Demon Slayer World Tour Anime Screenings Pass 2.6 Billion Yen in Japan
The weekend saw the second leg of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- World Tour take Los Angeles by storm by its home turf is still keeping the special screenings going strong with more than 600 million yen made over the last week, bringing box office total to more than 2.6 billion yen!
As of February 19, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- has made a total of 2.63 billion yen (US$19.91 million) on the back of 1,874,000 tickets sold for the special screenings. These showings continue to be the highest-grossing recap/preview screenings for a TV anime and has already outgrossed Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie’s total Japanese box office runs.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- is a feature-length cut of Episodes 10 and 11 of the Entertainment District Arc along with the extended Episode 1 of the upcoming Swordsmith Village Arc in 4K with remastered audio. The feature starts in Japanese theaters on February 3 with the L.A. premiere on February 18 ahead of full screenings on March 3. It is set to be shown across 95 countries and territories.
The Entertainment District Arc was the latest arc to air, starting on Japanese TV on December 5, 2021, and was streamed on Crunchyroll weekly shortly after its TV broadcast. The rest of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime franchise, including the Mugen Train film and arc, is also available to watch on Crunchyroll.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc is scheduled to begin in April 2023.
Source: Kogyo Tsushin
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
