More goodies are being released for Demon Slayer fans. Publisher Shueisha just revealed that volume number twenty-three of the series (which comes out in Japan next month) includes almost 40 pages of as yet unseen extra material. According to Anime News Network, those extra pages …Read more »
It will be no shock to hear this, but Japanese movie theaters have had a hard year. As with most cinemas worldwide, Japan’s had basically no customers for months in the early part of the year. Unlike most other places (minus New Zealand and Taiwan, …Read more »
Is anyone out there surprised to learn that the Demon Slayer movie has hit more amazing milestones? It’s still at the top spot in the Japanese box office five weeks in, and it even managed to overtake Bohemian Rhapsody as the top IMAX film of …Read more »
Hong Kong politician and activist Agnes Chow called out the Hong Kong police force on Twitter yesterday for their new mascot that looks suspiciously familiar to anyone who’s seen Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Chow, who taught herself Japanese by watching anime, posted in Japanese: …Read more »
A sweet story in Japan has been gathering news. The Naka Ward in Yokohama City received a donation of 3,000 yen (a little under $29) with a note that said: “It’s a little early, but here’s a Christmas present. I hope it can help bring …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 »
Kodansha began the Noma Publishing Culture Award last year, where it awarded your name.’s director Makoto Shinkai, author Keigo Higashino, models Mai Shiraishi and Erika Ikuta, and publishers Ribon and Nakayoshi. This year the award goes to Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the hot topic right now, with everyone from the New York Times to Japanese government officials talking about it. It’s a good time to be Koyoharu Gotoge, the creator of the manga, who’s no doubt inspiring tons of young …Read more »
The Demon Slayer franchise has a new feather to put in its cap: of all the movies playing across the globe last weekend, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train was the most successful. From its release on Friday until Sunday, Demon Slayer sold 3.42 million …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba continues to be a smash hit in Japan, where the theatrical film made huge amounts of money this past weekend. All well and good, but a certain sector of the population is suffering at the hands of Demon Slayer’s popularity. …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the biggest hits of the last few years. The manga has sold about a bajillion copies, and the anime is no slouch either. Early reports about this weekend’s box office show the new film, Mugen Train, taking …Read more »
Bandai has come out with a fancy new life size Demon Slayer sword (that talks!). But YouTuber Tsukuru-san has made a name for himself making anime and manga weapons out of cardboard, so that’s the way he went for his own Demon Slayer sword. Tsukuru-san …Read more »
In September, a news story spread in Japan about 20 volumes of Demon Slayer being stolen from the bath house Mori no Onsen. The bathhouse’s response, which was to kindly ask on social media for the manga to be returned, made the story go viral. …Read more »
If you have a thing for the runaway hit anime known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and the odds are pretty good that you do, you might want to make some space on your shelf for a swarm of new S.H.Figuarts Mini Demon Slayer …Read more »
Demon Slayer is a shonen series, but shojo manga magazine Margaret is showing it some love. Ahead of the Demon Slayer movie release, Margaret asked six shojo artists to do their own rendition of Demon Slayer characters and interviewed two of the anime actors. Ayumi …Read more »
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