The biggest story of the year in anime was the expected but still somehow stunning success of ¡°Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ¡ª Infinity Castle,¡± which broke multiple box-office records during its opening weekend and is currently Japan¡¯s second-highest grossing film of all time with ?38.6 billion ¡ª just below the first ¡°Demon Slayer¡± film from 2020.
¡°Infinity Castle¡± is a hit outside Japan, too. It made $134 million in the U.S. ¡ª surpassing Ang Lee¡¯s ¡°Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon¡± (2000) as the American box office¡¯s highest-grossing foreign-language film ever ¡ª and is the first Japanese film to top ?100 billion worldwide.
Comparatively modest but still impressive were the domestic earnings of ¡°Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback,¡± which raked in ?14.6 billion, the second-best entry for the multifilm franchise, and ¡°Chainsaw Man ¡ª The Movie: Reze Arc¡± (the sequel to the 2022 ¡°Chainsaw Man¡± TV series), which drew ?9.8 billion. ¡°Chainsaw¡± also opened at No. 1 in the U.S. and has earned an estimated $174 million worldwide. ¡°100 Meters,¡± a manga adaptation by director Kenji Iwaisawa about pro sprinters, featured impressive visual dynamism, was a sizable financial hit and won awards including the audience award at the inaugural Aichi Nagoya International Animational Film Festival this month.
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