Anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is box office in Japan. One politician hoped the popularity would decline, it seems, and borrowed the logo for a campaign poster.
Demon Slayeris of course a very successful anime and manga.
Fukuoka politician Makoto Oniki (鬼 木 誠) copied the logo and replaced its name Kimetsu nee Yaiba (. 滅 の 刃). Since the kanji character for 鬼 appears in the title of the anime and the name of Oniki, it was a visual pun.
The logo of the anime can be seen on the movie poster below:
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But, like ANN News reports, the politician online was strongly criticized for the unauthorized use of the logo and apologized.
Oniki is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the National Diet.
‘I have seriously mastered all the inconveniences that the creator has caused [of Demon Slayer], the publisher and fans, ”said Oniki. ‘I am sorry.’
The campaign posters with the logo have been removed.
Oniki is not the first Japanese politician to get into trouble this month Demon Slayer. Keisuke Mitsumoto, a city councilor in Hyogo Prefecture, also knocked off Demon Slayer for a campaign poster.
The publisher told the press that it had absolutely nothing to do with the campaign, and Mitsumoto, who made the poster, apologized.
