Anime is becoming more and more mainstream. The revenue of the latest Demon Slayer movie proves it.
The most recent Demon Slayer movie has just released to great success worldwide. While the film was already a box office hit in its home country of Japan, the movie has garnered even more attention internationally, cementing anime as a mainstream medium finally.
It also shows that international fans hunger for more anime adaptations on the big screen. None of that live-action BS.
Demon Slayer is a manga series set in Taisho-era Japan, following Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer after his family is slaughtered by demons and his sister Nezuko is turned into one. Embarking on a quest for revenge and cure, Tanjiro battles demons while uncovering dark mysteries.
Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training Film Box Office Hit Internationally
That Demon Slayer is one of the most popular and mainstream anime is no surprise. It's got a great story, amazing characters and some of the best animation in the business. It attracts a wide array of viewers and has grown a large fan base internationally.
Ahead of the Mugen Train arc – an earlier part of the series – Ufotable released the Mugen Train film, which has since become the number one anime movie of all time, raking in millions of dollars.
After the success of Mugen Train, Ufotable seems to have realised that putting the series on the big screen can be insanely profitable. So, ahead of the third season, a compilation of the last Season 2 episode and the first two Season 3 episodes was released. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village movie was also quite successful.
So now, ahead of the release of the fourth season, the same type of episode compilation has hit the movie theaters for fans to enjoy. And enjoy they did. In Japan alone the movie made around $10 million. It was an even greater box office hit internationally, making over $11 million in North America. Overall, the film has, as of writing this, earned over $28 million globally.
These are pretty encouraging numbers that show just how popular the series is. With the success of other films like JJK 0 it's easy to see that more and more people want to see anime on the big screen, so will we get more movies or even more 'episode compilation films' in the future?