Anime at the Movies: Franchises, Auteurs, and the Battle for the Big Screen
Ten years ago, the idea of an anime film elbowing Marvel or Disney off the global box office charts sounded like a wild fantasy. Anime was respected, sure, but it wasn’t exactly the thing you expected to sit alongside billion-dollar blockbusters. Then came Demon Slayer, swinging its sword through every expectation. Suddenly, packed theaters, emotional […]