The enormous cinema success of »Demon Slayer« repeatedly leads to the question of the proportion of income actually ends up with author Koyoharu Gotouge. A report by the Japanese industry magazine has now devoted itself to this topic.
Note: The gender of Koyoharu Gotouge is not publicly known. For better readability, we use the masculine form in this article.
In the top 10, but not at the top
At the “World Wordless Manga Contest” from Kadokawa, it was disclosed last year that Mangaka usually received a turnover of around 10 %. This information now served as the basis for calculating the overall revenue of Koyoharu Gotouge with the manga series »Demon Slayer«.
Since the work now has more than 220 million copies in circulation, the fee from these sales is estimated at around ten billion yen (around 58 million euros) – without considering digital sales.
In addition, Gotouge receives revenues from video games, stage performances, merchandise and of course the anime implementations, whereby the “Infinity Castle” film series in particular should make a significant share.
Although the exact investment rates in these areas are not known, according to the entertainment website real sound, Gotouge should be one of the ten wealthiest manga authors of all time-but without a precise rank.
In general, it is certain that Gotouge is not yet at the top. According to current estimates, this position, the Creator of »One Piece«, takes up this position, whose assets are estimated to be more than 172 million euros.
Stony path
Paradoxically, Gotouge’s remarkable breakthrough was by no means straight. After his first one-shot “Kagarigari”, a number of setbacks followed, which almost made him give up his dream of a mangaka career. Even “Demon Slayer” was only allowed to go into series production after several adjustments.
Gotouge drawing style is undoubtedly considered idiosyncratic and did not always affect the readers. Nevertheless, the manga was apparently able to score with other strengths – which demonstrated the impressive sales figures.
Accordingly, the fans long for the next work of Koyoharu Gotouge, but since the end of “Demon Slayer” in 2020 it has become quiet for mangaka. So you can only wait patiently.
