Japanese animation films have taken the Korean film industry by storm. The Korean media outlet “Spo-TV News” reported on the 16th under the headline “Japanese Animation Eats All Domestic Films…No. 1 Korean Film Also Skipped…State of Emergency” about the rapid progress of Japanese animation. Another media outlet, Sports World, reported the breakthrough of Japanese animation under the headline, “Oni no Blade → Chainsaw Man box office relay…Japanese animation strikes back, captivating Korea. Photo] A scene from “Blade of Demon’s Destruction: Infinity Castle Arc. On the 15th, the Korean Film Promotion Committee announced that “Chainsawman the Movie: Rezae Arc” ranked first in the movie admission ticket integrated computer network ranking, attracting 32,532 viewers on the 14th. The cumulative audience was 1,904,436, nearing the 2 million mark. Oni no Kyoei no Edge: Infinity Castle Arc,” which opened on August 22, also continued its long run at the box office, recording a cumulative audience of 5,410,211. Spot TV News reported, “On the other hand, the performance of Korean films has been dismal. One after another, promising films are being pushed aside by chaemosomang. Korean films that opened for the Bon vacation were pushed aside by Japanese animation and failed to gain momentum,” the report said.
