This week we review and discuss Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編), a fantasy action movie directed by Haruo Sotozaki and starring Natsuki Hanae, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Akari Kitō, about a group of demon slayers who raid Muzan's Infinity Castle where they face an army of demons as well as their personal ones.
We talk about how we experienced the movie as someone who is new to the Demon Slayer franchise and unfamiliar with anime in the first place and how the movie compared to our expectations, whether the storytelling conventions in Demon Slayer worked for us, whether we agree with the criticism of pacing and overreliance on flashbacks and exposition, when you should conclude that a genre or medium is just not for you and how that compares to other movies like that we've tried previously, and much more.
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0:00 Intro
0:17 Movie Recommendations (King of the Hill, Demon Slayer Season 1)
08:12 Synopsis & Overall Impressions
16:02 Spoiler Discussion
56:22 Conclusion & Ratings
