Worldwide Anime Statistics

A recent article in the japanese edition of newsweek includes some very interesting statistics concerning the growth of interest in anime and manga around the world and the differences in the various markets.

Worldwide anime statistics. Mins mal al k. The figures provided for anime 500 million and manga 40 million sales in the u s. The anime industry in japan was 260 billion yen in 2006 30 billion yen came from foreign sources 230 billion yen was from the domestic market that s 89 of the revenues of the anime market are in japan. Leading film markets worldwide 2019 by number of tickets sold leading box office markets worldwide in 2019 by revenue animation market size worldwide 2017 2020.

Shutterstock in japan anime is simply an abbreviation for animation outside japan anime refers to the specifically japanese style of animation. The world outside of japan is insignificant for the japanese anime industry and the 30 000 people directly employed by the anime studios. Japanese anime animation usually in the form of hand drawn cartoons is a wildly popular global export. The total market value for the anime industry in 2016 was as previously reported a record 2 0009 trillion yen about us 17 5 billion up about 9 9 from 2015 s 1 83 trillion yen.

Hardcore fans of anime outside of japan have been importing their favorite series for decades first on physical media and later digitally with fan groups meticulously translating each episode. Statistics indicate the anime industry managed to swell its revenue by close to 2 billion in 2016. All anime current anime archive last updates. Anime or animation in the japanese style is one of the more global subgenres of tv content enjoyed by viewers in almost every country in the world.

So while an animation from anywhere in the world is called anime in japan in the u s. A report compiled by the association of japanese animators with input from a variety of researchers journalists and industry insiders has revealed several fascinating aspects about the anime industry if the industry appears to have grown substantially in the last year that s because it has. A s collects several statistics to create meaningful charts to display the rating rank dropped and other progressions of an anime while airing. According to one estimate about 60 percent of the world s animated television shows originate in japan.

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