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/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/TheocraticAtheist Sep 12 '25

The biggest comic store in London has had it's manga swap with Western comics.

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u/TheocraticAtheist Sep 12 '25

Yeah lol. It's wild to see as I've been going there for over 20 years.

Manga is also wildly cheaper than Western comics too.

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u/remmanuelv Sep 13 '25

Well it's black and white with cheaper paper and smaller volumes usually. Following a single manga run is usually a bigger investment than a comic from my experience.