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Kimetsu no Yaiba (Page 3)

Demon Slayer Mugen Train about to do something no Japanese movie has done in U.S. in over 20 years

• Casey Baseel
  May 3, 2021
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba rolls on to its latest success.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies)

Fujiyama Shrine has nothing to do with Mt. Fuji, everything to do with springtime beauty【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2021

Famous for fuji, and with good reason.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • cool • Demon Slayer • flowers • Kimetsu no Yaiba • shrines • travel • wisteria)

Creator of Gundam says his goal is to crush Demon Slayer and Evangelion

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2021

Age has in no way mellowed out Yoshiyuki Tomino.

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• (anime • COK • Demon Slayer • Evangelion • Gundam • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Real-life Demon Slayer? A visit to the legendary split boulder of Haban Shrine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2021

This shrine’s anime-level boulder has an anime-level backstory.

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• (awesome • COK • cool • culture • Demon Slayer • Himeji • Kimetsu no Yaiba • shinto • shrines • SNJO • travel)

Official Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gaming chair come with a katana strapped to it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2021

It’s what the Water Hashira would sit in if he were an online gamer.

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• (anime • chairs • Demon Slayer • furniture • gaming chair • interior • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Lenovo • manga)

Demon Slayer Mugen Train movie finally has U.S. release date for theater and digital format

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2021

The biggest Japanese box office hit of all time finally makes its way across the Pacific.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies • Mugen Train)

Demon Slayer Mugen Train Blu-ray gets English subtitles, release date announced

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2021

You’ll be able to watch the biggest anime movie of all time at home, and with English subtitles, very soon.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies • Mugen Train)

Demon Slayer and Pretty Cure anime-themed Happy Meals arrive at McDonald’s Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 8, 2021

These super limited-time releases slay all of the competition. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Demon Slayer • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • McDonald's Japan • Pretty Cure • stickers • toys)

Demon Slayer anime’s Season 2 announced, and it’s coming soon!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2021

Tanjiro heads to Japan’s most famous pleasure quarter in the highly anticipated follow-up to the record breaking Mugen Train movie.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Kimetsu no Yaiba • video • Yoshiwara)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba desserts are some of the most beautiful anime sweets ever【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2021

When a master of nerikiri turns his attention to the phenomenal anime hit, desert magic happens.

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• (anime • awesome • beautiful • cool • Demon Slayer • gyuhi • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • mochi • nerikiri • sweets)

Japanese politician piggybacks on Demon Slayer’s popularity by exploiting copyright loophole

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2021

Kimetsu no Yaiba fans aren’t pleased with election poster, but there’s not much publisher can do about it.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • politicians • politics)

Save those coins – Extra-expensive capsule machine toys are on their way in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2021

Bandai’s Premium Gashapon wants to go beyond pocket-change impulse buys.

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• (Bandai • capsule toys • Demon Slayer • expensive • gachapon • gashapon • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Premium Gashapon)

Free-to-download Demon Slayer backgrounds! Just the thing to entertain friends, terrify coworkers

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2021

”I’d like to speak with you in the Infinity Castle, please.”

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• (anime • backgrounds • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • telecommuting • telework • video backgrounds • video chat • video conferences)

Demon Slayer breaks Spirited Away’s record, becomes number-one movie of all time in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2020

Mugen Train shows there’s no stopping the Kimetsu no Yaiba juggernaut.

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• Japan
• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies • record • spirited away)

Spirited Away’s box office total revised upwards as Demon Slayer movie closes in on its record

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2020

Studio Ghibli classic gets a boost 19 years after it first arrived in Japanese theaters.

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• Japan
• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Hayao Miyazaki • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies • Mugen Train • Studio Ghibli)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba breaks all-time single-week Oricon manga sales record

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2020

2020’s biggest anime/manga hit finishes strong with series’ final volume.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga)

We have way too much fun making Demon Slayer anime erasers and badges with craft kits

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 6, 2020

Some potential gift ideas for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba enthusiast in your life!

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• (anime • arts and crafts • badges • COK • crafts • cute • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • erasers • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • SNJO • stationery)

Demon Slayer passes Frozen and Your Name at Japanese box office, Shinkai comments on its success

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2020

No Disney movie has ever earned as much at theaters in Japan as the seemingly unstoppable Mugen Train.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • frozen • Kimetsu no Yaiba • movies • Mugen Train • your name.)

Demon Slayer inspires us to build an old-timey Japanese puzzle box of our own

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 22, 2020

If you need a project with an anime Taisho-period twist, try crafting your own puzzle box!

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• Japan
• (arts and crafts • beautiful • COK • cool • crafts • culture • Demon Slayer • Hakone • himitsubako • interior • interior decoration • karakuri box • Kimetsu no Yaiba • puzzle box • SNJO • woodwork)

City in Japan receives donation for kids with letter signed by two ultra-popular anime characters

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2020

Cash in the mail to pay for kids’ Christmas gifts supposedly comes from Demon Slayer and PreCure stars.

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• Japan
• (anime • Demon Slayer • donations • kids • Kimetsu no Yaiba • moving • PreCure • Pretty Cure • Tiger Mask • touching • Yokohama)

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