The year 2025 was big for animation fans, in part thanks to major anime films like Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle. The first of a three-part ender to the popular shonen anime broke records and dazzled fans when it came out, and now Sony’s looking to capitalize on that success by reigniting its theatrical run.
Beginning February 20, select theaters in Japan will play Infinity in Ultra 4DX and the three-screen ScreenX formats. The latter has been used for the likes of Mission: Impossible and Wicked: For Good, and its inclusion here for Demon Slayer is a big one. Not only is Infinity the first of that franchise’s movies to get the ScreenX treatment, but it’s also the first anime period to get this type of conversion.
At the time of writing, this is only available in Japan and the Philippines, with online chatter suggesting that other territories may eventually follow suit at a later date. According to Polygon, there are also rumors of Infinity returning to IMAX for theaters that can’t provide 4DX or ScreenX screenings. If so, that’d also make this the first Demon Slayer movie to get a re-release: the popular Mugen Train film and compilation movies for the “Swordsmith” and Hashira Training” arcs each only hit theaters the one time.
For those holding out for Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle to hit streaming, you’re going to be waiting awhile. But hopefully you’ll get a chance to watch it on the big screen beforehand.
[via Polygon]
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