Is it going to be on any streaming services?
Summary:
- The new Demon Slayer movie is out.
- It can be watched only in movie theaters for now.
- The new season will premiere on Crunchyroll.
February is coming to an end, and this is great news not only for winter-haters, but also for the Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) fans, since the new movie is finally out internationally.
Global theatrical screenings of the Hashira Training movie started on February 21, 2024, and the anime keeps becoming available in more countries each day. The movie premiered in the USA on February 23, and there are a lot of fans who managed to watch it during the first weekend.
Where can you watch it?
Unfortunately, the Hashira Training movie is a theatrical-only release, so the legal way of watching it now is going to the nearest movie theater and getting your tickets. However, don’t be upset if it’s not available in your country.
To the Hashira Training is not entirely a new movie, since it includes two last episodes of the Swordsmith Village Arc and only the first episode of the new season. So it’s basically just an early premiere of Season 4 that you can watch on a big screen.
Streaming services
It usually takes 8-10 months for anime movies to get their digital releases, but the Hashira Training will not be like that, since the only fresh content in it is the first episode of the upcoming season.
That’s why it’s fair to say that “the movie” will be out when the Hashira Training season premieres, which is April 2024. So just two months after the big-screen release.
The new season of Demon Slayer will be available on Crunchyroll, and it would make a lot of sense if the movie airs there, too. However, a lot of fans think it’s pointless to even wait for the digital release of the project.
As we’ve said, To the Hashira Training will have just one thing that might interest you: the first episode of Season 4. And you will get it in April anyway. So why bother watching the entire movie and sitting through the last episodes of Season 3 just to watch the new episode?
This makes the digital release of the movie meaningless. If fans want to rewatch the last episodes of the Swordsmith Village Arc, they can do it even now, no waiting is needed. And when the time comes for the Hashira Training Arc season to premiere, they will just watch the new episode.