Demon Slayer Creator is Time100 Next’s First Featured Mangaka!

With the jaw-dropping success of Demon Slayer: Mugen Slayer, Koyoharu Gotouge has become a living legend for mangakas. While everyone was busy ogling the film’s grossing rate, Gotouge was earning a name for himself in the industry.

Time Magazine has now recognized the talent of the mangaka and we know just how impressive it is to rank amongst the top 100 influential people in the whole world!

All eyes are on Gotouge as he is now a symbol of hope for the manga and anime culture to reach even the most obscure corners of the world.

Time Magazine’s Time100 Next list highlights the top 100 emerging influential people who will be shaping the future. Koyoharu Gotouge’s featuring in the list is nothing short of a celebratory matter for mangakas.

If you do not know about Demon Slayer yet, you have got to be living under a rock! It is the first time that a mangaka has made it to the list, and we cannot get any prouder than this as fans.

The number of records that the Mugen Slayer anime is ridiculously huge. Just name a box office record and there are high chances that the film has surpassed it. It is currently the 2nd highest-earning anime film of all time.

Weekly Shonen Jump’s editor, Kohei Ohnishi, has stated that even though Gotouge stays anonymous, their personality shines through the series. Tanjiro’s “serious nature, honesty and strong sense of responsibility” all reflect the mangaka’s personality.

Although the manga had ended in May 2020, the craze for it is far from dying down. Its anime adaptation has fairly boosted the manga sales and currently, it has over 150 million copies in circulation.

Riding the franchise’ success wave, the creators have also announced a second season for the Demon Slayer anime. We are yet to see what new records the series can still possibly break.

About Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotoge.

Its publication in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump began in February 2016 with 19 collected tankōbon volumes released as of present.

In a world filled with demons and demon slayers, Kimetsu no Yaiba follows the lives of two siblings Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado, after— the murder of their family at the hands of a demon.

Their hardship does not end there, as Nezuko’s life is spared only for her to live as a demon.

As the oldest sibling, Tanjiro vows to protect and cure his sister. The story traces the bond of this brother-sister or, better yet, demon slayer and demon combo against the odds of an arch antagonist and the society.

Source: Time

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