Gotouge won the award due to the circulation of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga topping 100 million copies, and strong sales of the franchise’s anime, games, novels, spinoff manga, and merchandise which have boosted the entire publishing industry from 2019 well into 2020.
According to Oricon, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga franchise has sold a total of 90.518 million print copies in Japan — the second highest manga series total that Oricon has recorded since it began publishing its book sales charts.
Kodansha awarded Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s manga creator Koyoharu Gotouge in its second Noma Publishing Culture Awards on Monday.
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime film opened on October 16.