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Kimetsu Orchestra Concert Screens in Indian Theaters
posted on by Adriana Hazra
PVR Pictures announced on Twitter on Friday that it will screen the Kimetsu Orchestra Concert in Indian theaters from November 26. The concert will feature a musical performance of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba television anime's original soundtrack combined with scenes from the anime.
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra played the concert on September 4 and 5 in Yokohama. The concert released on audio CD on October 9.
Hirofumi Kurita conducted the concert, and Nami Nakagawa and Maiko Katagiri provided vocals. Musical artists included: Kei Sakamoto on the bamboo flute, CHIAKi on the piano, Tohru Hasebe on the drums, Futoshi Sakai on the bass, Seigo Shishikura on the guitar, and Jun Abe on the keyboard.
Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga inspired the television anime that premiered in April 2019. Netlix began streaming the anime in India in April 2020.
The series was followed up by the Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film in October 2020. The film sold a total of 28,966,806 tickets for 40,016,942,050 yen (about US$367.6 million) in Japan as of May 23 — and became the first film ever to pass the 40 billion yen milestone. The film opened in theaters in India in August.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc television series recompiling the film premiered on October 10 in Japan, and the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc sequel will premiere on December 5.
Gotouge launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016. The manga ended in May 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 23rd and final compiled book volume in December 2020. Viz Media is publishing the manga in English.
Source: PVR Pictures' Twitter account
