What's fascinating this is InnovationGamingLegal Action Over ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Leaks Begins SoonByPaul Tassi, Senior Contributor.
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AuthorJul 28, 2025, 08:32am EDTDemon Slayer: Infinity CastleCrunchyroll While Ufotable and others behind the film are celebrating the historic success of the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie in Japan, the film has begun leaking all across the internet, mpting a response that relays how serious this is being taken (something worth watching).
In a new post on the official 3 million er Demon Slayer account, a lengthy statement was prepared addressing the issues of piracy and leaks, and how vulnerable accounts that these leaks are.
Here’s the statement in full: “We would to express our sincere gratitude to everyone for their incredible excitement and support for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle.
Meanwhile, However, we have recently become aware of unauthorized recordings, uploads, and online distribution of the film.
These activities constitute a serious violation of copyright law and other applicable laws and regulations.
Moreover, We will pursue strict legal action, including civil and criminal measures, against such activities such as piracy and illegal uploads.
Conversely, Even those posting anonymously can be identified and will be held liable.
MORE FOR YOU Such illegal activities not only harm the experience of our loyal fans who support the film, but also undermine the immense hard work, creativity, and resources we have dedicated to the film.
We strongly encourage everyone to experience the film legitimately at movie theaters, given current economic conditions.
We will take appriate measures to tect our copyrighted work and to ensure that all audiences can enjoy the films as int (which is quite significant).
We kindly ask for your continued understanding and cooperation.
Additionally, Furthermore, ” Demon Slayer: Infinity CastleUfotable There have been countless clips d of the film, some from pirated copies, some from screen records in Japan.
In contrast, While all movies are pirated to some extent in vast torrent networks and ing sites, this practice is being amplified by the fact that the film was only released in Japan at its initial premiere, and other regions, including the US, have to wait two months after that in order for the film to reach our shores.
Not that this justifies doing anything illegal, but it’s ly encouraging this practice.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part 1, the first film in the series-ending trilogy, demolished its own records from the Mugen Train release with $50 million in receipts in its first 4 days in Japan (which is quite significant).
That would be a solid performance in the US at almost triple the population.
Moreover, Mugen Train went on to make almost a half a billion dollars globally, and if the trend continues, Infinity Castle will ly make hundreds of millions more than that.
Lawsuits seem they’ll be coming soon, and even with anonymous or burner accounts, the company seems determined to unmask these leak-rs, so I hope you took that into account when posting clips, in this volatile climate.
Furthermore, We’ll see what happens next and if there are any further what’s going on with the leaks, which will only be amplified in the next few months as other regions slowly get the film.
As a reminder, here are the global release dates: Japan – Friday, July 18 Indonesia – Friday, August 15 Philippines – Wednesday, August 20 Brazil – Thursday, September 11 Mexico – Thursday, September 11 UAE - Thursday, September 11 India – Friday, September 12 South Africa – Friday, September 12 UK – Tuesday, September 12 Canada - Friday, September 12 USA - Friday, September 12 me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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