The anime manufacturing trade is valued at 339 billion yen in 2023 and is anticipated to achieve 340 billion yen by 2024

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Monetary analysis agency Teikoku Databank revealed a report on the anime manufacturing trade for 2023 on August 27, noting that the worth of the anime manufacturing trade (primarily based on 317 corporations) in 2023 will probably be 339,020,000,000 yen (about 2. 36 billion {dollars}), a worth of twenty-two.9 billion. % progress from 2022’s 275,783,000,000 yen (about $1.90 billion in present conversion). Teikoku Databank expects the worth of the anime manufacturing trade to achieve roughly 340 billion yen (roughly $2.36 billion) by 2024. The worth doesn’t embody different elements of the bigger anime trade, together with merchandise, dwell occasions, and many others.)

Of the 301 anime manufacturing corporations, 75 corporations (24.9%) noticed a lower in income in comparison with the earlier 12 months. Whereas 112 corporations (37.2%) noticed their turnover improve, 114 corporations (37.9%) have been within the black. Teikoku Databank beforehand reported that 39.8% of anime manufacturing corporations have been within the crimson in 2021, the very best ever in Teikoku Databank knowledge.

The typical income for an anime manufacturing firm in 2023 was 1.123 billion yen (roughly $7.79 million). Common single firm income fell in 2021 however rose once more in 2022, with 2023 having the very best common income quantity of the previous two years.

The typical income of studios specializing in outsourced and principal contract work was 2.363 billion yen (about $16.4 million), up from final 12 months’s 1.722 billion yen (about $11.9 million). The share of corporations with a rise in turnover was 43.8%, whereas the share of corporations with a lower in turnover was 33%.

For specialised studios that subcontract anime work, the typical income in 2023 was 391 million yen (about $2.71 million).

Teikoku Databank cites the stabilization of manufacturing for tv anime, the expansion of anime manufacturing for streaming platforms, and theatrical anime hits as the rationale for the trade’s progress in 2023.

Of the 317 animation manufacturing corporations surveyed, 101 corporations reported incomes lower than 100 million yen. As well as, 79 corporations reported lower than 300 million yen in income, 37 claimed lower than 500 million yen, 43 of them reported lower than 1 billion yen, and 57 corporations earned greater than 1 billion yen. Of the 317 corporations surveyed, 93 reported having 5 or fewer workers, 98 corporations reported fewer than 20 workers, 60 reported fewer than 50 workers, 38 had fewer than 100 workers, and 28 corporations had greater than 100 workers.

If we break down the businesses by decade, 116 have been based within the 2010s (2010-2019), 90 within the 2000s, 39 within the Nineties, 28 within the Eighties, 27 within the Seventies, 11 within the Nineties sixties and 6 within the ’80s. the 2020s (2020-2024). Of the 317 corporations, 285 are positioned in Tokyo, which is 89.9% of the overall.

Sources: Teikoku Databank, Animation Enterprise Journal (Tadashi Sudo)