Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one anime that received a great amount of attention from shonen anime right after its first debut and it managed to constantly get fans’ love and support as its studio never decreased the quality of the animation and the plot was always heart-warming.
The success of the anime also reflected on the manga that it even got the chance to compete with Eiichiro Oda‘s legendary One Piece manga.
Recently Kadokawa Game Linkage discharged the Anime Marketing White Paper 2020. The 1,302 page book incorporates study information of watchers of around 200 anime titles that broadcast on Japanese TV in 2019.
The White Paper reports that between the presentation of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s first and last episodes, the viewership numbers expanded by 1.4 million. As was revealed before, the series was 2019’s most satisfying anime.
Top 10 anime series among Japanese viewers are as following:
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba“ – (satisfaction ratio – 48.9%)
- “Attack on Titan Season 3“ (41.5%)
- “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind“ (40.4%)
- “KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN“ (37.0%)
- “Astra: Lost in Space“ (36.5%)
- “Hi Score Girl“ (36.2%)
- “Dr. STONE“ (35.3%)
- “Run with the Wind” (34.3%)
- “Vinland Saga“ (33.9%)
- “KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR“ (33.9%)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga arrangement composed and outlined by Koyoharu Gotōge. The story follows Tanjirō Kamado, a little youngster who turns into a demon slayer after his family is butchered and his more youthful sister Nezuko is transformed into a demon. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2016, with its chapters gathered in 19 tankōbon volumes as of February 2020. The arrangement is distributed in English by Viz Media and simulpublished by Shueisha in English and Spanish on their Manga Plus stage.
An anime TV arrangement adjusted by Ufotable circulated in Japan from April 6 to September 28, 2019. The English adjustment started airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami line-up in October 2019. Toward the finish of the arrangement finale, a spin-off film was declared and is planned to debut in 2020.
The anime arrangement won a few honors at the 2019 Newtype Anime Awards, including best TV anime.
“(C) Koyoharu Gotōge, Shueisha / “Demon Slayer” Production Committee”
