The manga follows Tanjiro, the teen protagonist who trains vigorously to fight against demons-while feeling immense empathy for these creatures who were once human. Writing under the pen name Koyoharu Gotouge, the author published the first chapter of the serialized Demon Slayer in 2016. That changed last year, when the animated film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train logged the biggest opening weekend in Japan’s history and wound up grossing a record-setting $313 million-a surreal achievement that only deepened interest in the mysterious author and illustrator at the franchise’s heart. For almost two decades, Spirited Away was Japan’s highest-grossing movie of all time.
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