Among the anime series airing in 2023 in Japan, it has been confirmed which anime had the most viewed episodes last year. And that is the final episode of Kimetsu no Yaiba season 3, titled: A Connected Bond: Dawn and First Light, with more than 20 million views on Japanese television. The peak viewing audience was 22.9 million and the average was 15.4 million.
Even Kimetsu no Yaiba: Village of Swordsmen has 2 episodes in the top 5 most viewed. Furthermore, the film was also successful when it ranked second with the highest viewership of 22.5 million. The third season is based on the manga’s ninth arc, the Swordsmithing Village arc. Tanjiro goes to a swordsmithing village, where he learns about a secret weapon capable of defeating the demon lord, the events of season 3 will take place here.
Video Research, an audience measurement company in Japan, calculated this number in 32 broadcast regions. It’s not just on TV that Kimetsu no Yaiba is successful, it’s also the most watched series in spring 2023 on Netflix.
Worth mentioning, season 3 had to try very hard to surpass the movie Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train at the US box office, the second highest-grossing Japanese movie on Netflix. But worldwide, “Mugen Train” remains number one, with a gross of more than $507 million.
Now, regarding the future of the Kimetsu no Yaiba series, Ufotable has announced a fourth season adaptation of the Hashira Training arc and also converted the third season’s episodes to 4K and IMAX quality.
At the Kimetsu no Yaiba 5th Anniversary Festival in March 2024, several voice actors will be there and it looks like they will announce something really interesting.
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