"Demon Slayer is one such anomaly: the beloved anime has amassed a loyal, passionate fan base in what feels like record time. It's also already broken a major box office record with its first big-screen film, Mugen Train, which beat out Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away to become the highest-grossing movie of 2020. Five years later, the franchise has yet another record."
"Tanjiro returns home one morning to find his entire family slaughtered - all save his younger sister, Nezuko. Unfortunately, she's been turned into a demon (the fiends in this universe function kind of like vampires, transforming humans with their blood), but is somehow rejecting the transformation. There's still a shred of her humanity left, and Tanjiro, optimist that he is, is determined to change her back into a human."
Demon Slayer has amassed a passionate global fan base and repeatedly broken box office records. Mugen Train surpassed Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away to become the highest-grossing movie of 2020 in Japan. The newest film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - Part 1: Akaza Returns, opened to $70.6 million in the U.S. and became the highest-grossing anime film in that market. The series follows Tanjiro Kamado, whose family is slaughtered and whose sister Nezuko becomes a demon yet retains human traits. Tanjiro joins the Demon Slayer Corps to hunt demons and restore Nezuko's humanity.
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