The comic book of Demon Slayer became popular since anime started in 2019. So the comic book made 34 times more sales in half of one years. Eventually, the comic book was published 120 million. In addition, the movie sales recorded 32.4 billion on December 28 in 2020, and it was over the sales of Spirited away which had been the most sales in Japan. On the other hand, Demon Slayer combined with Kurazushi and Gindako, and the sales increased by more than 100% year-on-year.
Movie song of Demon Slayer is “Homura” which was sold December 14 in 2020. Anime song of Demon Slayer is “Gurenge” which was sold July 3 in 2019. Both of them were sung by Japanese singer LiSA. They were the first and second songs that were sung in Karaoke of DAM in 2020. In addition, “Demon Slayer” was nominated for the Bussword Award in 2020.
The name of the cartoonist is Koyoharu Gotoge. An interview with the person concerned said the writer is female. She is from Fukuoka in Japan and was born in 1989. She has never been seen publicly, and her true identity is unknown. She started her work as a cartoonist in 2013. Demon Slayer is her fifth product. She is also called "crocodile teacher(In Japanese;Wani Sensei)" because of her self-portrait of a crocodile which wears glasses.
King Gnu
King Gnu is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band is made up of 4 members: Daiki Tsuneta (guitar & vocal), Satoru Iguchi (keyboard & vocal), Kazuki Arai (bass) and Yu Seki (drum).
The band, Mrs.Vinci was formed by centering on Daiki Tsuneta in 2013. 2 years later, Mrs.Vinci renamed Srv.Vinci. After reorganization of members, they renamed King Gnu in 2017. It is what they are now. The band made their major debut in January 2019 by releasing their 2nd album “Sympa”. The band is called “tokyo new mixture style” because each member of the group is influenced from music in various fields and they create their own music style which has overwhelming original sense and high perfection in both their sound and visual. In terms of music, the band creates songs that incorporate elements from a wide range of genres such as R&B, jazz, J-POP, as well as rock.
is the reader of the band. All King Gnu songs are produced by him. He mainly plays guitar and sings as a vocalist with Satoru Iguchi. And he can play piano, bass, cello, drum and so on. He attended Tokyo University of the Arts and majored in cello. He also belongs to PERIMETRON which is a creative group making music videos, jacket pictures, or something making videos. King Gnu’s video and pictures are also created by them.  His work covers a wide range of topics. He also works as a record producer. A project called millennium parade, a group of musicians, is led by him.
is in charge of vocals and keyboard. He also attended Tokyo University of the Arts and belonged to the vocal music department. He is also an actor and narrator.
is a bassist and he plays bass, synth bass, and contrabass. And he is in charge of chorus. He also acts in the millennium parade. He started bass when he was 14 years old, and he learned jazz bass. He had lived with Satoru Iguchi.
is a drummer. His parents are professional musicians and he hit an electronic drum when he was young. He also attended dance school. The goodness of his sense of rhythm comes from it. He acts in the millennium parade.
After the band was renamed King Gnu, they appeared on FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL in July. They released their first album “Tokyo Rendez-vous ” in October. “Vinyl”, which is recorded in the album, is designated as a television CM song.
In April, their first radio program whose name derived from their band name had  started. The radio program title is “RADIO GNU”. In September, they released “prayer X”. And the song is appointed anime’s ending song.
In January, a new single “Hakujitsu <nowiki>"</nowiki> was released as the theme song of a television drama. The song made them popular. And in January, they released their second album “Sympa”. “Hikotei”, which is recorded in the next album, is appointed as a television CM song.
In December, they appeared on Kohaku by NHK.
In January, they released their third album “CEREMONY ”.
In August, King Gnu streaming live was held and it was the first online concert because of coronavirus.
In September, their new single ”Sanmon Shosetsu” was appointed as the television drama’s theme song.
In October, their new single ”Senryou Yakusha” was appointed as the television CM.
1st album “Tokyo Rendez-Vous” (2017)
2nd album “Sympa” (2019)
3rd album “Ceremony” (2020)
Slam Dunk (manga)
SLAM DUNK is a manga from Japan. It is about basketball. It was written by Takehiko Inoue and serialized in "Weekly Shonen jump" from 1990 to 1996. This comic caused a big basketball boom in the 1990's. As of August 2018, the cumulative circulation of the domestic series has exceeded 120 million. It was made into 31 comic books and 101 animations. Its animations were broadcast on TV Asahi from 1993 to 1996. The comics have been printed in 17 countries.
In 2020, "Slam Dunk" was voted the third most popular manga in Japan.
The opening and ending songs were also popular.
Sekai ga owaru made wa… /WANDS
Kimi ga suki da to sakebitai /BAAD
Anata dake Mitsumeteru /Maki Oguro
It ended up in comic books for a long time. But recently it was decided that SLAM DUNK would become a movie.
There is a basketball club in a high school. The main character is Hanamichi Sakuragi. He likes girls and fights. He sees that the girls he liked in middle school all liked basketball players. He is angry and did not like basketball. But in high school he falls in love with Haruko Akagi, who says he should play basketball. Hanamichi joins a basketball club/
The story takes place in Hanamichi's high school.
There is a basketball club called Shohoku Basukebu. The captain is Takenori Akagi. His nickname is "Gori" because he looks like a gorilla. He is a third year student who loves basketball and is good at it and at his studies.
Kaede Rukawa is a freshman student, like Hanamachi. He has been a famous person at basketball since he was in middle school. He had his own fan club "Rukawa Sineitai." He has a cool personality.
Mikinobu Kogure is a third grade student. He does not have special skills.
Ryota Miyagi is a second year student. He is a small player but really fast.
Ayako is Shohoku Basukebu's manager. She is a cheerful person and sometimes like a mother.
Hisashi Mitsui is a third grade student. He was an MVP player in middle school. He is good at three point shooting.  He had problems at first but became a good member.
Anzai teacher is a coach of Shohoku basketball club. He was called "white hair devil" in his youth. He was famous for enthusiasm and his strict practice style. But now, he is called "white hair Buddha" because he is kind.
Niziu
NiziU is one of the girls idol groups. In the word NiziU, “Nizi” means the symbol of the audition project, and “U” means you, that is to say, members and people who like this group. In the group, there are nine members.
Japanese music company called “Sony Music” and, Korean entertainment agency called “JYP” began a project called “Nizi Project”. This is an audition program, and it was held in Japan and Korea. The producer of NiziU is J.Y Park (박진영). He is a record producer, and founder of the JYP and also one of the singers in Korean. He is famous as a wheeler-producer. There are a lot of artists who became big artists thanks to him.
In the group, there are nine members. They were elected from 100,000 people.
MAKO　　   April 4th, 2001 　　　    She is a leader in this group.
RIO               February 4th, 2002         She is good at dancing.
MAYA            April 8th, 2002               She seems very mature.
RIKU             October 26th, 2002        She had played Karate for almost seven years.
AYAKA          June 20th, 2003             She never had experienced either singing or dancing.
MAYUKA       November 13th, 2003    She can play the ocarina.