‘Demon Slayer’ Drops Surprise Season 3 Swordsmith Village Arc Trailer

We still have no idea when Demon Slayer will be releasing season 3, its Swordsmith Village Arc, which is why fans were surprised to see a new trailer debut for the season out of nowhere this week.

The new spot is technically three minutes long, but the actual season 3 stuff is more like forty seconds as we get a tiny glimpse at two of the core characters, and reiterate that in Swordsmith Village they…make swords. You can watch the new trailer below:

The two main hashiras that the Swordsmith Village Arc will focus on are glimpsed here, Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji and Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito. And obviously our central trio of Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu will return along with Tanjiro’s now-evolving demon sister Nezuko.

The Swordsmith Village arc should cover around 25 or so chapters of the manga, similar to the length of the Entertainment District Arc, so I’d expect a 10-12 episode season. The Swordsmith Arc begins with Tanjiro heading back to Swordsmith Village to get another new weapon, and naturally, things go awry when demons show up. We have not seen any of those demons yet in the teaser trailers so far, though obviously we should expect more powerful, upper-rank ones.

Demon Slayer blew audiences away in season 2 with its absolutely wild animation that is some of the best the entire anime genre has ever seen, namely during its exceptionally long fight against the Upper 6 duo. During this fight, Tanjiro unlocked new levels of power as he merged Water Breathing and Sun Breathing, and Nezuko figured out how to change in size and essentially age into a more powerful version of herself.

Given how season 2 went, I would expect season 3 to be absolutely massive and a megahit on Crunchyroll. Both Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan have ballooned into enormous global hits. I was about to say that Demon Slayer now stands alone given that Attack on Titan is over but…of course Attack on Titan is not over as they decided to add yet another part to its final season. No word on whether that or Demon Slayer season 3 will make it out first. I’d expect news about an actual release date pretty soon here, if they’re comfortable starting to tease the season with new trailers.

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