Anime industry takes in record 2.0 trillion yen in 2016

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 AJA attributes a 34.9 billion yen (about US$306 million) export value to overseas sales, up from 2015’s 19.5 billion yen, and China constitutes more than half of the increase.

The report notes that the film has earned 16.4 billion yen (about US$144 million) in the Japanese box office as of Tuesday.