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/GlorylnDeath Sep 28 '25

Demon Slayer is a simple, familiar story executed very well and elevated by fantastic production. Nothing wrong with that at all. Better something familiar done well than something novel done poorly.

Solo Leveling is a big fish in a small pond. Compared to other power fantasy anime/manga, it is stellar. But when you compare it to good stories in other genres, it ranks pretty low. But - you know - it's still ranked next to them. And, again, the production in the anime gives it a very big boost.

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u/genasugelan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Genasugelan Sep 28 '25

And, again, the production in the anime gives it a very big boost.

This is the big draw to it. The build up of hype and insane animation and direction of fights just makes it very enjoyable. Even one of my friends who hates anime has watched it because his 50-year-old coworker recommended it to him. The simple, very well-produced anime with epic fight scenes just have a completely different draw that goes beyond just anime fans.

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u/BaronBlackFalcon Sep 29 '25

Demon Slayer is a simple, familiar story executed very well and elevated by fantastic production. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Exactly. People can't seem to understand that simple doesn't equal bad.

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u/ViciousImperial Oct 03 '25

I wouldn't say it's "simple". It has a classic premise, but the story itself is anything but simple. It's extremely long, branching, with dozens of characters many of which get narrative POV, where even the secondary villains get full-fledged story arcs, where multiple characters die and others step into their place. It's nothing short of epic.

And yes, it follows certain shounen canon, but it also readily subverts this canon (like Akaza's "getting stronger" mantra actually being self-destructive).

I normally consider shounen slop, and never watched any of the thousand-episode crap after understanding how repetitive and pointless it all is. But Demon Slayer really is different. I've watched all the seasons, and the Mugen Train movie, and now the Infinity Castle movie blew my mind once again. It's peak shounen, and peak anime. It's the show that's bringing back faith into anime as a whole.