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The cumulative shipment of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hinokami Kepputan” worldwide has exceeded 1 million sets

Siya Co., Ltd. announced that the first home console game of “Demon Slayer: Blade of Fire” will be released on October 14, 2021 (Thursday) (Production: Aniplex/Game Platform) : PlayStation 4・PlayStation 5・Xbox Series X|S・Xbox One・Steam) The current cumulative shipments in the world(※1)It has exceeded 1 million units.

The home console game “Blade of Demon Slayer” is a combat action game based on the original animation “Blade of Demon Slayer”, which will be played in April 2019. It is produced by Aniplex / sold in Japan(※2), And developed by CyberConnect2, Siya Co., Ltd. is responsible for sales in Asia, Europe and the United States.

The official emphasized that this work is not only full of exquisite images produced by Aniplex, but also the profundity of the character created by a courageous performance. The sense of action and blow of the character that can be felt through the game is also widely praised by players all over the world.

In addition, it has also been announced that there will be 3 free updates after the sale. The first free update is scheduled to be released from the end of October to the beginning of November. Through this update, the last one will be added as available characters.

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※ The calculation of total shipments includes the number of boxed limited edition shipments and the number of units sold in the download version

※Saya Co., Ltd. is responsible for the sale of the Steam version.

[Summary of the work]What is the animation “Blade of Ghost Slayer”?

The original TV animation based on the manga works serialized by Wu Shiqing Hu Shiqing in Shueisha JUMP COMICS. The cumulative circulation of the original booklet from episodes 1 to 23 has exceeded 150 million. The animation began in April 2019. The story begins with the boy Tanjiro Kaamon whose family was brutally murdered by ghosts and entered the “Ghost Killing Team” in order to turn his sister Nidouzi into a human being. The sorrow stories between people and ghosts described in this work, as well as the fighting of ghosts, swords and shadows, as well as comedy plots that appear from time to time, have gained extremely high popularity, not only in Japan, but also in the world. Had a huge response.

In addition, in October 2020, the theatrical animation of the story “Infinite Train Chapter”, which follows the TV anime “Tanjiro’s Resolution Chapter”, will also be screened around the world, led by Japan. As of May 24th, this work has set a record in Japan of 28,966,806 total attendees and a box office of 40,016,942,050 yen. Including the 45 regions that were screened overseas, the world set a record of approximately 41.35 million visitors and approximately 51.7 billion yen at the box office. In Japan, “TV Animation Unlimited Train Chapter” will start airing in October 2021, and “TV Animation Tour Profile” will start airing in December.

Commodity Information

  • Commodity name: Demon Slayer Blade Fire God Blood Wind Tan

  • Game platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Steam
    ※Only the digital version is sold on platforms other than PS4・PS5

  • Release Date: On Sale (On sale on October 14, 2021 / Steam version on sale on October 16, 2021)

  • Game language: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, English subtitles / Japanese, English voice

  • Game category: Ghost Fighting Action Game

  • Number of players: 1~2 (Connected to play will be supported after the update file is updated)

  • Issuance and sales: Seya Co., Ltd.

  • Development: CyberConnect2

  • Production: Aniplex

  • Game rating: auxiliary 15 level

  • Official website: https://asia.sega.com/kimetsu_hinokami/cht/

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