01SeriesDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019 · 26 episodes


鬼滅の刃
MAL score and studio: original / first tv season (or film), not franchise totals. Snapshot: November 2026.
Demon Slayer collection
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The story
After his family is slaughtered by demons and his little sister Nezuko is turned into one, Tanjiro Kamado joins the Demon Slayer Corps to hunt the monster responsible and find a way to make his sister human again. A story of grief, kindness and breathtaking sword battles.

Protagonist
A kind-hearted swordsman with an extraordinary sense of smell who fights demons without ever losing his compassion.

Deuteragonist
Tanjiro's sister, turned demon, who refuses to eat humans and fights to protect them instead.

Antagonist
The first demon, a thousand-year-old monster who fears only one thing: the sun.

Ally
A coward who becomes a lightning-fast master only when unconscious.

Ally
A wild boar-headed brawler raised in the mountains.

Hashira
The quiet Water Hashira who first spared Nezuko's life.

Hashira
The flame-hearted Hashira whose spirit burns brighter than any fire.