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The latter announced that they've transferred the global publishing rights over to Sesisoft, which is set to take effect on June 1, 2023. [74] Audio CDs[edit] A radio
drama CD, featuring a different voice
cast to the anime, was released by HobiRecords on March 1, 2015. [75] A second drama CD, along with an original soundtrack by Kouda Masato and a character song album, was released in March 2017. [76] Reception[edit] Popularity[edit] The KonoSuba
light novels
have been quite popular. By March 2, 2016, the 11-volume series had a total of 1. 5 million copies in print, each volume selling 136,000 copies. [77] In January 2018, the light novel series ranked first among the top 50 best selling digital manga and light novels in worldwide stores by BookWalker. [78] By February 2019, the light novels had 6. 5 million copies in print. [79] In a review of the first novel, Andy Hanley praised the series' comedy reflected in the "tired genre" as well as its cast finding them appealing based on their traits. However, Hanley criticized the short length of the first volume.
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"[103] Writing for Anime News Network, James Beckett highlighted Episode 19 by noting it was "a thrilling showstopper of an episode, showing off ufotable's considerable skills as producers of nearly unrivaled action spectacle. "[104] The anime series has been considered as one of the best anime of the 2010s. Polygon's Austen Goslin wrote that "Few shows over the last 10 years have so clearly or unabashedly made fights their focus, and absolutely none of them have done it as well as Demon Slayer". [105] Crunchyroll listed it in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s", with reviewer Daniel Dockery commenting, "From the top-notch action choreography to the understated (and sometimes not so understated) emotional moments, to the infinitely meme-able Inosuke, Demon Slayer can be a wonder to behold". [106][107] Writing for Comic Book Resources, Sage Ashford ranked it second on his list, praising its animation and protagonists, whom he called "the most likable male and female leads of the decade". [108] IGN also listed Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba among the best anime series of the 2010s. [109] Japan Web
Magazine ranked the series first on its list of "30 Best Anime of All Time". [110] Accolades[edit] In 2019, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won in the anime category of the Yahoo! Japan Search Awards, based on the number of searches for a particular term compared to the year before;[111] the series won the award for the second consecutive year in 2020;[112] it was third in 2021,[113] and its Swordsmith Village Arc was fifth in 2023. [114] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won "Animation of the Decade" at the Funimation's Decade of Anime poll, where the fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories. [115] In the
other fan poll, Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado were chosen as one of the "Best Boys" and "Best Girls" honorees, respectively. [116] In the February 2020 issue of Animedia magazine, it was revealed that the series received eleven awards for its characters at the "Animedia Character Awards 2019".