The Japanese animated film industry turns upside down with the most recent releases of the year, which devastated the box office and competed with major studios and anime.
In recent weeks, the film industry has demonstrated that there is a strong interest in anime focused on a more adult audiencewith examples of Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Infinite Fortress and Chainsaw Man – the Movie: Arco Reze sweeping the Western box office.
Both are japanese animated films framed in the genre Shonenthat is, adventures focused on action and that enhance the development of their characters through companionship.
The two have attracted attention due to the numbers achieved at the international box office, with Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Infinite Fortress having accumulated more than 591 million dollars worldwide, and Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Arco de Reze more than 123 million.
To this we must add that their budgets were ridiculous compared to those of other productions that obtained similar revenues, with that of The infinite strength having been 20 million dollars and Arch of Reze of around 4.1 million.
A new era for adult anime films
Coming from television series that in turn were based on manga, both productions managed to stand out or compare to the greatest productions in the anime industry of all time.
Among its direct competitors we find feature films by renowned filmmakers such as Makoto Shinkai any Hayao Miyazakior popular film versions of anime as Pokemon any One piece.
The result demonstrates the potential and interest that the genre arouses, having changed the paradigm, as attested by both the numbers obtained at the box office and the ratings achieved by the films of Kimetsu no Yaiba and chainsaw man by specialized critics and the public, meaning that both currently have an average rating of 7.9 in Cinematic affinity.
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