With the successful box office track of the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie comes another great news. The manga and anime have won a Special Achievement Award. The award is given to series which has garnered fan following and attention, globally.  

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kenshi Yonezu, Uru, Seiko Matsuda, and NiziU win Special Achievement Awards from the Japan Record Awards! https://t.co/Wc2lzB4CCh

— Anime News Network (@Anime) November 20, 2020

The Demon Slayer movie which was released earlier this year has broken all box office records in Japan. It has also been the highest-earning movie in Japan within a week.

Demon Slayer started serialising in February 2016 and ended in May 2020. It also received a 26 episode anime adaptation in April 2019. It was animated by the studio UFOTABLE and the animation and the fight sequences were critically acclaimed.

The manga has 100 million copies in circulation as of October 2020 both digitally and physically. This makes the series one of the top selling manga series of all time. It is also regarded as one of the best anime of the decade. 

The music artist of Demon Slayer LiSA is also nominated for her song “Homura” which is also the theme song for the Mugen Train Movie. 

LiSA's "Homura" (Flame) theme song for anime film 'Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train' has won "Excellent Work / Song of the Year" at 62nd Japan Record Awards. "Demon Slayer" series is also awarded "Special Achievement" for its success. #鬼滅の刃

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— Ranobe Sugoi (+) (@RanobeSugoi) November 19, 2020

The live airing of the award show will be available to view on TBS on December 30th, 2020