The Japanese newspaper giant Hochi Shimbun uncovered on Wednesday that the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie has won the animation category in the newspaper’s 45th Hochi Film Award.
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train anime film has sold a sum of 20,532,177 tickets for 27,512,483,050 yen around US$265 million in only 45 days.
The film earned more than James Cameron’s Titanic (26.2 billion yen) to turn into the second highest earning film ever in Japan.
Spirited Away with a sum of 30.8 billion yen earning presently sits the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train film. Mugen Train remains the second most noteworthy acquiring anime film in Japan.
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The film opened in Japan on October 16.
Theatergoers received a Rengoku Volume 0 manga volume, which is limited to 4.5 million duplicates. The manga is drawn by the creator of the Demon Slayer manga, Koyoharu Gotouge and the story shows the first mission of Rengoku.
The anime film is listed with 1 hour and 57 minutes.
The new Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba film adapts the Mugen Train arc of Koyoharu Gotouge’s unique manga arrangement, this film includes an appearance from the fan-most loved Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime series aired in Japan from April to September 2019.
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