Demon Slayer, shown the first gameplay trailer of the anime of the moment

aniplex e CyberConnect 2 have just released new screenshots regarding the gameplay of the game dedicated to Demon Slayer, the anime of the moment.

Demon Slayer, the video game arrives

The game looks truly amazing. The video shows how close the videogame transposition is to the anime from which it is based. The trailer shows Tanjiro doing different combos, skills and his finishing move. Shown in streaming in Japan, the gameplay presented to the Japanese public highlighted the competitive matches that can be faced in online multiplayer, and the Story Mode, the main campaign that will retrace the missions of the protagonist Tanjiro. Here all the details:

For the uninitiated, Demon Slayer is the phenomenon of the moment. According to data from Anime News Network, the new film based on the manga of Koyoharu Gotoge (which debuted on Shonen Jump in 2016) surpassed the box office record of The Enchanted City by Studio Ghibli. In 2019 an animated series was produced that in the Rising Sun has become a real cultural phenomenon. In Italy, you can see it through Amazon Prime Video.

This is the story of Tanjiro kamado, a boy who lives in Feudal Japan. Tanjiro fights against demons who feed on human flesh. They exterminated his family, transforming his younger sister Nezuko into one of their own, while maintaining human features.

The manga, in Italy, is published by Star comics, and is one of the most followed manga series, currently in our country, besides the well-known Dragon Ball and One Piece.

According to an article in Il Post, traditionally the demons, symbol of Japanese folklore, were a symbol of the disease; in Demon Slayer they are capable of death, destruction and other horrible things. This matched the expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic that also hit the Rising Sun, the disease-demon duo contributed to the success of Demon Slayer in which viewers saw each other again and thus learned to familiarize themselves with the characters and their stories to overcome difficult times.

In the face of this success, the videogame transposition of the title was obvious, confirmed the release in the course of 2021 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S / X e PC. There is no information available on the exit to the West.