Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Season 1 Episode 1 Cruelty
It is the Taisho Period (i.e. 1912-1926). Tanjiro Kamado is living a modest but blissful life in the mountains with his family. One day, when he returns from selling charcoal in town, he finds the remains of his slaughtered family in pools of blood after a demon attack. Tanjiro rushes down the snowy mountain with the sole survivor, his sister Nezuko, on his back. But on the way, Nezuko suddenly snarls, turning on Tanjiro.
- Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: Fuji TV, Gunma TV, Tokyo MX, BS11, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Tochigi TV, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, TOS, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, OHK, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, UMK TV Miyazaki, NST, NBS, Sakuranbo TV, TSK, Ehime Broadcasting, KTS, Fukushima TV, NIB, AKT, Toyama Television, TV Kumamoto, Okinawa Television Broadcasting
- Keyword: sibling relationship, swordplay, magic, supernatural, undead, tragedy, coming of age, based on manga, demon, mutilation, dark fantasy, anachronism, shounen, anime, time skip, taisho, mischievous, lacrimation, award winner
- Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Takahiro Sakurai