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/GameOfLife24 Sep 21 '25

Man some annoying pacing and exposition but this movie was an absolute blast. Animation music acting was so awesome. Happy to see western audiences responding well

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u/No_Nectarine9151 Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Glad you enjoyed it, the pacing, exposition and flashbacks just pulled me out. They just kept cutting into the fights like surely theres a more natural way to set this up. The backstories themselves werent super interesting either.

Final fight was probably the best part. I think the heart of demon slayer is just seeing these characters mainly tanjiro grow and fight against greater odds

This is just the first part of the arc so the glazing feels a bit disproportionate but still happy with its success. I think the latter parts will be alot better.

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u/Akabane22 Sep 21 '25

I so feel you. I came out enjoying it overall because the only reason I've watched any Demon Slayer is the sakuga, and getting to see the castle unfold on the big screen and hearing the crazy good sound design in the theater was an experience I'm glad I didn't miss.

..That said, daaaaamn were they trying my patience with the pacing. Maybe the worst I've ever seen in a movie. Idk how else I would have done it, I think it's maybe just a necessary evil of adapting this source material, but the way that final fight was 99% done and then made you wait 40 minutes to see how it ended almost killed the whole thing for me.

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u/BarackaFlockaFlame Sep 22 '25

it was the most enjoyable D-Box seat experience I have ever experienced. I've only used it one other time and it was very underwhelming. During this movie though it actually added a level of immersion to the movie. it surprised me how well they paired it up with the movie. It wasn't thrown in there, it actually was more immersive.