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<b>Onderwerp:</b> KineJapan Digest, Vol 31, Issue 13</font>
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1. Demon Slayer now number 1 film of all time (Gerow Aaron)<br>
2. Re: Demon Slayer now number 1 film of all time (Rea Amit)<br>
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 23:48:01 -0500<br>
From: Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br>
To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
Subject: [KineJapan] Demon Slayer now number 1 film of all time<br>
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According to news reports, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train has now surpassed Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away to become the top grossing film of all time at the Japanese box office. I think that in the future there will be a lot of discussion not only of this series,
but of why this film did so well during a pandemic that suppressed filmgoing worldwide.
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<a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-27/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-film-overtakes-spirited-away-as-no.1-film-ever-in-japan/.167920">https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-27/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-film-overtakes-spirited-away-as-no.1-film-ever-in-japan/.167920</a>
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<a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html">https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html</a> <<a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html">https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html</a>><br>
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But does anyone want to offer some theories now?<br>
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:59:18 -0600<br>
From: Rea Amit <reavolution@gmail.com><br>
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Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Demon Slayer now number 1 film of all time<br>
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Reasons for a given work's popularity are always speculative. Toho producer<br>
Ichikawa Minami told the Asahi that because people spend more time at home<br>
they read more manga, watch more anime, and that Demon Slayer caters, like<br>
Spirited Away, to both adults and children. In addition to his questionable<br>
remarks about the Japanese penchant for themes of friendship and family, he<br>
also points out that because of the pandemic there was less competition<br>
from Hollywood, but perhaps the film succeeds despite covid, and not thanks<br>
to it.<br>
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<a href="https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASNDX52SLNDPUCVL016.html">https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASNDX52SLNDPUCVL016.html</a><br>
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Me and my elementary school daughters can't wait to watch it already!<br>
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Yoi o toshi o<br>
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:48 PM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <<br>
kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:<br>
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> According to news reports, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train has now surpassed<br>
> Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away to become the top grossing film of all time<br>
> at the Japanese box office. I think that in the future there will be a lot<br>
> of discussion not only of this series, but of why this film did so well<br>
> during a pandemic that suppressed filmgoing worldwide.<br>
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> <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-27/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-film-overtakes-spirited-away-as-no.1-film-ever-in-japan/.167920">
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-27/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-film-overtakes-spirited-away-as-no.1-film-ever-in-japan/.167920</a><br>
> <a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html">
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202012280000250.html</a><br>
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> But does anyone want to offer some theories now?<br>
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> Aaron Gerow<br>
> Professor<br>
> Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>
> Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>
> Yale University<br>
> 143 Elm Street, Room 210<br>
> PO Box 208324<br>
> New Haven, CT 06520-8324<br>
> USA<br>
> Phone: 1-203-432-7082<br>
> Fax: 1-203-432-6729<br>
> e-mail: aaron.gerow@yale.edu<br>
> website: <a href="http://www.aarongerow.com">www.aarongerow.com</a><br>
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