The anime blockbuster that crossed $793 million worldwide now sits on three streaming services at once, months after its theatrical run ended.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle showed up on Netflix and Hulu on Monday, September 28, more than a year after it first tore up multiplexes. It had already been streaming on Crunchyroll since July 28, so this is now a film available on three major platforms at once in the US, subtitled and dubbed, per Just Jared.
That's an unusually wide spread for an anime title this recent. Crunchyroll still carries it with Japanese and English audio plus a handful of other language tracks, and neither Netflix nor Hulu appears to be exclusive here. For a movie that made its theatrical money over a year ago, getting simultaneous life on this many services says something about how much demand is still sitting there.
And the numbers back that up. Infinity Castle has pulled in roughly $793.6 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo, with close to $137 million of that from North America alone. Its opening weekend in the US did more than $70.6 million domestically, which is not a small number for a subtitled anime release competing against studio tentpoles.
The story picks up right where the Hashira Training Arc left off. Tanjiro Kamado and the Hashira get pulled into the Infinity Castle itself, the stronghold belonging to Muzan Kibutsuji, and that's where the endgame between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons kicks off. Runtime clocks in around two hours and 35 minutes, so it's not a quick watch, but the manga's final stretch doesn't really allow for a short one either.
Worth remembering: this isn't a standalone film. Infinity Castle is the first of a planned trilogy adapting the closing portion of Koyoharu Gotoge's manga, the part that comes after the anime wrapped its Hashira Training Arc on screen. A second installment is already in production. Crunchyroll hasn't put a release date on it yet, and neither Netflix nor Hulu has said anything about carrying the sequel when it's ready.
So for now, fans who missed the theatrical run or want a rewatch have their pick of three services. Whether that streaming footprint holds once the second film starts building its own marketing push is the next thing to watch for. No word yet on when that conversation even starts.
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