Nov 28, 2021
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen, also known as the Mugen Train arc in a 7-episode TV series format is a remake of the Mugen Train Movie. The first episode is anime exclusive and it covers some events before the main group jumps on the train. Even though the episode itself isn't anything mind-blowing, it surely does visually look as stunning as ever.
After episode 1, the TV series is basically the same as the Movie but with some additional content like more dialogue, a few new scenes and camera angles as well as some improved visuals. There are also the short post-credits scenes that contain some
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comedic sketches or Taisho-era secrets as seen in the first season. The pacing of the series is a bit slower and sometimes the episode recaps are unnecessarily long + add the OP and ED to that.
Having watched the Movie already, do I think the TV series is worth watching?
Well, it depends whether you want to experience the Mugen Train arc again or not. If you want to see the anime exclusive episode and then basically watch a bit modified version of the Movie again then yes I'd say it's worth it. If you watched the first season and the Movie and thought "Huh, that was cool but I wasn't too impressed" then I wouldn't recommend watching the Mugen Train arc TV series. I definitely enjoyed it even after seeing the Movie multiple times.
Having only watched the first season, is it worth watching the TV series instead of the Movie?
Watching the series weekly wasn't as enjoyable as watching the Movie in one go but if you were to binge watch all 7 episodes and skip the recap, OP and ED for every episode then I suppose the experience would compare to watching the Movie.
As a big fan of the anime, I enjoyed each episode a lot but if I wanted to rewatch the Mugen Train arc, I would rather rewatch the Movie instead of the TV series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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