DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE Night Held at Dodger Stadium

Tanjiro Kamado celebrates EMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE night at Dodger Stadium. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Dodgers ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

Source: Crunchyroll press release
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Special Thanks to Lizzie Osterkamp

Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll. ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated the highly popular Japanese anime film DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編, Gekijō-ban `Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen-jō Hen) with a theme night for their Friday, August 15 home game with the San Diego Padres.

In attendance were DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE English dub cast members Aleks Le (Zenitsu Agatsuma), Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado) and Zach Aguilar (Tanjiro Kamado). Aleks threw the ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of the game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers themed night included a stadium-wide giveaway of co-branded hats as well as a themed DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE drone show. The Dodgers won the game with a score of 3-2.

“As one of the most popular titles in its genre of all time, DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA enjoys a following with the same kind of passion that Dodger fans bring to the ballpark,” said Lon Rosen, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Los Angeles Dodgers.

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE, the first feature film in the three-part cinematic trilogy, will come to theatres in the United States and Canada on September 12, 2025, distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. This latest theatrical feature film in the epic saga is set in the same universe as the 2020 global phenomenon DEMON SLAYER: MUGEN TRAIN, which earned $507 million worldwide and remains the highest-grossing anime movie of all time.

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE opened in Japan in July of this year breaking three box office opening weekend records, including the highest opening day, first day, and single day results of all time for Japan! The film, distributed by Toho and Aniplex, generated 7.31 billion yen (US$49.55 million) in the box office revenue in the first four-days of release. For more information on the film, visit demonslayer-movie.com.

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(l-r) Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Aleks Le, Dalton Rushing, Tanjiro Kamado. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Dodgers ©Koyoharu Gotoge / SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable

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Films distributed and marketed by Crunchyroll—domestically and internationally—have a proven track record of both box office and critical success. Crunchyroll’s theatrical team has been behind 10 of the Top 20 best-performing anime films in U.S. box office history, including DEMON SLAYER -KIMETSU NO YAIBA- THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA -TO THE SWORDSMITH VILLAGE-, and DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA -TO THE HASHIRA TRAINING-. Not only have Crunchyroll films seen box office success, but have also been recognized with numerous awards and accolades and been accepted and screened at international film festivals around the globe.