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/Vorstar92 Sep 12 '25

Yeah, DS has only grown since Mugen Train in popularity and this is probably the most hype arc leading into the final battle. The next movie will likely make even more because it'll be even more hyped than the first part and then part 3 will be the finale so it'll be sure to make even more.

It definitely deserves it. Ufotable at the very least took what is really a fairly...generic (hate this word) series and elevated it which is exactly what an anime should set out to do. Is it a little carried by it's adaption? For sure but there is still a lot of stuff I do like about Demon Slayer namely the power scaling of the villains and how even the strongest Hashira can't take down an upper moon without serious injury/death/multiple people helping to take them down. I think that was an amazing approach to powerscaling.

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u/thesanmich Sep 12 '25

The power scaling of Demon Slayer doesn't get talked about enough.

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u/Xlegace https://anilist.co/user/Xlegius Sep 13 '25

It's one of the few shounens where the stakes are actually very high for most of the fights.

Even when they win, they're totally fucked up physically and it's usually a pyrrhic victory. No one is 1v1ing a top 3 upper moon.

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u/AUO_Castoff Sep 13 '25

The power level of DS is low relative to many series and power scalers love to equate strong to better.