Perhaps, but demon slayer is also already the second highest grossing film in Japan ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan

Perhaps, but demon slayer is also already the second highest grossing film in Japan ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films... Doraemon is a "cultural icon" and has been for decades. Evangelion is debatable but the 25th anniversary has been present all year with a plethora of tie-ins. At the very least, people not interested in Anime will recognize these as "oh that thing from [the konbini/I saw the voice actress on a game show/billboard/my child likes/the picture on my candy wrapper/etc]".