The Japanese portal Toyo Keizai reported that merchandising profits, including groceries and toys, from the multimedia franchise of Kimetsu no Yaiba, is around 900 billion yen (about $ 7.9 billion). The manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge accumulated about 10 billion yen (about $ 87 million) in 2019 about 44 billion yen (about $ 385 million) in 2020 alone. On the flip side, novels based on the franchise amassed 2.8 billion yen (about $ 25 million) in the same year.
The song "Gurenge" played by LiSA, which was used as the theme song for season one, garnered more than 300 million yen (about $ 2.6 million) in 2019 and an additional 500 million yen (about $ 4.4 million) in 2020.The series starred with six releases in 2019 800 million yen (about $ 7 million). Five more Blu-ray / DVD packages were released in 2020 for total sales of 500 million yen (approximately $ 4.4 million).
The film Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen Raised 51.5 billion yen at the box office, and with more than 1.5 million copies of its Blu-ray / DVD package sold, another 10 billion yen will be added in 2021. «In total, a one trillion yen economic zone will be formed in 2020, a significant portion of which will end up in the hands of the three main producers of the animated rights franchise. This is the Japanese dream of creating intellectual property, something that every member of the entertainment industry strives for, not just animation.“Explains the article.
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Summary of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjirou Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives in the mountains with his family. Tanjirou became the head of the family after the death of his father and constantly travels to the village at the foot of the mountain to sell firewood and charcoal. However, his life changes when he returns home one day after a night out and discovers that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjirou and her sister Nezuko are the only survivors, but she has been turned into a demon, although surprisingly she still shows emotion and appears to have a sense of reason. After meeting Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjirou He decides to become a demon hunter in order to hunt down his family's killer and find a way to get Nezuko back to normal.
Source: ANN
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