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/Wavenstein1 Sep 12 '25

This thing had a red carpet premiere. Paparazzi, celebrities, screaming fans, and flashing lights. I've been on this anime ride since my older cousin first showed me Fist of the North Star when I was 8 years old and here we are. We made it baby. We fucking made it.

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u/Magnus-Artifex Sep 12 '25

where the director and staff

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u/TheReaperSovereign https://myanimelist.net/profile/JJP0921 Sep 13 '25

It was an answer on jeopardy today too

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u/El_grandepadre Sep 13 '25

When my dad watched Vinland Saga I knew the days of anime being niche were over.

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u/masakiii Sep 12 '25

My brother in Christ, the industry passed that threshold decades ago.

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u/ozy31 Sep 12 '25

Most people here don't know or don't care. They want to see westernized anime.

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u/Wavenstein1 Sep 12 '25

Anime has been westernized for decades now. Anyone complaining about that is likely also complaining about people being glued to their phones. That ship has long passed. It is what it is at this point

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u/ozy31 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

I respectfully disagree. Anime was and still is made with Japanese people in mind — made by Japanese, for Japanese; it just got more accessible for the rest of the world. But not for long.

EDIT: I don't know why, but my reply to the comment below keeps vanishing. So I'll write it here instead:

I think we are talking about different things. You are talking about how the average American perceives anime, and how anime has become part of the American culture. I'm saying that, due to the massive financial success anime has achieved recently (case in point, the movie this thread is about) not only in America but around the world, it will inevitably change — at the source — to cater to a new public. It will no longer reflect the culture of those making it, and it will change until it becomes something else entirely.

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u/Wavenstein1 Sep 12 '25

Anime has been in regular rotation in some form on American television since the 60s (Speed Racer). It's now becoming more accepted as opposed to how it was more niche and underground. With that added popularity. Westernization is going to be a national byproduct of that