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 »
After crushing the competition at the Japanese box office for twelve weeks, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train fell to second place on weekend thirteen. Gintama took the lead then, but it didn’t last long. By the next weekend, Demon …Read more »
Demon Slayer is back on top! For twelve weeks the Demon Slayer movie was at the top spot at the Japanese box office (and sometimes in the world), and then it got replaced by the Gintama movie during week thirteen. It appeared as if Demon …Read more »
Following up on the initial announcement of plans to bring the Demon Slayer movie to theaters in North America, Aniplex revealed more about the screenings. Not only will the Mugen Train feature be shown in the original Japanese language with English subtitles, but fans can …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train had a mighty impressive 12-week run at the top of Japan’s box office, but that reign has finally come to an end thanks to… Gintama THE FINAL! Shortly after Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi showed off …Read more »
It’s official: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the highest grossing anime film ever made. Overtaking top titles in a matter of weeks, it’s slaying at the box office. It seems like this anime juggernaut is set to overtake the scene entirely. Except for just a few things. We …Read more »
Even with so many things closed down, Japan has managed to make a train-themed Demon Slayer event to coincide with the movie: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. According to Japanese news outlet Mainichi, this is taking place “at the Kyoto Railway Museum in Shimogyo Ward, as …Read more »
It was just around the middle of the month that we posted about LiSA’s Demon Slayer movie theme song, “Homura,” officially going platinum. Now the single has been awarded with the top honor at this year’s Japan Record Awards, where LiSA took home the Grand …Read more »
The Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, put out an editorial on why it thinks Demon Slayer has been doing so well. Many people are amazed that the movie has broken records despite a pandemic, though the editorial argues that the pandemic has really …Read more »
The unimaginable has officially happened: Spirited Away has lost its number one spot as the biggest earner in the Japanese box office. The 2002 film now takes second place to Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train. The Demon Slayer movie …Read more »
It was only a matter of time, but the Demon Slayer film has made its way further toward the top of the Japanese box office rankings. Thanks to another week of showings, the Mugen Train feature is now sitting in the number two spot of …Read more »
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to anime news, you know Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is on fire. It’s slaying at the Japanese box office. Currently it’s the second highest grossing anime film in Japan, and the third highest grossing worldwide. At the time …Read more »
It’s only been out a little over a month, but the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train anime film continues to make incredible waves in Japan. The latest box office update has it steamrolling right past the lifetime gross of Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster movie Your Name., as …Read more »
Demon Slayer continues its winning streak with the announcement that it’s won a Special Achievement Award from the 62nd Japan Record Awards. The Special Achievement Award doesn’t go out to a single person. Singer-songwriters Uru, Seiko Matsuda, Kenshi Yonezu and the band NiziU have also …Read more »
Yesterday we reported that the Demon Slayer film has done better than most movies have in Japan at the box office, even beating out all the Miyazaki movies at this point except for Spirited Away. While Miyazaki was out picking up trash to help the …Read more »
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