The primary installment within the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Fortress film trilogy is scheduled for launch in theaters in September, and the movie has added new actors for the English-dubbed model. Demon Slayer has been one of the well-liked manga and anime in North America, with its relevance in popular culture solely growing with every subsequent season. Now, the massive closing arc of the film might be tailored right into a film trilogy, and a few spectacular expertise has joined the English voice solid to convey two key characters to life: Keizo and Koyuki, who’re extremely integral to a flashback of 1 tragic character within the sequence.
In an unique report from Selection, it has been formally revealed that Channing Tatum and Rebecca Wang might be a part of the English-dubbed solid of the primary Demon Slayer Infinity Fortress film. Tatum has been seen on social media exhibiting help and pleasure for Demon Slayer, a sequence that he watches together with his baby, and was even noticed cosplaying characters together with her at an occasion selling the anime. Mitchel Berger, govt VP of world commerce at Crunchyroll, offered an announcement in regards to the two actors becoming a member of the movie, saying:
“We’re thrilled to welcome again the beloved English voice solid reprising their roles for Infinity Fortress. Their iconic voices have significantly contributed to the admiration of the characters and recognition of the franchise. And, we’re excited to welcome Channing Tatum, who found his love of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and anime by watching the sequence together with his daughter, together with Rebecca Wang because the English voices of Keizo and Koyuki.”
Channing Tatum’s First Anime Voice Function Might Set a New Precedent Shifting Ahead
Rebecca Wang is a voice actor with intensive expertise in Japanese animation, having labored on sequence reminiscent of Solo Leveling, That Time I Acquired Reincarnated as a Slime, and different animated productions, together with Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai. Nonetheless, Tatum’s casting is a way more unconventional selection, on condition that the actor is thought for his huge Hollywood movies in live-action roles greater than he’s for his voice work in animated initiatives. Anime films derived from tv reveals usually lack the status of an enormous Hollywood actor’s identify behind them, additional underscoring the recognition of Demon Slayer.
Outstanding Hollywood expertise in anime films is often reserved for Studio Ghibli movies, whose English dubbing course of is presently being dealt with by GKIDS, however up to now was overseen by Disney, which helped recruit spectacular expertise. The Boy and the Heron continued this precedent set by Disney, as Hayao Miyazaki’s newest film recruited actors like Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Mark Hamill, Dave Bautista, and lots of extra to offer the English voices of the characters.
Tatum and Wang will voice a father-daughter duo within the movie, who’re primarily featured within the flashbacks of 1 character within the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Fortress film trilogy. Whereas it is not the function of a essential character (on condition that these have been all solid years in the past), it stays an emotional and important half in one of many many shifting arcs within the film. It’ll actually be fascinating to see if Tatum’s involvement within the film units a precedent for future dub castings of different anime films launched within the U.S.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Fortress
- Launch Date
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July 18, 2025
- Runtime
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155 Minutes
- Director
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Haruo Sotozaki, Hikaru Kondo
- Writers
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Koyoharu Gotouge, Hikaru Kondo
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Natsuki Hanae
Tanjiro Kamado (voice)
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Akari Kito
Nezuko Kamado (voice)
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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Inosuke Hashibira (voice)
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Hiro Shimono
Zenitsu Agatsuma (voice)
