The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime series is based upon Koyoharu Gotoge's manga of the same name, and originally premiered in 2019. The action-packed manga that follows a Tanjiro as he searches for a cure for his siter, who has been turned into a demon after their family is viciously slaughtered by demons, boasts over 150 million copies in circulation in Japan.
The critically acclaimed Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train earned over $470 million globally at the box office becoming the #1 film worldwide in 2020, the first non-Hollywood, non-U.S. film to achieve this. The film opened in the U.S. and Canada on April 23 as the #1 Foreign-Language film debut in U.S. box office history and hitting #1 at the box office the second week of release, earning more than $49 million+ to date.