LiSA's Homura From Demon Slayer Wins Song Of The Year Award In Japan 5n5547

LiSA’s theme song for Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinity Train, Homura, has won a “Song of the Year” reward. The reward was given at the 62nd Japan Record Awards. Moreover, the Demon Slayer series was also awarded “Special Achievement” for the success it had. We are truly amazed by how many achievements Kimetsu no Yaiba series managed to get this year! 1q502e

Here you can see the rest of the winners:

Songs of the Year category:

• I’m Here by 三浦大知
• 愛をください〜Don’t you cry〜 by 純烈
• 足跡 by Little Glee Monster
• 香水 by 瑛人
• 世界中の隣人よ by 乃木坂46
• 猫 〜THE FIRST TAKE ver.〜 by DISH//
• 離れていても by AKB48
• 母 by 氷川きよし
• Fantasista〜ファンタジスタ〜 by DA PUMP
• 炎 by LiSA
  
  New Artists of the Year category
  
• Novelbright
• 真田ナオキ
• 豆柴の大群
• Rin音
  
  Special Achievement Award
  
• Uru
• NiziU
• 鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• 松田聖子
• 米津玄師
  
  Special International Music Award
  
• BTS
  
  Special Lifetime Achievement Award
  
• 梓みちよ
• 小林信吾
• ジャッキー吉川
• 筒美京平
• 服部克久
• 弘田三枝子
• 前田俊明
• 丸山雅仁
  
  Best Vocal Performance
  
• 福田こうへい (Kohei Fukuda)

On December 30, 2020, from the winners listed above, one from each category will be chosen to get another award of even higher importance. According to the official twitter, the anime film is still the 3rd highest grossing film in Japan of all time. It mobilized over 17 million spectators and earned over ~23.3 billion yen (approximately ~$223 million USD) and is now even closer to the top. Homura is obviously very popular as well, so we can’t wait for the Demon Slayer movie to come overeseas!

Source: Official Website For TBS Record Awards