Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024) is a feature-length anime from studio ufotable you can watch online on iFILM. Director Haruo Sotozaki stitches the closing episodes of the Swordsmith Village arc together with fresh footage and a lead-in to what comes next.

The fight at the Swordsmith Village is over, and its fallout pushes the Hashira into an emergency meeting. The verdict is bleak. Ordinary slayers cannot hold the line against the Upper Moons, and without a sharp jump in skill the whole corps could be wiped out. Stone Hashira Gyomei Himejima offers a plan: send the fighters through brutal training under each Hashira in turn. Tanjiro signs up for that gauntlet first. Meanwhile Muzan keeps hunting Nezuko and clan leader Ubuyashiki, so the quiet stretch is anything but safe.

The draw here is ufotable's animation, those fluid duels and water effects the franchise is loved for. This is a bridge between arcs rather than a standalone story, so it lands best for viewers already following the series. It runs 103 minutes in Japanese audio. Stream To the Hashira Training online on iFILM.