PREVIEW: Demon Slayer: The Movie – Mugen Train (15)

WHO’S IN IT? (ENGLISH VERSION)

Zach Aguilar (The Age of Shadows), Abby Trott (Shopkins Wild), Bryce Papenbrook (Blue Exorcist: The Movie), Aleks Le (Ne Zha), Mark Whitten (Once Upon a Time: The Rock Opera), Landon McDonald (Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple), Kirk Thornton (Digimon: The Movie), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (Violetta), Michelle Ruff (Hop), Jessica DiCicco (Over the Hedge), Johnny Yong Bosch (A Whisker Away), Matthew Mercer (Promare)

WHO’S IN IT? (JAPANESE VERSION)

Natsuki Hanae (A Whisker Away), Akari Kitō (film debut), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (No Game, No Life Zero), Hiro Shimono (Cencoroll), Satoshi Hino (Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison), Daisuke Hirakawa (The Sky Crawlers), Shin-ichiro Miki (Harmony), Houko Kuwashima (The Tibetan Dog), Yō Taichi (Blackfox), Kaede Hondo (Mirai), Takahiro Sakurai (Vexille), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Batman Ninja)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Haruo Sotozaki (film debut), director; Gotôge Koyoharu (film debut), writer; Akifumi Fujio (film debut), Masanori Miyake (film debut) and Yūma Takahashi (film debut), producers; Kajiura Yuki (The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel) and Shiina Gô (Majokko Shimai no Yoyo to Nene), composers; Kamino Manabu (Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel – I. Presage Flower), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his family is brutally murdered and his sister transformed into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado (Aguilar/Hanae) starts his path as a demon slayer by embarking on a mission aboard the Mugen Train, which is on a collision course with despair…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Both an adaptation of the popular manga and a sequel to the ground-breaking anime series, this record-breaking Japanese hit is action-packed and filled with stunning animation to appease both fans of the material as well as any newcomers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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