Latest box-office figures show that ¡°Demon Slayer,¡± an anime based on a popular manga by Koyoharu Gotoge of the same name, is single-handedly propping up the country¡¯s ailing film industry.
More than 17 million people have visited theaters nationwide in the past month to watch the film since it opened on Oct. 16, bringing in a cool ?23.3 billion at the box office over that period.
Experts are even forecasting that . In terms of success, the future couldn¡¯t be brighter for the anime and its 10-year old protagonist Tanjiro Kamado.
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