For decades, when people thought of anime, they thought of Dragon Ball and Goku. The anime based on Akira Toriyama's beloved manga was nothing short of era-defining, leading to Goku being the world's biggest and most recognizable anime character by a wide margin. For the first time, however, Goku has a legitimate challenger to the throne.

Demon Slayer is currently the world's most popular anime by every available metric. The series' latest movie, Infinity Castle , is dominating the global box office and breaking record after record, leading to it being the highest-grossing anime movie. Given this, the series' lead, Tanjiro, has become one of anime's most iconic heroes.

No one is more aware of Tanjiro's mythic status than the cast and crew behind Demon Slayer . At Anime Pas

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