On Bigscreen, you can customize personal avatars and hang out in a virtually lobby, using voice chat. Enabling fans to connect through the magic of VR is a natural expression of our commitment to connect fans with the art and culture of Anime through innovative experiences." ![]() "Anime has always been built around community and shared experiences. "Anime has never been more popular and we’re pleased to be working with Bigscreen to bring new releases and classics to their audience," said Colin Decker, general manager of Funimation. The Bigscreen site will have additional news about upcoming releases. The virtual experience for live viewing will cost $4 and begin at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET, and Bigscreen supports an infinite concurrent viewership-watching live.Īdditionally, there is an on-demand catalog of 2D and 3D movies to watch-and after the virtual screening of the live films, they will be available on-demand. Just because there was one smash-hit doesn't mean Demon Slayer movies are a golden goose, and it's clear that Mugen Train was a one-of-a-kind anime film experience.The virtual movie theater will launch with over 30 movies, kicking things off on May 1 with Your Name. Frankly, this movie didn't need to be made at all fans could have waited one more month for the actual Season 3 to begin. Making tie-in films for their own sake rarely ends well, and borderline scam movies like Swordsmith Village- which added nothing new - are even worse. ![]() Mugen Train was an integral part of Demon Slayer lore, neatly bridging the two anime seasons and then appearing again in Season 2. It's usually clear to fans when a movie is just a cash grab rather than an essential part of the lore, and Swordsmith Village is hardly even a cash grab - it's barely anything at all. Some anime films can and do deepen the original franchise's lore, but others seem to exist just because they can - and some franchises have a mix of both types. Saddest of all, the Swordsmith Village movie probably didn't need to exist at all.Įven the most popular and successful anime series don't always need a tie-in movie. The latter's lower score may be a moot point, however, if fans decide to not watch it anymore and avoid it as a perceived scam. Statistics tell part of the story: as of writing, Mugen Train having a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes while Swordsmith Village is at 68%. That compares terribly to Mugen Train, which had serious payoff with Enmu's defeat, Akaza's retreat and the mournful but hopeful end of Kyojuro Rengoku's life.ĭemon Slayer: Swordsmith Village's cold reception suggests more than fans' general dislike. It didn't even have a real ending - it just stopped, nothing was resolved and there was no payoff. The Swordsmith Village movie tried to bridge two anime seasons by jamming three episodes together, contradicting even the most fundamental principles of film theory. By combining the "Entertainment District" arc's last two episodes with the "Swordsmith Village" arc's premiere, the movie started with a climax and ended with build-up, which is completely backwards. ![]() The arc was a bit too long to become a movie, but adapting just part of it doesn't work either. If Demon Slayer had done that for the "Entertainment District" arc and put its first four episodes together in one film, the viewing experience would end with Tanjiro just beginning to fight Daki for real. RELATED: How Inosuke’s Beast Breathing Technique Can Reinvent the Demon Slayer CorpsĪnime tie-in or not, a movie cannot be the first chunk of a bigger storyline since there won't be a solid conclusion.
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