The Motion Picture Association gave Demon Slayer an R for “violence and bloody images.” The anime is—make no mistake—violent.

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In comparison, the movie is PG-12 in Japan (the country’s version of PG-13), where it has also broken numerous box office records. It’s not uncommon to see children in Japan wearing Demon Slayer t-shirts or, due to the pandemic, wearing masks with a green checkered pattern à la hero Tanjiro Kamado.