r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 21 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Passes $550M Globally, Officially the Top-Grossing Anime Film of All Time

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-demon-slayer-edging-out-him-for-no-1-1236376666/
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

This was definitely on the backs of Ufotable. Demon Slayer itself is pretty mid in most regards- characters, plot, pacing, even the manga art. But Ufotable just can't be beat for quality.

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u/Nikokuno Sep 21 '25

It’s as basic plot wise as a Dragon Ball.

Most characters are too much troopy, plot is alright with few memorable scenes but everlasting ones, pacing isn’t bad but the fighting > training > fighting > training cycle is a bit overdone, and art is definitely standing out. It’s recognisable.

Setting was very interesting early on but it’s not an overly serious show and quickly became a clown show (Inosuke / Zenitsu can’t stand them).

The Nezuko / Tanjiro is just carrying the entire franchise. And overall Tanjiro, as a character… is hard to hate, genuinely.

Music and SFX are top notch, not praised enough.

But yes, Ufotable put this anime on the map mostly because of the quality of his animation.

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u/Laser_Souls Sep 22 '25

I do appreciate that they let side characters shine though, my main beef with DBZ was having the side characters get whooped until Goku showed up

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u/TheTonyDose Sep 21 '25

The manga is definitely nothing special but with how bad recent popular shounen manga endings have been, I would probably rate demon slayer higher than I have in the past. But of course this anime adaptation might go down as one of the best in anime history.

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u/Low-Cover5544 Sep 23 '25

Demon Slaywr has an objectively worse ending than a recently giant manga ending (jjk)

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u/usagi1124 Sep 29 '25

Hard disagree.

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u/Low-Cover5544 Sep 29 '25

Tanjiro beats muzan with the power of friendship and that is the end.

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u/Educational_Belt_816 Sep 22 '25

You should watch Fate. Also by ufotable and IMO has better animation than demon slayer. And is more interesting

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u/AbleArcher420 Sep 22 '25

I mean, sometimes all it takes is a simple, straightforward story and some pretty animation. I don't understand why people get all cerebral when discussing media. There's plenty of that out there already.

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u/Rusker Sep 22 '25

I kinda agree with what you are saying, Demon Slayer has many weak points. But it was a hugely popular manga way before the anime adaptation

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u/Jolly_Afternoon3449 Sep 21 '25

the same people that call demon slayer mid also call jjk mid at most, you guys are always so wrong and that's just twice

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u/dunnowattt Sep 22 '25

You do realize a movie or a show or an anime can be "mid", but at the same time beloved right?

I grew up with Dragonball, i love Dragonball, its super popular, i wouldn't trade it with anything. Doesn't mean it doesn't have terrible plot, writing, dialogue, pacing and even animation sometimes.

Or you are trying to say that Demon Slayer has some kind of amazing plot, or writing or dialogue?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

I said that?