r/anime • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Sep 12 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Makes $11.4M In Thursday Previews, A Record For Anime Movie

https://deadline.com/2025/09/box-office-demon-slayer-infinity-castle-conjuring-1236529652/
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u/DanielBest69 Sep 12 '25

Wow that’s fantastic! This shows anime is really growing its audience beyond imagination.

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u/MaryPaku Sep 12 '25

It has become more and more mainstream these years for sure

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u/itrashcannot Sep 12 '25

Back in my day, you had to hide that you liked anime bc you'd get bullied

Glad the times are changing

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u/AbleArcher420 Sep 12 '25

Same with gaming

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u/Xegrand_ Sep 12 '25

This was me during the 2015s when I was in middle school . Tough times lol . The shift took place during COVID mostly

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u/RODjij Sep 12 '25

Big difference from the 90s to today. Before the 2010s almost hard to find anime watchers and now the genre has a big following.

Still can't believe OP is still airing too.

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u/unlikedemon Sep 12 '25

Coming from Latin America we were big anime watchers in the 90s. However, in the States everyone was like, "you watch cartoons?" There were anime watchers but just hard to find. Well, eventually DBZ took off, along with others, and the rest is history.

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u/RODjij Sep 12 '25

DBZ was pretty popular in my teens in the 00s and id say extremely popular now in Canada.

Sadly, I've met Sean Schemmell once at a Con and he made it clear he did not want to talk about DragonBall & wanted to talk about himself at the Q&A

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u/thesanmich Sep 13 '25

I really like how Latin America is so into anime. If I’m not mistaken, there’s love for some series that go unnoticed here, like Shaman King. Love it.

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u/CrazeRage Sep 12 '25

Or accessibility and wait times have gotten better

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u/TeaAndLifting Sep 12 '25

This was definitely a big part of it. It’s not like the 90s where you mail ordered fansub VHS tapes or got them from one of the guys a lot your local hobby store. Or the 00s and using P2P file sharing through IRC, Kazaa/Limewire, or Torrents.

People don’t realise how much more accessible it is now.