Summary
- Sony accidentally revealed Demon Slayer movie debut date, possibly September 12, 2025.
- Expect higher budget, better fights, and good box office for the Infinity Castle trilogy.
- Movie likely covers only the Infinity Arc, leading to a final and loving rescue by Tanjiro.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle is probably the most awaited anime movie for now, and Sony Pictures might have accidentally dropped the debut date. Officially, the sequel to the Demon Slayer anime is set to be released at some point in 2025.
Both Sony and Toho have high expectations regarding the film, believing it could surpass Demon Slayer: Mugen Train and become the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time. They are not entirely wrong in believing in the film’s potential, but this is by no means a simple task for any movie.
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Sony Expects Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle To Exceed Mugen Train’s Box Office
The sequel to the Demon Slayer anime is premiering this year, and Sony has very high expectations for it!
It might seem Sony just accidentally leaked the debut date on its French website. A page for an “Untitled Crunchyroll/Sony/Aniplex Event Film” was added, including the September 12, 2025 premiere date. It was listed as a “Wide” release (and on IMAX), so it should be something big. Sony has removed the page, but we can still find the original information when looking for it on Google.
Well, this information alone could be something else, despite that it is likely to be Demon Slayer, as Aniplex has no other release as big as it (it would hardly be an international roadshow for Madoka Magica, for example). However, German cinema chain CineStar is also listing the movie, with a synopsis that leaves no room to doubt: this is the Infinity Castle movie.
CineStar also lists it as slated for September 29, 2025. It might be that the exact debut date is not totally set, or it’s just that it will be released at a different date in different countries and territories. That means the movie might premiere even sooner in some territories (and later in other ones).
What To Expect From Infinity Castle?
Higher Budget, Better Fights, Good Box Office
The movie is the first in a trilogy. However, this arc is not exactly the final arc, it’s like the first part of the final phase of the story. It comprises 44 chapters, and the next (and final) arc contains 22. So the trilogy is likely to cover only the Infinity Arc, and each movie should adapt 14–15 chapters. Just for comparison, the Mugen Train arc comprises 13 chapters, so it’s 100% possible to deliver a good movie covering around 15 chapters.
As movies, the whole Infinity Castle arc will probably have a higher budget compared to the regular TV series, so this will be Demon Slayer with even better quality and, likely, better fight scenes, while leading the story to its true, final segment. Everyone is waiting to see how kind and loving Tanjirp Kamado will rescue his sister once for all!
However, it’s best to be skeptical about the chances of the movies (any of them) becoming the highest-grossing box office. That’s totally possible given the series’ popularity and previous cinema roadshows, but also insanely hard to achieve. They are likely to have great box offices performances within the niche. Let’s just not take what Mugen Train achieved for granted, as it was bigger than anyone could have expected.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is available to stream subbed and dubbed on Crunchyroll (it’s also on Netflix on some countries and territories).
Source: Sony Pictures, CineStar via X/Formerly Twitter, (2)
- Release Date
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April 6, 2019
- Studio
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ufotable
- Creator
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Koyoharu Gotoge