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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
S2.E17
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Never Give Up

  • Episode aired Feb 6, 2022
  • TV-MA
  • 24m
IMDb RATING
9.7/10
29K
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Natsuki Hanae in Never Give Up (2022)
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Tanjiro wakes up to find himself surrounded by burning debris with Gyutaro laughing delightedly at his plight.Tanjiro wakes up to find himself surrounded by burning debris with Gyutaro laughing delightedly at his plight.Tanjiro wakes up to find himself surrounded by burning debris with Gyutaro laughing delightedly at his plight.

  • Director
    • Haruo Sotozaki
  • Writer
    • Koyoharu Gotouge
  • Stars
    • Natsuki Hanae
    • Akari Kitô
    • Hiro Shimono
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.7/10
    29K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Haruo Sotozaki
    • Writer
      • Koyoharu Gotouge
    • Stars
      • Natsuki Hanae
      • Akari Kitô
      • Hiro Shimono
    • 219User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Natsuki Hanae
    Natsuki Hanae
    • Tanjiro Kamado
    • (voice)
    Akari Kitô
    • Nezuko Kamado
    • (voice)
    Hiro Shimono
    Hiro Shimono
    • Zenitsu Agatsuma
    • (voice)
    Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
    • Inosuke Hashibira
    • (voice)
    Katsuyuki Konishi
    Katsuyuki Konishi
    • Tengen Uzui
    • (voice)
    Shizuka Ishigami
    • Makio
    • (voice)
    Nao Tôyama
    Nao Tôyama
    • Suma
    • (voice)
    Atsumi Tanezaki
    • Hinatsuru
    • (voice)
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    • Daki
    • (voice)
    Ryôta Ôsaka
    • Gyutaro
    • (voice)
    Zach Aguilar
    Zach Aguilar
    • Tanjiro Kamado
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Abby Trott
    Abby Trott
    • Nezuko Kamado
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Aleks Le
    Aleks Le
    • Zenitsu Agatsuma
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Bryce Papenbrook
    Bryce Papenbrook
    • Inosuke Hashibira
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Ray Chase
    Ray Chase
    • Tengen Uzui
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Erica Mendez
    Erica Mendez
    • Makio
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Emi Lo
    • Suma
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Anairis Quinones
    • Hinatsuru
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Haruo Sotozaki
    • Writer
      • Koyoharu Gotouge
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    User reviews219

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    10pouya-sanaei

    Pure joy - Thanks to all animators involved

    First this is really sad that anyone would rate this 1 star. I know this is hard for many people to understand but you CAN be a serious fan of many manga and anime, the fact that you are limiting yourself to be a fan of one particular anime is laughable. The quality will attract attention whether it gets 1 star or 100 stars in here (there are tons of underrated movies and series and tons of overrated movies and series in here), but the fact is Demon Slayer has one of the best animations known in Anime history. The fact that the manga ended for both Demon Slayer and AOT and they didn't pull a "The Promised Neverland" on us is a win for the anime community, so maybe stop hate distribution and learn a thing or two from the anime you are watching or manga you are reading.
    10twicejihyo

    There is no way u can rate this below than 9

    Bc it is so freaking crazy and beyond great!! The animation, sound and the final fight is crzay like studio is losing their mind I feel so overwhelming for watching this ep. So good!!!!
    10cmscovern

    11/10 episode

    Can we just watch our shows with peace, literally a 11/10 episode and people are bombing it with 1 star ratings. Honestly give it a break, both shows are fantastic so let's just be happy we are getting these peak shows on the same day.
    10A_Boydude_Reviews

    WOW! MIND-BLOWING ANIMATION

    I don't really do reviews on Demon Slayer, but this episode left me speechless. The episode had some of the GREATEST animation sequences I have seen in any anime. The style and colors just popped out from the screen. I mean WOW.

    I have never seen an anime look like this. Even the dramatic moments and payoff was great. But damm son. That cliffhanger is making me eager to see what happens next. Thank you Ufotable for putting so much hard work and dedication to this amazing episode.
    10sreeadithya

    THIS IS PEAK TV ANIMATION

    When I thought it couldn't get better than the last episode it better even better but this episode was so so well done to summarize this episode it was the demon slayer movie x100 i had goosebumps in the whole second half of the episode.. And Shirai san (the one who animated ep 19) thank you, this is the highest standard set for television animation and i dont think any anime ryt now can beat it in terms of animation quality

    Before you come and tell I'm a demon slayer stan and all.. I'm a huge aot fan but i don't think this ep was any less better.. Overall aot ep was better only because of it's phenomenal writing and direction, if only aot was not airing right now this wouldve been the talk of the town.

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Production company
      • Ufotable
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      • 24m
    • Color
      • Color
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