Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle – Part 1 Review
I went yesterday on the Independence Day of Pakistan to the movie I wanted to watch since a few months Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle -Part 1: Akaza Returns in the Cinepax Packages Mall, in Lahore. The verge was electric. The cinema hall was brimming up with the fellow enthusiasts of Anime and some of them were even dressing up as their most preferred characters. A festival there already was the pre-concert.
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First Impressions
Already on the first shot, I could understand that Ufotable once again created something astonishing. The Infinity Castle was executed in incredible detail true twisting corridors, shifting rooms and impossible architecture that you could touch. Seeing it on the large screen it dawned on me all the extent to which this film was designed to be cinematic. The lights, shades and colors appeared more affluent than anything that a TV could handle.
Story & Pacing
The film starts right after the events of the Swordsmith Village Arc. Tanjiro, Nezuko and the Hashira are literally thrown into the crevice of the scary demon castle of Muzan Kibutsuji. It is pitiless, aggressive, -fights start early and are never finished. One element of the movie that was especially close to me is that the background of Akaza was given. The sight of his human life, regrets, as well as the connection that he shared with Keizo and Koyuki allowed me to feel something unexpected toward a vicious Upper Moon boss: empathy.
One can believe that it had a couple of dull moments in the use of flash back but in actual sense I am embracing them. They emoticized acts of action.
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Animations & Fight Scenes
As far as their prior work is concerned in the Ufotable studio, you can definitely expect them to be the masters at the intersection of the traditional animation and modern CGI. But here? They even went to an extent. The Muichiro vs Kokushibo battle was jaw-dropping in particular. It was sheer visual poetry in every movement of the blade, every particle effect of the Mist Breathing style.
The scenes of the Akaza fight were just right with the mix of brutality and beauty fast, fluid and emotionally-charged.
Sound & Music
Aimer theme song sounded differently in the cinema due to the surround sound at the cinema. Such was the bass in action scenes that I could feel them in my chest. There was silence in the hall when the lower-key emotional songs were played on, everybody was riveted.
Voice Acting
The performances were real and natural because the original version Japanese was viewed with subtitles at Lahore. Akaza had each cry provided with an anguish, anger and glory by the voice actor. Owing to this, the emotional flashbacks are far worse off.
Audience Reaction
What a wonderful thing about seeing it in Pakistan? The atmosphere of the people. When it was over, people clapped, during important scenes there were cheers and I even heard some gasp during one scene that was rather shocking. I kind of felt it was a collective feeling, and I won’t forget it easily. Final Verdict
The sight of Infinity Castle in a full house theatre on Independence Day can never be forgotten. It was impressed by the combination of epic animation, emotional story and action-packed story, which made it one of the finest anime movies seen in big cinemas. Honestly, go watch it even in a theatre in Pakistan as a Demon Slayer fan and you believe me that it is worth every rupee.
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I Give it 5 out of 5 Stars: An epic, emotionally driven and visually spectacular ride.
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