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Aug 15, 6:01 AM

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I just read a Shinobu doujin this morning so seeing her get killed and absorbed like that was a rather strange experience
@addictedtoliving Doujin name pls
Aug 15, 6:26 AM
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I just read a Shinobu doujin this morning so seeing her get killed and absorbed like that was a rather strange experience
@addictedtoliving wait, Whats!? 👀
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irbaz51_161 said:
@Ayyan_Anime Which DHA? Lahore or Karachi? I think only these two DHA have cinemas.

Karachi ,Where do you live?
Aug 15, 7:59 AM
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Just watched it today day one in Indonesia.
PEAK!!
ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🙌

Zenitsu scene gave me goosebumps.

Akaza got me emotional ngl, i cried as well 😭
10/10
Aug 15, 9:29 AM

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Damn, The movie gave me chills. Despite being a manga reader, I was thoroughly enjoying everything. This is the best example of a perfect adaptation, I'm kinda glad I read the manga beforehand so as not to get spoiled etc.

For once, My country got a movie before the US and others so I'm very glad lol.

Cinematography, Soundtrack, Fights, Art, Everything was amazing. I honestly can't wait to rewatch the movie once it comes out on Blu-ray (That's how much I liked it haha).
Aug 15, 9:34 AM

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just came out of the cinema, and damn the movie was impressive, had its strong and weak areas, but akazas back story was my favourtite part, cant wait for the seond one to release.
(8.5/10)
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This is the first time I am feeling fortunate to live in Pakistan. How the hell was this movie released before US and India over here.

Anyways, I couldnt go on the opening day (14th) but I just came from cinema today (15th) and HOLY SHIT this movie was mind blowing. Seeing a packed cinema hall for an anime movie itself is quite amazing. I think this is one of those movies which you have to witness in cinema. Its a completely different experience. Every single action sequence blew my mind. Ufotable is truly terrifying. This is truly their best work. All three major fights in this film were gorgeous. Yes there were plenty of flashbacks in between the fights but they were pretty solid in my opinion. I cried after Akaza's backstory. His whole fight was something out of this world. No wonder this film is breaking so many records. It deserves to do so.

In short, this is the best movie experience in my life. Mind blowing fights, emotional moments and amazing backstories makes this a wonderful experience and I am looking forward to the next movie that will most likely contain my favorite fight in all of anime and manga.

11/10. Amazing movie.
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Aug 15, 12:01 PM

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AKAZAAAAAA stole the movie for me (more yap later)
Aug 15, 12:11 PM

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『This is a review from Malaysian!』
14th August 2025

Yep I watch as soon as it's released in my local cinema.

Overall quality of animation, sound, voice acting, storytelling is a solid 10/10. Maybe some people think, why it's adapted into a movie trilogy? For me it's more better, I am so agree to have the last fight for every upper moon demon is made into a cinema quality, they deserve it.

SPOILER ALERT



That's all I guess. Can't wait for 2027, and 2029. InsyaAllah, I still live, so I can see the full movie trilogy. Keep up the good work! Thank you for this masterpiece!

-Nyuminzt-
@Nyuminzt This is very good review and sum up the whole things in this movie.

Trimas my fellow Malaysian friend here.
(just watched it in fully HD-IMAX at the largest theatre in our country)
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A strong argument for Kaigaku's inability to learn the first form of Thunder Breathing is that the first form is the only one that requires the user to get close to the enemy, and because Kaigaku fears death in battle, he can never use it.
Aug 15, 6:47 PM

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@addictedtoliving Doujin name pls
@Tyrecty search up the group Eromazun, may not suit your taste though.
Aug 16, 1:44 AM
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Damn, watching this in the theater was fvcking awesome.
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The Upper Rank demons are the main characters certainly
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FZREMAKE said:
This is the first time I am feeling fortunate to live in Pakistan. How the hell was this movie released before US and India over here.

Anyways, I couldnt go on the opening day (14th) but I just came from cinema today (15th) and HOLY SHIT this movie was mind blowing. Seeing a packed cinema hall for an anime movie itself is quite amazing. I think this is one of those movies which you have to witness in cinema. Its a completely different experience. Every single action sequence blew my mind. Ufotable is truly terrifying. This is truly their best work. All three major fights in this film were gorgeous. Yes there were plenty of flashbacks in between the fights but they were pretty solid in my opinion. I cried after Akaza's backstory. His whole fight was something out of this world. No wonder this film is breaking so many records. It deserves to do so.

In short, this is the best movie experience in my life. Mind blowing fights, emotional moments and amazing backstories makes this a wonderful experience and I am looking forward to the next movie that will most likely contain my favorite fight in all of anime and manga.

11/10. Amazing movie.

I know what you mean brother, I'm from Pakistan aswell and it was truly a surreal experience. I've went to the One piece red and other movies but this was a different experience. I got a bad seat and weird people sitting beside me but the movie was top tier.
Aug 16, 3:56 AM

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I love the animation and sound for this first episode of the movie, the music are also banger! Watching it in the cinema really different than watching on regular monitor & speaker.
The fight is also pretty good. But man... I don't really like how they do the flashbacks here, too much cut to the flashback and really breaking the immersion of the fight.


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Just saw it again in 4D. Totally worth it.
Aug 16, 5:26 AM

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FZREMAKE said:
This is the first time I am feeling fortunate to live in Pakistan. How the hell was this movie released before US and India over here.

Anyways, I couldnt go on the opening day (14th) but I just came from cinema today (15th) and HOLY SHIT this movie was mind blowing. Seeing a packed cinema hall for an anime movie itself is quite amazing. I think this is one of those movies which you have to witness in cinema. Its a completely different experience. Every single action sequence blew my mind. Ufotable is truly terrifying. This is truly their best work. All three major fights in this film were gorgeous. Yes there were plenty of flashbacks in between the fights but they were pretty solid in my opinion. I cried after Akaza's backstory. His whole fight was something out of this world. No wonder this film is breaking so many records. It deserves to do so.

In short, this is the best movie experience in my life. Mind blowing fights, emotional moments and amazing backstories makes this a wonderful experience and I am looking forward to the next movie that will most likely contain my favorite fight in all of anime and manga.

11/10. Amazing movie.

I know what you mean brother, I'm from Pakistan aswell and it was truly a surreal experience. I've went to the One piece red and other movies but this was a different experience. I got a bad seat and weird people sitting beside me but the movie was top tier.
@Biisoo Weird people point is so true. I went with a group of 9 friends and one of them told me to not go on 14th (opening day) because of this point. Thats one of the reason I went on 15th. The hall was still full and there were weird people but it was chill overall and the movie was absolutely amazing. Its still unbelievable to see so many people go to cinema for an anime movie here. The hype is huge.
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

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FZREMAKE said:
@Biisoo Weird people point is so true. I went with a group of 9 friends and one of them told me to not go on 14th (opening day) because of this point. Thats one of the reason I went on 15th. The hall was still full and there were weird people but it was chill overall and the movie was absolutely amazing. Its still unbelievable to see so many people go to cinema for an anime movie here. The hype is huge.

Yeah I went on the 14th but was stuck in traffic for 2 hours and ended up wasting my time and ticket lol.
So had to go on the 15th aswell.

Yeah it's insane how anime is now no longer a niche or hidden thing in Pakistan. What a time!
Aug 16, 7:42 AM
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incredible, absolutely stunning visuals, and a story that doesn't completely ruin it's animation value
Aug 16, 10:38 AM
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Manage to watch this on cinema. Honestly compare to infinite train movie with the focused on one flame hashira only, i feel like the vibe kinda decreasing here. Not by lot but still idk why its kinda different. I mean, i can't believe Shinobu just getting absorbed there in an instant? Well i mean, fight kinda obvious but still can actually be more impactful than that, sigh.

Also Zenitsu, bro really just create form just to beheaded those mob upper ranked demon. Yeah who the hell are you again, i wonder?

Aside those two main highlight from this first installment, i gotta say, Akaza doing the job pretty well. Well ofc, this is his movie part afterall since the first appearance of him at the infinite train movie, yeah. Again i gotta say, this is kinda lacking....


Overall visual still stunning as ever, even though ufo perhaps hide the better one at the second or even the final one, for the movie, its all good....

Damn you Doma.
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Aug 18, 6:41 AM
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Oh my, seeing this on cinema is such a great experience!


The visual is great, the fight scenes are awesome, one thing I am not a fan of is this movie has way a bit too much flashbacks/backstories, they should've been cut down a little bit. I was also hoping this movie would finish Doma fight entirely, too bad it would be saved for next movie.

Also one thing I am amazed for specifically is the beginning when everyone was falling in Infinity Castle, that was probably the best "entering enemy lair" scene I've ever seen in my life, it was phenomenal ^.^




(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
Aug 18, 7:15 AM

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Had the opportunity to watch this at a movie theater near where I live, and this is also my first time seeing ufotable's works in cinema. Very unfortunate, isn't it? Especially since I feel like this is a rare experience, perhaps only once a year. Plus, I got an interesting story to share with y'all.

You know what? When the credits rolled, everyone in the theater gave thunderous applause. Several people around me, both in front and to my left and right, even held the "Absolute Cinema" pose for a while. Never in my life have I seen something like this before, even though I've been in this world for almost two decades and have actually seen countless films in theaters. It is indeed worthy of that much appreciation.

Getting to the content of the film, I had previously read the manga up to the Infinity Castle arc. However, that was a while ago, so I've forgotten most of the details. No, I haven't completely forgotten everything that happened; I only remember the key points of the storyline. Well, there are a few interesting things we can discuss. Coincidentally, this time I watched with some of my friends who are also Kimetsu no Yaiba fans. After some discussion, we've agreed on several things.

First, for those of you who have watched it, especially those that has read the source material beforehand, what do you guys think of the Shinobu arc in the movie? Is it too fast, too slow, or just right (just right)? Because frankly, we think it's clearly too fast. Think back; don't you think it seemed like the events just flew by? Shinobu is one of the important characters, but it seems she is only discussed briefly. FYI, Shinobu is often discussed on various social media platforms, at least as a joke 😅

Second, this is no less important. Using the manga as a benchmark, the love story between Hakuji (Akaza while still human) and Koyuki is very short as well. In our opinion, the pacing is also too fast. In other anime, things like this are generally not that rushed, unlike here.

What do you guys think?
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I've always loved the concept of Infinity Castle and when I experienced in it animation it's always shook me like how did they do that!? Ufotable really said unlimited budget. Seeing them expand really amazing, it gives me chills. Overall, this movie's really worth your money and it gives really different experience when you watch it in PC/mobile phone and with theater cinemas. Great animations, visual, soundtrack, environment, 3D blending, basically all of viewer experiences are top tier. I really like Zenitsu vs Kaigaku scene and Akaza vs Giyu. (I swear it wasn't intense like that in the manga.) The way they (Gotouge-sensei, Ufotable) tried to express the feelings and emotional moments really hits me. This anime requires you to feel more rather than to think.

Something lacks in this movie is that some scenes dragged too long mid-fight, and it kills the vibe. The whole Akaza flashback is really emotional but man that scene literally at least one anime episode long. It basically goes fight → flashback → fight → flashback, it kinda annoys me lol. The placement for the flashback is just weird (I'm mainly talking about Akaza vs Giyu and Tanjiro.) Pacing is weird too, idk what to say. As expected from DS nothing interesting for the main plot or story but simplicity doesn't mean it's bad too. I've seen many people who aren't into Anime watched this movie and they said it was amazing.

Overall great movie, great experience. 9/10

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Zenitsu!!! My man showed up! I guess he was training the entire time we didn't see him. For some reason I don't think his switch flipped. I think that was truly him. I was happy to for the bg finally.

Is it wrong that Akaza's back story made him understandable, especially since he had lost his memories.

I'm even more excited for the next season.
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ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!
Aug 22, 3:45 AM

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Watch it on IMAX recently. One of the biggest highlight of this movie for me is seeing the infinity castle, it's so dynamic and fascinating to see it especially in the beginning of the movie. Animation is very pleasing to see and the fact that every single fight have a consistent amount of quality is something that's worth appreciating. Speaking of appreciating, Kajiura definitely never disappointing at handling the score and I could see how it elevate the mood of the scenes in the movie. KnY always does this but I will say it again that I'm not a big fan of how they utilize flashbacks in this movie.

I wonder if the next 2 movie will be as long as this one though?
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It does not come into the cinemas on China mainland, so I went to Hongkong to watch it.
I was amazed by its marvellous fighting and also touching story of akasa :(
Though demon slayer manga has ended for a long time ,but many people still go and watched the film!!!!Cant wait to see the next movie!!!!!!!
Aug 22, 6:26 PM
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Shinobu fucking died 🤯😯😧😭 wtf man

38:10 damn that Messenger Crow works fast spreading the news 😢

39:10 Woah! This information system is crazy!

43:00 So badass seeing Zenitsu serious like this ⚡️🔥

55:00 ZENITSU SLAYED!!! ⚡️🔥 YES! 🙌🏻 too easy!!!! Locked in!

1:03:00 AKAZA!!! 😯 Round 2!

1:04:00 Lady Tamayo 🫢

I hope Muzan and the other demons BURN by the sun in the end 🤯

1:11:40 Tomioka thinking highly of Tanjiro 🤭

1:15:20 “And I hate talking, so don’t talk to me!” 🤣 classic Tomioka

1:23:00 Tomioka! Right on cue! 🙌🏻

1:25:40 usually I skip fight scenes in anime because they’re pretty predictable, but Demon Slayer is the one anime I do not 🔥

1:40:20 Tomioka’s sword BROKE! 🫢 But TANJIRO! 😯🔥

1:43:35 TANJIRO WHY WOULD YOU YELL THAT OUT?! 🤯🤣

1:47:00 Uh oh, no one saw that coming 🫢 kept his head on. BUT TOMIOKA QUICK THINKING! 🙌🏻

1:48:20 OH SHIT! 😧😯🫢 I fucking knew it wasn’t over

1:55:00 and of course, in classic Demon Slayer fashion, we learn about the Demon’s life story as human right before they die to make us have some sympathy for them in the end 🥲

2:07:40 the daughter Koyuki blushing 🤣 so cute

2:09:00 that’s terrible 🫢 poor Akaza

2:11:20 Demon Slayer got some good romance man 🤣

That was insane man. I was NOT expecting this outcome. Akaza attacking himself, betraying Muzan in the end, and going out a good guy. Reunited with his dad, master, and lover again. I wonder how many people cried or will cry to this? 🤣

But never forget the fact that Akaza killed Rengoku 🥲

2 Upper Ranks down, 1 Hashira down 🥲 Kanao is in trouble. Tanjiro, Tomioka, and Zenitsu are out for now.

This was one hell of a movie holy crap man. Obviously I watched it on a website, not in theaters 🤣 maybe just missed a bit in the beginning and end, but I watched most of it. Insane man. 2 more…
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Shinobu fucking died 🤯😯😧😭 wtf man

38:10 damn that Messenger Crow works fast spreading the news 😢

39:10 Woah! This information system is crazy!

43:00 So badass seeing Zenitsu serious like this ⚡️🔥

55:00 ZENITSU SLAYED!!! ⚡️🔥 YES! 🙌🏻 too easy!!!! Locked in!

1:03:00 AKAZA!!! 😯 Round 2!

1:04:00 Lady Tamayo 🫢

I hope Muzan and the other demons BURN by the sun in the end 🤯

1:11:40 Tomioka thinking highly of Tanjiro 🤭

1:15:20 “And I hate talking, so don’t talk to me!” 🤣 classic Tomioka

1:23:00 Tomioka! Right on cue! 🙌🏻

1:25:40 usually I skip fight scenes in anime because they’re pretty predictable, but Demon Slayer is the one anime I do not 🔥

1:40:20 Tomioka’s sword BROKE! 🫢 But TANJIRO! 😯🔥

1:43:35 TANJIRO WHY WOULD YOU YELL THAT OUT?! 🤯🤣

1:47:00 Uh oh, no one saw that coming 🫢 kept his head on. BUT TOMIOKA QUICK THINKING! 🙌🏻

1:48:20 OH SHIT! 😧😯🫢 I fucking knew it wasn’t over

1:55:00 and of course, in classic Demon Slayer fashion, we learn about the Demon’s life story as human right before they die to make us have some sympathy for them in the end 🥲

2:07:40 the daughter Koyuki blushing 🤣 so cute

2:09:00 that’s terrible 🫢 poor Akaza

2:11:20 Demon Slayer got some good romance man 🤣

That was insane man. I was NOT expecting this outcome. Akaza attacking himself, betraying Muzan in the end, and going out a good guy. Reunited with his dad, master, and lover again. I wonder how many people cried or will cry to this? 🤣

But never forget the fact that Akaza killed Rengoku 🥲

2 Upper Ranks down, 1 Hashira down 🥲 Kanao is in trouble. Tanjiro, Tomioka, and Zenitsu are out for now.

This was one hell of a movie holy crap man. Obviously I watched it on a website, not in theaters 🤣 maybe just missed a bit in the beginning and end, but I watched most of it. Insane man. 2 more…
@kennynakawaki to write this amazing review from just the crappy quality is insane
Aug 23, 2:21 AM
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Absolutely loved it!
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Imax cinema hits different from my usual tv screen, but is the author really just incapable of giving any characterization outside of endless backstories? The author owes her damn life to Ufotbale lol.
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Imax cinema hits different from my usual tv screen, but is the author really just incapable of giving any characterization outside of endless backstories? The author owes her damn life to Ufotbale lol.
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The author owes her damn life to Ufotbale
does she tho? The stops feel natural and not any way intrusive in manga. If it feels bothersome in anime, it's just manga-anime disconnect.
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Ronninn said:
The author owes her damn life to Ufotbale
does she tho? The stops feel natural and not any way intrusive in manga. If it feels bothersome in anime, it's just manga-anime disconnect.
@Magpareddi

I've said it before, but I think that feeling is one (of the very few) problems with the anime adaptation.

In the manga, those brief flashbacks are consumed very quickly, so they don’t disrupt the immersion; instead, they act as short glimpses that give emotional impact. In the anime adaptation, however, what originally lasted only a few seconds is stretched into several minutes, which ends up hurting the pacing.

Don't get me wrong, I think the anime is superior to the manga in almost every way and adds a lot of content that wasn't in the manga, but I also think that a good adaptation, rather than reproducing exactly what happens in the manga but with great animation —or even lengthening it even more—, must be able to translate what the original version wants to convey to other formats using the resources specific to its medium. I think ufotable has always struggled with pacing.
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Showed me another company that can produce this kind of quality effects
Aug 23, 11:17 AM
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Literal masterpiece in every sense of the word, y’all must watch this movie in theaters asap!
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Watched this in theaters yesterday. It was phenomenal.

It's really nice to see Akaza's backstory animated. I was emotional once again.





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Great start to this trilogy, balancing incredibly animated action with fleshing out our characters.

Shinobu will be missed :(
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Kimetsu no Yaiba, Infinity Castle 1st Part - so, after I invited my friend to watch the movie, here's my fresh review.

Hardly care about Akaza or Mr. Hakuji, so that flashbacks all for naught for me. Plus, it covered all the remaning minutes of the movie which sucks. But his tenacity still makes me fear him. Even after beheaded by Tanjiro, his body still rejuvenates. I thought Muzan is the only capable demon who can do that!

Shinobu's fight was so-so I suppose. Yeah, she's not really the fighter. And she can't avenge her sister's death through her sword. She's more like a support for the corps.

Anyway, the one who surprised me the most is Zenitsu. His battle against the former co-successor, the current Upper Rank was so clean. He made his own 7th Thunder Clap Technique to defeat it.

Overall, it was a good enough movie to enjoy, but not as enjoyable as watching the fight in your own screen, in your favorite device, instead of coming to a cinema.

Rating:
8/10 Grade A movie
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HAKUJI DESERVED BETTER THAN AKAZA
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Lmao the kasugai crow voice crack
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Literal masterpiece in every sense of the word, y’all must watch this movie in theaters asap!
@M1kasaYu1 that might be most horrible op ive ever read lol but sure
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great animation, but the flashback of 3rd was too long i think
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pacing is horrendous but the action sequences are genuinely unbelievable and are perfect for the big screen
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i felt like the pacing was super fast, but then again that is in general how kny is where the story is super fast paced. but they managed to tell the story of akaza so well. the fight scenes were spectacular as always. maybe its just because i didnt read the manga but im a lil sad that the first fight was a lil anticlimatic D:
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Saya menonton filem nya di IMEX, sangat bagus sekali gambarnya dan jalan ceritanyaa
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Beautiful animation, but nothing has changed about the repetitive, bland Demon Slayer formula.

It's frustrating to see the death of such a meaningful character in the first twenty minutes, only to spend like double that on a predictable backstory for a demon. Guys, it's okay for your villains to just be evil sometimes, they're literally demons.

Overall, first movie was alright.
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@Magpareddi

I've said it before, but I think that feeling is one (of the very few) problems with the anime adaptation.

In the manga, those brief flashbacks are consumed very quickly, so they don’t disrupt the immersion; instead, they act as short glimpses that give emotional impact. In the anime adaptation, however, what originally lasted only a few seconds is stretched into several minutes, which ends up hurting the pacing.

Don't get me wrong, I think the anime is superior to the manga in almost every way and adds a lot of content that wasn't in the manga, but I also think that a good adaptation, rather than reproducing exactly what happens in the manga but with great animation —or even lengthening it even more—, must be able to translate what the original version wants to convey to other formats using the resources specific to its medium. I think ufotable has always struggled with pacing.
@papandreu22
Here's an example of what I was saying. This scene in the adaptation takes like 30 seconds. In the manga, it's read in an instant.

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Animation/visuals were topnotch, as expected.
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CtFishBone said:
Beautiful animation, but nothing has changed about the repetitive, bland Demon Slayer formula.

It's frustrating to see the death of such a meaningful character in the first twenty minutes, only to spend like double that on a predictable backstory for a demon. Guys, it's okay for your villains to just be evil sometimes, they're literally demons.

Overall, first movie was alright.

Bro ignored that Muzan, and all demons in S3 were only just evil… It’s like you want something to criticise but can’t find a decent criticism
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YN_ON said:
Watch it on IMAX recently. One of the biggest highlight of this movie for me is seeing the infinity castle, it's so dynamic and fascinating to see it especially in the beginning of the movie. Animation is very pleasing to see and the fact that every single fight have a consistent amount of quality is something that's worth appreciating. Speaking of appreciating, Kajiura definitely never disappointing at handling the score and I could see how it elevate the mood of the scenes in the movie. KnY always does this but I will say it again that I'm not a big fan of how they utilize flashbacks in this movie.

I wonder if the next 2 movie will be as long as this one though?

Most likely will be as long. Because the next one covers 2 big fights as long as Akaza’s fight if not more.
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Hunters_are_evil - Sep 7

15 by Magpareddi »»
9 hours ago

» Should've been made into 3 separate databases for review purposes.

dazedcowcow62 - Aug 15

24 by Jfs_ »»
Today, 8:20 AM

» How much will it earn in your country?

Arigatolist - Aug 3

15 by FZREMAKE »»
Sep 7, 6:25 AM
It’s time to ditch the text file.
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