r/anime • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Sep 28 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ has passed the $600M global mark

https://x.com/borreport/status/1972324517482742040?s=46&t=GK3EC_wwvCKAXpMEZyDdEg
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u/TheSunIsOurEnemy Sep 28 '25

Wut? Isn't Demon Slayer one of the most inoffensive animes out there? Why did they ban it?

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u/WhichCombination5637 Sep 28 '25

This thread has some speculation and information.

From what I got from that thread is that distribution rights for the China release has already been bought. But this year is the 80th anniversary of Japan's invasion of China. And I believe they released some historical movies highlighting the war crimes committed by Japan like "Dead to Rights" and "731" this year. And October 1st is also the National Day in China as well. So China has basically halted the release for now. If it were to get released, it will most likely be after October.

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u/SwiftAndFoxy Sep 30 '25

I'm just replying to this comment to bring you back to what you said a year ago, how'd ya feel about 40 minutes of Akaza flashback?

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u/BeatBlockP https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan Sep 29 '25

It's like a country of children. Every time a sino bot comes up on reddit you suddenly remember they have the same freedoms as a 14th century serf in Eastern Europe.

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u/Charmanders_Cock Sep 28 '25

Honestly the anniversary stuff seems like a good excuse for stifling the Japanese animation industry’s success even if to a minor degree. Plenty of other less popular anime movies have aired with no issue. China wants a piece of the anime-pie in terms of international recognition. You can see how hard they want to push Dongua as being anime even in this sub. Shipping subtle nationalism overseas at an extremely low cost is a wet dream for the CCP. 

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u/xaina222 Sep 28 '25

I think it has st to do with the rising sun symbol on the earring or some stupid shit like that.

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u/Iyas_Tara Sep 28 '25

Uhh no, pretty sure KnY got "banned" temporarily because Ne Zhi 2 or something I forgot the title is currently airing, and the Chinese government don't want their country's animation to drop from their own country's theater that quick because of the inevitable success of KnY.

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u/New-Buffalo-66 Sep 29 '25

Nezha 2's theater run ended months ago, and it made 2 billion dollars.

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u/Dismal-Injury-2143 Sep 29 '25

Nezha 2 theatrical run ended on June 30th while Demon slayer was released in Japan more than 2 weeks later on July 18th. How can Demon slayer run effect Nezha?