“Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition theatrical version” (Director Haruo Tonozaki) posted box office revenue (entertainment revenue) of 32,478,895,850 yen from the first day of October 16 to October 27, 1973. Set a new earnings record. Production and distribution Aniplex announced on the 28th. Various anime-related people have also talked about the animation of Mr. Koyoharu Gotoge’s original manga after “Theatrical Version Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition” in daily sports coverage. I revealed that I was out.

The record of successive earnings was achieved on the 26th, when 82 of the 379 theaters nationwide began to screen in MX4D and 4DX. By distributing the “Infinity Train Ticket Style Acrylic Keychain” as a privilege to visitors to both screenings, tickets were sold out nationwide. In addition, beginning on the same day, “Character Design: Commemorative Board by Akira Matsushima” will be distributed to a total of 750,000 people across the country as the fourth gift from attendees for regular screenings. That caused a sensation, and on the same day, it posted a profit of 554,583,650 yen. Total income amounted to 31,721,231,550 yen, breaking the record of 31,680 million yen held by “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” in 2001, which had been at the top until then.

In a situation where it is inevitable to keep increasing the profit record even after the beginning of the year, a person from the animation industry said: “I heard that when the project of this film was released, there was talk of plans for the future “. Said. However, while the movie “Infinite Train Edition” is drawn in 2 volumes of the original comic, the next episode “Yoshihara Yukaku Edition” will be doubled in volume to 4 volumes. Another person said, “I can’t draw on a movie. If I develop it into a movie, it would be realistic to do it in two parts, part one and part two.”

Toho CEO Ichikawa Minami, who co-distributes with Aniplex, said at a meeting held at the company in Tokyo on the 15th: “We are really looking forward to making a sequel,” making a new animated film of the original. He showed strong motivation. On the other hand, as there are three companies that produce animation, Aniplex, the original publisher Shueisha, and the ufotable studio that produced the animation, said: “Three companies are made. We are distributing As I am in a position, I am anxious about it, but not I have heard of no subsequent movement. ” As “-Infinite Train Edition” set a new successive earnings record, Toho would like to make the film adaptation of “Yoshihara Yukaku Edition”.

On the other hand, starting on October 10, just before the release of Fuji TV’s “Theatrical Version Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition”, reissued versions of the animation will be released broadcast on local stations such as TOKYO MX in 2019 on national network 3 It has been issued several times. The first is the individual viewing rate of 11.2% (16.7% of households), the second broadcast on the 17th is the individual viewing rate of 10.2% (15.4% of households) and the second broadcast on the 20th. The third panel recorded a high viewing rate with an average viewing rate at home of 14.4% (Kanto area, both based on video research).

There have been cases where a new anime series that aired at midnight on a local station aired on NHK and key privately broadcast stations. An industry insider familiar with movies and broadcasts said, “Even if you consider the amount of original from” Yoshihara Yukaku, “it is possible to mess up the new movie while airing a new animated series on Fuji TV. There will be a line. to broadcast on television and turn subsequent episodes into a movie. “

From now on, between Aniplex, Shueisha and ufotable, who make up the production committee of “Theatrical Version Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition”, and Toho, who distributed the film, and Fuji TV, which broadcast three times on the national terrestrial network . There is likely to be a deep debate about the development of the new animation.