Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle gets Golden Globes nomination

But so did KPop Demon Hunters...which do we want to win?

2025 was a standout year for two specific genres: anime and K-pop. The one thing they have in common? Killing demons, of course.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle overtook Superman at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing anime movie of all time, and KPop Demon Hunter became a pop culture sensation, catapulting it to the most-watched Netflix title and the top of the Billboard charts. Now that awards season is upon us, the Golden Globes has both films listed in its "Best Motion Picture - Animated" category.

Alongside the two favorites were also Arco, Elio, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, and the current box office sensation Zootopia 2, but I don't see any other nomination taking home the gold, aside from the two Demon films.

Let's look at the stats: Infinity Castle just smashed past the 100 billion yen mark worldwide, becoming the first Japanese film in history to do it — and outrunning the global box office totals of every Marvel and DC release this year. Meanwhile, KPop Demon Hunter has already got a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in just a few short months from its debut on Netflix. It's been watched for over 1,800,000 hours of recorded view time, with 325,100,000 views, as of December. Despite its June debut, KPop Demon Hunters remains a pop-culture force thanks to Huntr/X’s “Golden,” a multiweek Hot 100 No. 1 that still tops Top Movie Songs. In October 2025, it racked up 177 million U.S. streams and 38,000 downloads, per Luminate, spending two weeks at No. 1 and the last five at No. 2. Tracks from Huntr/X, Saja Boys, Ejae, and Andrew Choi dominate the rest of the Top Movie Songs top 7.

Both films are spectacular for different reasons. Infinity Castle is a showcase of what we see as the pinnacle of 3D animation usage in the medium. Meanwhile, Sony's KPDH adopts the art style and animation made famous by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to create some spectacular sequences, meme-worthy reactions, and slick action. Most of all, it's an original IP that was able to break barriers to become the hottest thing for kids since "Baby Shark."