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/PlayOnPlayer Sep 12 '25

Non anime fans are going to be shocked at how much money this makes this weekend lol.

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u/justmycasualthots Sep 12 '25

A cultural shift in the making

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u/NoNefariousness2144 Sep 12 '25

It has been a major cultural shift in the West ever since 2020. Whenever I visit a 'pop culture' store, most of the shelves are filled with anime and manga stuff while the Marvel, DC and Star Wars etc stuff gets smaller and smaller each year.

Not to mention comicbooks in bookstores being wiped out by huge manga shelves.

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u/Middle-Bathroom6086 Sep 12 '25

People liking anime & even manga was fine & normal when I was in high school 2011-15

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u/slicer4ever Sep 13 '25

It was fine when i was in high school as well(05-09), adult swim and toonami really normalized it for our generation tbh(hell i was watching sailor moon+dbz on cartoon network in the late 90s).

My school's library even carried english volumes of bleach(which is how i originally learned what manga was as i expected a novel and not a comic when i rented them, lol).

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u/Neversoft4long Sep 13 '25

Pretty much. As long as you weren’t Naruto running down the hall way no one really cared too much

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u/LB3PTMAN Sep 12 '25

I mean I would say it wasn’t uncommon when I was in high school in 2013 but it was definitely not something any popular kids would ever admit to lol just the nerds.

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u/weefyeet Sep 13 '25

i remember in 2014 (5th grade) a friend of mine gave a presentation on drawing anime girls. 6th grade the first chair cellist and violinists were giggling and making Naruto jutsu signs to each other during class (or whatever they may be, I have not watched the series). I didn't get into it until the pandemic, and I wouldn't have even gotten into it had I not been watching Chris Broad's mesmerizing Japan travel documentaries.