The total revenues of anime production companies in 2018 was a record 213.173 billion yen (about US$1.96 billion).
Teikoku Databank gathered data from 256 anime production companies.
Teikoku Databank noted that six of the companies it studied filed for bankruptcy in 2018, and five more ceased operations or were dissolved.
The financial research firm Teikoku Databank published a survey of the anime production industry on Wednesday, and reported that 30.4% of anime production companies were in the red in their final profit and loss for 2018 — the first increase in three years and the highest percentage in the past 10 years.