MLB and the anime collection Demon Slayer have teamed as much as launch an anime-style quick movie to have fun the upcoming Tokyo Sequence, that includes Dodgers and Cubs superstars alongside Demon Slayer characters.
As they play, Demon Slayer’s Sakonju Urokodaki — Tanjiro’s mentor within the anime, right here proven as one of many commentators for the Tokyo Sequence — narrates the evolution of Japanese baseball and the “passing of the torch” to the gamers of the current day.
The movie cuts to Urokodaki educating Tanjiro the Demon Slayer “Respiration Types” — then returns to the sport to indicate Ohtani on the plate utilizing the “Battle Respiration first kind: Overpowering Dwelling Run.”
The Dodgers and Cubs will play the two-game Tokyo Sequence to open the 2025 MLB common season on March 18 and 19. The groups characteristic 5 Japanese stars between them: Ohtani, Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki on the Dodgers, Imanaga and Suzuki on the Cubs.
The primary film of the “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Citadel” trilogy comes out later this 12 months, premiering in theaters in North America on Sept. 12.
