The report confirms the previous reports that the total market value of the anime industry in 2016 was a record 2.0009 trillion yen (about US$17.5 billion), up about 9% from 2016’s 1.83 trillion yen.
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) published its “Anime Industry Report 2017,” which examines industry trends from 2016, on Tuesday.
The report notes that the film has earned 16.4 billion yen (about US$144 million) in the Japanese box office as of Tuesday.
The AJA has been publishing annual reports since 2009, when the anime industry was in decline.