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“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train” (released on October 16, 2020) has recorded a total of 3,420,493 audiences and a revenue of 4,623,117,450 JPY on the three days since the release. Regarding this record, director Shinkai Makoto, known for “Your Name” and “Weathering with You”, and Kamado Tanjirou’s voice actor Hanae Natsuki-san have posted their comments on Twitter.

The original work of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” is a traditional Japanese fantasy by Gotouge Koyoharu that was serialized on “Weekly Shounen Jump” from 2016 until 2020. On April 2019 until September 2019, all 26 episodes of the TV anime, depicting “Kamado Tanjirou Risshi Arc”, were broadcasted. This movie is the sequel and depicts the “Mugen Train Arc”.

On October 18, ” ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train’ has recorded a total of 3,420,493 audiences (revenue of 4,623,117,450 JPY) on the three days since the release and we would like to thank everyone for watching” which reports the movie being a big hit after its release on “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” official Twitter account.

After seeing this, director Shinkai Makoto tweeted surprisingly, “Whoa… To think that Japan’s movie can have this much revenue. It really is a brilliant achievement!” while Hanae-san tweeted his appreciation, “It makes me happy that there were so many people watching it! Thank you!”