17/10/2025
JuJutsu Kaisen Voice Cast Shares the 'Secret' to Successfully Bringing Anime to Big Screen: 'The True Formula'
After the success of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle at the U.S. box office in October, voice actors are predicting where Hollywood might take things next for other beloved anime series.
Speaking with Polygon at New York Comic Con, in an interview published on Sunday, Oct. 12, the English dub voice cast of JuJutsu Kaisen opened up about the potential impact of Demon Slayer's success on the big screen.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, which made its stateside theatrical debut from Sony’s Crunchyroll on Sept. 12, recently became the highest-grossing international film ever in the U.S. It totaled $128.5 million domestically and earned $128.6 million and counting, per estimates from Box Office Mojo.
“Hollywood will try to look at this and be like, 'Oh, man, anime films, let's go, right?' But I think the true formula to an anime film’s success is you really need those build up seasons,” said Kaiji Tang, who voices Gojo in JuJutsu Kaisen.
“You need to have followed the story for two, three, four years. To see the culmination of that story, or at least a very big part of it, on the big screen is kind of a reward for being there for all those seasons," he added. "That's when you get the huge Demon Slayer numbers. That's when you get all these fans hype for the movie, that's the secret."
Tang concluded, "I think if you just started releasing random anime movies, you're not going to get the Demon Slayer numbers.”
