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Aniplex wants to keep the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise running for decades, potentially even 50 to 100 years. Atsuhiro Iwakami, chairman of Aniplex and president of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, shared the company’s long-term intention for the property, despite the original manga having concluded and no new manga serialisation currently in sight.
“With Demon Slayer, it is our intent to make this last 10 or 20, if not 50 to 100 years,” Iwakami toldBloomberg.
The statement leaves a major question unanswered: how does Sony intend to maintain the franchise for that long when the main story has already reached its conclusion? Iwakami did not outline a specific plan for the next several decades, nor did he announce a continuation of the original manga.
The franchise already extends beyond its manga and television anime. It has received feature films, compilation movies, video games, light novels and other adaptations. These existing formats offer ways for the property to remain active, although Iwakami’s comments do not confirm any particular future projects. The current Infinity Castle film trilogy also continues the adaptation of the manga’s concluding storyline..
Written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, ending after 23 volumes. The story follows Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after a demon kills his family and turns his younger sister Nezuko into one. He sets out to find a way to restore her humanity.
Ufotable produces the television anime, which began in 2019. The franchise has since received four television seasons, the hugely successful Mugen Train movie and the ongoing Infinity Castle theatrical trilogy. Its existing adaptations give the company several ways to keep the property active, but a 50-to-100-year plan remains to be explained.
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