The preliminary report found that the anime industry rose 15.1% to 2.5112 trillion yen (about US$24.18 billion) in 2019.
However, the anime film market rose 62.4% from the year before to 69.2 billion yen (about US$666.2 million).
The market was at 1.2661 trillion yen in 2009, so the 2019 numbers represent almost a doubling of the industry in the last decade.
The commodities market made up the next largest share with 581.3 billion yen (about US$5.596 billion), up 16.2% from 2018.
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