The Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen anime has sold a total of 19,397,589 tickets for 25,917,043,800 yen (about US$247 million) in 39 days — thus earning more than Shinkai Makoto‘s Kimi no nawa (23.35 billion yen) and Disney’s Frozen (25.03 billion yen) to become the third highest-earning film of all […]
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The blacksmith YouTube channel That Works has posted a new video showing how to make Tanjiro‘s Nichirin Blade in real life. The video is sponsored by Funimation and depicts not only the process of creating the sword but the history and cultural background of forging Japanese katana. The creation of […]
The Official Twitter account for Gotouge Koyoharu‘s Kimetsu no Yaiba manga announced that the Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen anime film has sold a total of 17,505,285 tickets for a cumulative earning of 23,349,291,050 yen (23 Billion Yen, about US$223 million) as of Sunday, November 15, with 31 days in […]
Kodansha awarded Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s manga creator Gotouge Koyoharu in its second Noma Publishing Culture Awards on Monday, Nov 2. The award honors those who have made excellent contributions to publishing, particularly to “reinventing publishing.” Gotouge won the award due to the circulation of the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga topping […]
The teen girl magazine Seventeen featured Kimetsu no Yaiba on the cover of its November issue. The magazine gives fashion tips based on the aesthetics of the popular shonen manga, and even a diet based on “Full Concentration Breathing.” 福岡本社の女子スタッフがセブンティーンを買ってたので中身を見せてもらったけど、想像の遥か斜め上をいく内容で驚愕した。 こ、こんなことになってたのか。 つかこれを高校生が読むの？#鬼滅の刃 pic.twitter.com/m0lv4MxAxp — 松山洋＠チェイサーゲーム (@PIROSHI_CC2) October 22, 2020 The […]
A collaborative kabuki exhibition starring characters from Kimetsu no Yaiba will be held at Kyōto’s Minami-za theater, one of the oldest kabuki theaters in Japan, from November 6 to 23. This exhibition is an extension of the “Kimetsu no Yaiba X Kabuki-za Theater Teahouse” exhibition, which was originally scheduled to be held […]
Shueisha announced that Hirano Ryōji will publish the previously announced short spinoff manga of Gotouge Koyoharu‘s Kimetsu no Yaiba manga in this year’s 45th and 46th issues of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on October 12 and 17. The spinoff is titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Rengoku Gaiden, and it will centre on the Flame Hashira character […]
Japanese publishing house Shueisha confirmed that when the 22nd compiled book volume of Koyoharu Gotouge‘s Kimetsu no Yaiba manga ships on October 2, the manga will have 100 million copies in circulation (including digital copies). It will be the eighth manga title from Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine to reach 100 million copies in […]
Amazon is previewing the cover of this year’s 42nd issue of Shueisha‘s Young Jump magazine, which reveals that Koyoharu Gotouge‘s Kimetsu no Yaiba manga will top 100 million copies in circulation. The magazine issue will ship on September 24, and the manga’s 22nd volume will ship on October 2. As of the manga’s 21st volume […]