth season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Will there be a Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4?
Yes. On June 22, the official Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba X account shared the first teaser trailer announcing that the fourth season was already in production.
The account also tweeted a teaser poster for the season featuring character designs for Giyu Tomioka, the Water Hashira; Shinobu Kocho, the Insect Hashira; Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira; Sanemi Shinazugawa, the Wind Hashira; and Obanai Iguro, the Serpent Hashira.
What will Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4 cover?
The fourth season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will adapt the 10th arc of the original manga, titled the Hashira Training Arc.
The original manga arc follows Tanjiro as he trains under Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira, to attain the rank of Hashira — a high-ranking member of the Demon Slayer Corps — in order to prepare for the impending battle against Lord Muzan and his remaining Upper Rank demon commanders.
Who will be producing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4?
Haruo Sotozaki, who directed the first, second, and third seasons of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as well as the feature-length films Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, will return to direct the fourth season. Akira Matsushima will also be returning to serve as character designer and chief animation director. Anime studio Ufotable will once again handle production duties for the fourth season.
When will Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4 come out?
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc will premiere in April 2024, as revealed in a promotional video shared on the series’ official X account on Dec. 10. The season will debut with a special one-hour premiere episode and will be preceded by worldwide theatrical screenings of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-, a feature-length re-edited version of the final episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc and the first episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc starting Feb. 2, 2024.
Will Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4 stream on Crunchyroll or Netflix?
No announcement has yet been made regarding which platform Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc will stream on, but it’s reasonable to speculate that the season will likely stream on Crunchyroll, as has been the case with the series’ previous seasons.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc was added to Hulu and Netflix on Sept. 28, two months after the premiere of the season’s final episode on Crunchyroll. With this in mind, it’s not unlikely that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc will be added to Hulu and Netflix sometime after the season’s simulcast has concluded.
