As part of an interview, Rahul Purini, CEO of the VoD provider Crunchyroll, who, together with his parent company Sony is responsible for international cinema sales, is responsible for the “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” films about global success and also gave a small update on the sequel. We summarize.
Oscar ceremony in sight
While the triumph on the Japanese box office was in a way predictable, Purini described the start weekend in the USA as surprising. The first film of the trilogy immediately stormed to the top of the cinema charts and in just three days, there was more than $ 70 million (approximately 59.8 million euros).
This development had made it clear that anime has long since grown beyond the status of a marginal phenomenon and is firmly anchored in the mainstream-and the »Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle« series is now in the process of impressively underlining this fact of the international entertainment world.
In the meantime, one thinks for the first part even about renowned awards such as the Academy Awards (Oscar Awards) and wants to do everything possible to ensure that this “Incredible film” The recognition that deserves him.
Print through success
However, a certain “pressure” is associated with the great success, since the enormous wave of attention and expectations are well aware of.
So far, Aniplex (producer) and UFOTable (animation studio) have not yet announced a specific publication dates, but they do not want to wait excessively long for the second and third part.
However, Purini can already promise one thing: “The next two films will be just as impressive – if not even better.”
In the end, the crunchyroll CEO said that efforts were made to offer the “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” trilogy exclusively in streaming. However, the final decision is at Anlex, UFOTable and the production committee.
