Japan's anime market reached 4.45 trillion yen ($28 billion) in 2025, topping 4 trillion yen for the first time on strong overseas sales, the Association of Japanese Animations said Friday.The market more than doubled from 1.8 trillion yen in 2015, with overseas sales reaching 2.54 trillion yen, according to preliminary data from the association.Overseas sales of Japanese animation surpassed domestic sales for the first time in 2020.The growth appears to have been driven by the rapid expansion of streaming services such as Netflix, which have made Japanese animation more accessible to audie…READ FULL ARTICLE
