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Osaka Customs says that illicit drug smuggling has gone down in their area since 2019, but anime counterfeit goods — usually relating to Demon Slayer — have gone up. Osaka Customs has suspended these items from import because they break intellectual property law. Some of …Read more »
After months of watching the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie shatter box office records in Japan and break through in other regions, it’s finally time to mark our calendars for the North American release. The film is heading to theaters, including 4DX and IMAX screens, …Read more »
While we continue to wait for a full release of the Demon Slayer movie in North America, Japan is already looking ahead to the record-breaking feature’s home video debut. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is set to touch down on DVD …Read more »
McDonald’s is a very popular restaurant chain in Japan, so it makes sense they’d come out with Happy Meal stickers starring the characters from Demon Slayer, Japan’s current most popular anime and manga. But apparently they’re so popular that not only are stores selling out, …Read more »
You can’t keep Demon Slayer down for long! The mega blockbuster technically came in second place in the Japanese box office this past weekend, but it made more money over the weekend than the movie in first place. This weekend Demon Slayer sold approximately 97,000 …Read more »
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a part of the Japanese government, and it has revealed who it’s rewarding for the 2020 “Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Fine Arts Recommendation Awards.” The Cabinet Minister Award in the media fine arts category went …Read more »
The nominees for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize have been announced! The award seeks to reward manga that follows Tezuka’s tradition, and this year nine titles are in the running. Without further ado, the nominees are: I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly …Read more »
After about twenty years of sitting comfortably in the record books as the #1 movie at the Japanese box office, Spirited Away was replaced by the smash hit Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. However, until recently, Spirited Away was still the number one Japanese film worldwide. …Read more »
Bandai’s DX Nichirin Sword line of toys continues to bring some of Demon Slayer‘s key weapons to life. The latest belongs to Shinobu Kocho, and just like the others in the line, this one plays voice recordings from the TV anime and lights up with …Read more »
Piracy is a major issue manga has to deal with, especially when it comes to digital piracy. But now Weekly Shonen Jump is saying that pirated physical copies of all 23 volumes of Demon Slayer are being sold online, including with some Amazon vendors. The …Read more »
At this point, anywhere you go in Japan is going to have some kind of Demon Slayer collectible, and that includes McDonald’s Happy Meals. Before revealing the contents, McDonald’s Japan made this not-so-subtle hint at what was to come.
Time Magazine has released its Time100 Next list, and Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge is one of the people they’re highlighting. Time pointed out the success of the Demon Slayer movie and how it beat Spirited Away at the box office. “Writing under the pen …Read more »
AbemaTV aired a Demon Slayer Matsuri Online -Anime 2nd Anniversary Festival- live stream in Japan, and at one point over 1.5 million people were tuning in for the announcements. One of the reveals was a long time coming, as Demon Slayer season 2 was officially …Read more »
The judges of the Tokyo Anime Film Festival have chosen this year’s winners. To be in the running, an anime had to be released fully or partially between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020. The animated film category’s award went to Kyoto Animation’s Violet …Read more »
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba merchandising just doesn’t stop. The latest Slayer-inspired offering is a set of die-cast cars from Tomica, the Japanese equivalent of Matchbox. There are five vehicles on offer, each of which retails for 880 yen, or about 8 bucks. Here …Read more »
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