Demon Slayer becomes Japans highest-grossing film
Pedestrians walk past a poster promoting the anime film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" at a cinema in Tokyo on Dec. 16. The movie became the highest-grossing film in Japanese box-office history on Monday. | AFP-JIJI
An animated movie based on the blockbuster “Demon Slayer” manga series has become the highest-grossing film in Japanese box-office history, its distributors said Monday, ending the reign of Hayao Miyazaki’s “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” (“Spirited Away”) from 2001.
The film, a tale of an adolescent boy fighting human-eating demons, amassed as of Sunday ¥32.47 billion and drew more than 24 million to theaters since its opening on Oct. 16, according to co-distributors Aniplex Inc. and Toho Co.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic limiting cinema audiences, the movie had raked in ¥32.12 billion as of Saturday, surpassing Oscar-winning director Miyazaki’s film, which chalked up ¥31.68 billion in box-office sales.
Miyazaki’s movie took 253 days to eclipse the ¥30 billion mark in box-office sales, but “Demon Slayer — Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Movie: Mugen Train” did so just in 59 days.
The movie, directed by Haruo Sotozaki and the sequel to an anime television series aired in Japan last year, became the first film in the country to earn over ¥10 billion within 10 days of its premiere.
It overtook “Titanic,” the smash-hit 1997 American film about a romance aboard the ill-fated cruise liner of the same name, as the second-highest grossing movie ever in Japan on Nov. 30.
In mid-December, as the “Demon Slayer” movie was on track to beat the record of “Spirited Away,” Toho revised the sales of Miyazaki’s film from ¥30.8 billion to ¥31.68 billion by film revenues when screened again in summer.
“Demon Slayer,” which is set in Japan around 100 years ago, is the tale of a boy forced to fight demons after his family is slaughtered and his younger sister Nezuko is turned into one. It is based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge that was published between 2016 and earlier this year.
The manga series, now a global hit, has been translated into 14 languages and is available in 33 countries and regions, according to publisher Shueisha Inc.
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The movie centers on the efforts of hero Tanjiro Kamado, along with his sister and fellow demon slayers, to save the lives of passengers aboard the “Mugen Train,” named after the Japanese word for infinity, on which countless people have gone missing.
Its English-dubbed and subtitled versions will hit movie theaters in North America in early 2021, according to Aniplex. The film was shown in Taiwan on Oct. 30 and earlier this month in Thailand.
The “Demon Slayer” boom has generated an economic impact of around ¥270 billion, based on an estimate by Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at the Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute, earlier this month.
In another boost to the “Demon Slayer” boom, the final volume of its manga series in book form went on sale earlier this month. Shueisha said 3.95 million copies were published as the first edition of the 23rd volume, with the cumulative number for all volumes including digital sales topping 120 million copies.
A novel version of the story was this year’s best-seller in a ranking compiled by information provider Oricon Inc., while the series’ opening theme song, sung by LiSA, remains a top seller.
Companies have also cashed in on the popularity of “Demon Slayer” through toys and other merchandise, while the series title was also picked as one of Japan’s buzzwords for this year.
What Time Does 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba' Release On Netflix?
What time does Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba release on Netflix? Read on to know all about this popular manga-based anime series that now airs on OTT platform.
The popular anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is now coming to Netflix this January 2021. The 26-episode season one of the series released in 2019 and was a massive success. A year later in 2020, a sequel movie titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train was released and was a record-breaking success in Japan. The anime starts with a plot of a demon attack in a region, where Tanjiro, who is the protagonist suffers the loss of his family, while his sister is left cursed. Tanjiro then starts upon a deadly journey to avenge his loved ones and also find a cure for his sister. Read on to know about what time does Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba release on Netflix?
What time does Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba release on Netflix?
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2021 release date is now scheduled for January 22, on Netflix. The streaming platform usually drops all its shows and movies at midnight of the release date according to Pacific time. This means that the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba release time can be expected to be the same i.e. at midnight of Friday, January 22, 2021, for the U.S. viewers. The show can be streamed within a few hours from now on Netflix.
Indian subscribers can already stream the show as of now. While the British audience can watch Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1 series from 8 AM on Friday while viewers in Australia can watch the show from 7 PM onwards. As per Eastern Time, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be available to watch at 3 AM on January 22, 2021. One can also turn on the notification to get an update about Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba on Netflix.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series
The popular anime Demon Slayer is based on the manga of the same name has been written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotōge. The adaptation of the manga into an anime series was done by studio Ufotable. It originally aired on the TV channels in Japan from April 6 to September 28, 2019. The TV series was shown on Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, as well as other channels. Director Haruo Sotozaki has directed this anime while Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina have been credited for the music composition. Akira Matsushima is the character designer for the anime series.