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Just chatting with him.

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Hey Smarties, it's Kimberly.

Make Me Smart is on a little holiday break, so today we're sharing a special bonus episode on one of my favorite topics, anime.

Animation in general had a year in 2025.

K-pop Demon Hunters became Netflix's most-watched movie ever, and the anime Demon Slayer Infinity Castle became the top-grossing international film ever at the North American box office.

When Demon Slayer came out in theaters back in September, I spoke with Mitchell Berger, Executive Vice President of Global Commerce at Crunchyroll about it.

You may have seen a snippet of our conversation on Marketplace's Instagram or TikTok feeds.

Here's the full conversation.

So give us the numbers.

How has Demon Slayer done?

Yeah.

And just for clarification, when you say, like, the biggest animation opening ever, you're talking about Disney movies, Pixar, all of those ever?

Yeah.

Some people were surprised, but were you surprised?

For those who aren't familiar with Demon Slayer, tell us a little bit about the story.