So how did the BPO’s Youth Committee members respond to the Demon Slayer complaints?
Since the movie is a direct follow-up to the first season of the Demon Slayer TV anime, Fuji TV also showed two recap specials earlier in the month, containing extensive footage from the TV series.
Following the airing of the specials, Japan’s Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization media watchdog organization (also known as the BPO) received a number of complaints about “the primetime broadcast of an anime work with a famous movie,” a description that only fits for Demon Slayer during the time frame in which the complaints came in.
While fans were happy for the refresher course in the series’ events and lore, not everyone else was pleased.