Otomo said the final fight scene was the most difficult scene to shoot, mainly due to how Satoh and Fujiwara did not use stunts. Nevertheless, the director found it as an "epic" scene.
The film debuted at the Japanese box office in second place, earning ¥919,479,200. In its fourth weekend, it ranked first and earned ¥177,419,216. It was number-one for four weeks. It was one of the top five films of 2014 at the Japanese box office (below Kyoto Inferno at number three), grossing ¥4.35 billion ($41.06 million) in Japan.
One Ok Rock's song "Heartache" from their album 35xxxv is featured in the film