How Demon Slayer Became the BIGGEST Anime Today
Channel: Rice Squad
Date: 10/02/2021

Only once, every couple of years, there’s a Shounen Anime that captivates an entire generation and becomes legendary.

Demon Slayer is one such anime.

For seventeen years, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away was the highest-grossing movie in Japan. It seemed like nothing could topple it. Not Avengers, not Titanic, not Frozen, no other Ghibli movie, not Weathering With You, not even the critically acclaimed, Your Name, could usurp the throne of Spirited Away. That is, until October 16, 2020, when the Demon Slayer movie was released, and currently, it has earned 5 billion yen more than Spirited Away. In fact, it was the 4th highest-grossing movie that year, in the entire world. It seems like this anime came out of the woodwork only a year prior. This is what happened.

Edited by Matt Bacera.

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Special thanks to these channels for the following songs:

Riyandi Kusuma - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Episode 19 - "Kamado Tanjiro no Uta"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUNnEk1bfg

instr. Cover - Gurenge - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba OP - Instrumental Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVk870Xu1nA