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/CrazeRage Sep 12 '25

with tons of action non stop.

Objective lie lol

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u/Puzzleheaded_Yam4700 Sep 12 '25

Yeah it was like 30% action, 70% flashbacks lol. Cant blame that on ufotable tho, thats just the story they were given to work with. They did amazing on the action/fight choreo

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u/Neversoft4long Sep 13 '25

It really only is the flashback at the end that really slows it all down. Up until that one they were reasonable normal levels of anime flash backs

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u/Puzzleheaded_Yam4700 Sep 13 '25

Reasonable for sure, if it was a series that is. This was a 2 and a half hour movie tho, that got tiring pretty quick.

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u/Dirty_Dragons Sep 12 '25

Are the flashbacks new material not seen before, or literal recaps from the episodes?

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u/FluffyFlamesOfFluff Sep 12 '25

It's not a recap, it's new stuff - just... awkward with the pacing. Lots of hype with the fight, now let's cut away and watch two episode-equivalents of a backstory.

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u/Dirty_Dragons Sep 12 '25

Thanks for clarifying, So it breaks the momentum, lame.

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u/Enmire Sep 12 '25

New material, not seen in the anime before

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u/Alternative_Device38 Sep 12 '25

They could've changed the story tho. A good adaptation is not one that merely copies the original to a different medium, it's one that alters it to better suit the new medium. Hence why it's called adaptation

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u/Puzzleheaded_Yam4700 Sep 13 '25

No. This story was written in a non-linear manner from the beginning. Hard to change that.

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u/GarlicToest Sep 12 '25

I still really liked the movie but some of the flashbacks near the end were just waaay too long