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[38] The series was rebroadcast on TV Tokyo, under the title Soul Eater: Repeat Show (ソウルイーター リピートショー, Sōru Ītā Ripīto Shō), on September 30, 2010, featuring new opening and closing themes. [39] Media Factory and Kadokawa brought the two previous Blu-ray box sets together into one box set released on February 26, 2014. [40] In North America, the anime has been licensed by Funimation, who released the series in four half-season DVD box sets starting with the first volume in February 2010. [2] The anime made its North American television debut on Funimation Channel in September 2010. [41] It later premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on February 17, 2013. [4] Video games[edit] Three Soul Eater video games were produced. The first, Soul Eater: Monotone Princess (ソウルイーター モノトーン プリンセス, Sōru Ītā Monotōn Purinsesu) is an action-adventure video game exclusively for the Wii and developed by Square Enix with Bones. It was released on September 25, 2008, in Japan. [42] Two characters that appear in the game, Grimoire (グリモア, Gurimoa) and Ponera (ポネラ), are original characters designed by author Ohkubo; Ponera is the titular Monotone Princess and Grimoire is known as Noah in the manga. A soundtrack called Shibusen's Treasure "Campus Broadcast Music Complete Works" (死武専秘蔵「校内放送楽曲大全」) was released as a pre-order bonus CD. [43] The second game, Soul Eater: Plot of Medusa (ソウルイーター メデューサの陰謀, Sōru Ītā Medyūsa no Inbō) is an action game produced by Namco Bandai Games for the Nintendo DS and was released on October 23, 2008.[163] According to ICv2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the best-selling manga franchise for Q4 2021 (September–December) in the United States, and it was also the second "most efficient manga franchise" for retailer bookshelves, based on the website's calculations of which manga franchises had the highest sales per volume. [164] According to NPD BookScan, two manga volumes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba were ranked among the top 20 adult graphic novels list in 2020;[165] four volumes were among the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes in 2021;[166] three volumes and Stories of Water and Flame were among the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes in 2022;[167] its first volume was the best-selling manga series in 2023, with the second volume also featured on the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes. [168] By May 2021, the Viz Media edition had over 4 million copies in circulation. [169] Critical reception Before its anime series adaptation, Nicholas Dupree of Anime News Network included the series on his list of "The Most Underrated Shonen Jump Manga", and wrote: "Kimetsu is still arguably an oddity in Jump, but it's firmly established its style that's certainly worth looking out for. "[170] Rebecca Silverman of the same website ranked the first volume as a B−. Silverman praised the plot ideas and characters but had issues with its pacing.
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