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2020-11-25, 17:17 | Link #42 |
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Even Japanese are not sure why KnY is so popular compared to others. Most of their answers are something that other shonen titles also have.
The general accepted answer is that it attracted a wide variety of audience including, yes, female audience.
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2020-11-25, 19:28 | Link #44 |
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There probably isn't going to be one. If it were that easy to figure out, we'd all be richer by now.
There's probably a myriad of factors including: 1) It's an enjoyable film (I haven't seen it) 2) It can attract the casual "zombie-flick" or "superhero" watchers. (It's literally just Samurai vs Demons) 3) It can attract kids because it looks "darker" and "cooler" than the stuff they usually watch, but isn't actually dark enough to inhibit parents. 4) It can attract a female audience (better than others) 5) It isn't a throw away film - it's actually canon to the story and I think people inherently understand how that makes it a more appealing 6) After a horrendous year, people wanted to watch a fucking film.
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2020-11-26, 23:43 | Link #45 |
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I read a certain web report about that Why KnY is hitting jackpot. it said "sometimes success has no reason but always fail has a clear reason".
I agree with it but this time has a reason that absense of rivals because of covid-19 and then KnY made a monopoly of multi screens of cinema complex. Maybe that's why it became a tremendous launch. |
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Everything up to this point for me on why the KnY movie is popular was merely speculation- but yesterday I did manage to see it in Japanese theaters (despite my limited Japanese). Outside of the otherwise Perfect Storm for it to be popular, I think I can understand more now why it's so popular.
First, as someone else already said, the premise is as simple as you can get: Samurai vs. demons, good vs Evil. Add in the top-quality ufotable animation to that... but well, I'd argue there's more too. Basically, it ends up being a throwback to the heyday of samurai movies. For those who are old enough, I was reminded of the movies Akira Kurosawa directed- there were certainly enough tropes in the movie! Spoiler for Movie spoilers:
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French animator Thomas Romain (formerly with Satelight, now has his own Studio noborder) posted this tweet with some coverage of long lines of fans waiting to purchase the 3,300 copies of the most recent release of the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga from a bookstore in Shibuya. (The French caption calls it the "final" installment.)
https://twitter.com/_FabV/status/1334853469207998465 Also here's a startling graphic:
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'Demon Slayer' economic impact estimated at ¥270 billion :https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...onomic-impact/
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2020-12-05, 06:31 | Link #52 |
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And I just keep what is now the most hysterical part of all this in mind:
The rumors are that part of the reason why the mangaka decided to give the series a definite conclusion is that she wanted to get in on the Fate franchise, which at the time probably would've made her more money. Now, Fate is DEFINTELY a multi-media franchise, but I have to wonder if she's gotten egg on her face otherwise with which one is making more money...
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Incidentally, if you want to know how popular Demon Slayer seems to be.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...-yaiba/.167415 |
2020-12-28, 08:42 | Link #59 |
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Well, with the perfect storm of things going for it...
Demon Slayer is now the highest-grossing film in Japan of all time. Actually, this kinda makes me a little sad. Not because Spirited Away managed to hold on for 19 years, but rather... well, let's put it like this: any stand-alone movies like Ghibli mean you can go into the movie blind. Or rather, there's no prerequisite to watching the movie. But now... well, if someone wants to see the #1 movie in Japan, it means they first have to go through about 10 hours of the anime series in order to understand the movie... and in normal times, people just don't have that kind of time.
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