Anime Industry Hits Record 4 Trillion Yen; Overseas Market Accounts For More Than Half The Revenue
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) presented the preliminary findings of its latest Anime Industry Report at TIFFCOM, revealing that the anime market surpassed the four-trillion-yen mark for the first time in 2025, reaching a record 4.45 trillion yen (approximately USD 28.2 billion).
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