‘Boruto’ is getting rid of filler thanks to ‘Demon Slayer’, with the anime switching to seasons from now on

There are few animes more punished for through filler than ‘Boruto’, world-building be darned. It can’t be that your series has 281 chapters and only 59 are canon. Just 21%! How can you take more than three-quarters of the story out of your sleeve? It is normal that people then have the feeling that the plot does not advance and that its quality is going downhill and without brakes. But don’t worry because the problem won’t get any worse.

Michiyuki Honma, president of Pierrot, the animation studio behind the series, has granted an extensive interview to Natalie in which, in addition to confessing that they were about to cancel ‘Naruto’ and ‘Bleach’, the executive announces that their series currently on hiatus will resume broadcast seasonally. Among them would be ‘Boruto’, which left its audience stranded in the middle of Code’s arc and has been on hiatus since March. And do you know what the reason for the decision is? None other than ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’.

“I think ‘’Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’' was a major turning point for the anime industry,” explained Honma. “It was a high-quality work that took a lot of time and a generous budget to make, and it was a big hit when it aired, attracting people from a wide range of age groups. I watched it. Before and after Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was announced, I really felt that we had to change the way we create things. Furthermore, other studios were releasing high-quality works on a similar scale.”

“‘BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War’ has received a huge response overseas. When I go to events overseas, I’m treated like a hero. However, all of Pierrot’s employees have changed their mindset and are serious about making this work. ‘The Crow Doesn’t Choose Its Master’, which has been airing since April, is also a work created in this new style, so please pay attention to it, as well as many series works that are currently on hiatus. Please look forward to the future of Pierrot, who is taking on the challenge of creating new animation.”

The news could also mark a before and after in ‘Boruto’, a series that is often better than it is perceived precisely because of the enormous amount of filler it has and that buried the biggest moments of the manga. Will Pierrot be able to save it from burning and put it where it deserves with this change?