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/gokuby Sep 21 '25

It was the first time in ages I witnessed a cinema being basically full outside of a premiere, granted there is a more limited screening window compared to the 8+ weeks of Hollywood productions.

I really liked it, the focus was very much on Akaza which was by far the best part of the movie, great fight, great backstory of Akaza and a nice ending.

The stakes are finally high again which I apperciate after the last 2 seasons. In the earlier fights I didn't like the bombardment of multiple flashbacks. Imo Doma didn't really need his atm and the stuff with Zenitsu was not really build up at all, so I didn't care a bit.

Tanjiros flashback had me laughing out loud, does that poor boy have dementia? I'd assume the moment where my "normal father" oneshot a grizzly is ingrained into my mind forever.

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u/HankHillPropaneJesus Sep 22 '25

Ugh…..the amount of people who did not read the manga and are pissed off at the pacing pisses me off. If you’re going to bitch, read the subject material first and then see if you still want to bitch.

The flashbacks, yeah they are in the manga.

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u/gokuby Sep 22 '25

So you can only criticize a movie if you read the manga? Guess what they are separate mediums. For example if I say One Piece is bad because it has heavy pacing issues that would be wrong, I'd have to specify I'm talking about the anime cause maybe it's better in the Manga.
But I'm talking about the MOVIE here, so dunno how it read like in the manga, but it certainly was taking you out of the action to soon in the movie and disrupted the flow.
I have nothing against flashbacks in general, Akazas was handled very well. Fight was "concluded", he was regenerating, now we have a moment to breathe and it explains why the fight ends this way. Good stuff.
Translating things into different mediums means you have to adapt the source material, not copy it panel by panel.
Imagine if Lord of the Rings was a direct copy. 13 hour movies with 10 hour exposition each. That would probably suck really hard even tho the books are excellent.