The report found that the wider anime industry (including merchandise, music, etc.) contracted by 3.5% in 2020, with a total market value of 2.4261 trillion yen (about US$21.32 billion).
The market value strictly for anime productions contracted by 9% to 274.4 billion yen (about US$2.41 billion).
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released the Anime Industry Report for the year 2020 in English on Monday.
The 2020 market value remains a high mark, second only to 2019 for every prior year since 2002, in both the wider anime market, and the narrower anime production industry.