Culture news With 20 million viewers, this anime episode is the most viewed in Japan in 2023!
The most viewed anime episodes in Japan have been revealed, and this shonen appears twice in the ranking with an impressive score.
If you like shonens, you probably know Demon Slayer. Pre-published in 2016 in Shūeisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, this work quickly became a great success. The series was quickly adapted into an anime to gain even more popularity over time. If you don’t know Demon Slayer, the story features the story of the young Kamado Tanjirou who has had to provide for his family since the death of his father. While rumors circulate about man-eating demons, they quickly become reality when Tanjirō makes a macabre discovery. Her family was massacred and the only survivor was her sister Nezuko. Alas, she has become a demon, but much to her brother’s surprise, she still shows human emotions. Tanjirō will therefore have to fight demons and ensure that his sister becomes entirely what she once was.
Demon Slayer is one of the best-selling manga in the world with 150 million copies sold in February 2021. Unsurprisingly, the anime is also immensely successful. Recently, it was officially revealed the most viewed episodes in Japan in 2023 and this franchise appears not once, but twice at the top of the ranking with an impressive score.
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Demon Slayer has two very popular episodes
It was Video Research who revealed that The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba episode “Swordsmith Village” (season 3) was the most popular when it aired on Japanese television in 2023 with 22.9 million viewers at its peak and averaged 15.4 million viewers. This work also placed in second place with Entertainment District Arc having recorded a peak of 22.5 million viewers and an average of 10.31 million viewers.
If you’re curious about who the other ranking anime are, Sazae-san is in third place, followed by Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2-Hour Premiere and Detective Conan. In short, the popularity of Demon Slayer is well established, especially with such impressive numbers. If you want to discover this anime, it is available on Crunchyroll with a subscription. You can also rewatch the episodes while waiting for season 4 which was announced recently.