“Tanjirou becomes a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his demon sister Nezuko.”
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
鬼滅の刃
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Synopsis
Tanjirou becomes a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his demon sister Nezuko.
Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. On his way back, night falls, forcing Tanjirou to take shelter in the house of a strange man, who warns him of the existence of flesh-eating demons that lurk in the woods at night. When he finally arrives back home the next day, he is met with a horrifying sight—his whole family has been slaughtered. Worse still, the sole survivor is his sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a bloodthirsty demon. Consumed by rage and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge his family and stay by his only remaining sibling. Alongside the mysterious group calling themselves the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjirou will do whatever it takes to slay the demons and protect the remnants of his beloved sister's humanity.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 500 sampled reviews of 592
What 500 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.27 · split reception
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.2
↑ 0.49
Running avg · May 2019 → Sep 2025
- 10 “the best animation of the animes i have ever seemed before even bnh animation is so bad if we compare to that animation of demon slayer what a out class anime and out class animation loved that...”
- 9 “This is a somewhat generic Shōnen with everything going for it. You can tell that so much effort was poured into this show, it's a gem despite following the same path as the other popular shows of...”
- 10 “Speechless! I definitely love this anime! This is my TOP2 anime for 2019 and will go very close to anime of the year. I love all my sword fighting anime. Tanjiro is one MC your fall in love with as...”
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- Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2019 – Sep 2019 Spring 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-14211 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Studio Mausu Producer
- Shueisha Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor