Anime News

2005 Anime Market Worth 233.9 Billion Yen
Date: 8/14/2006
Japanese group The Media Development Research Institute has determined the country's animation market in 2005 reached it's highest value ever at 233.9 billion Yen. The figure came out in their report "Analysis Project Of The Animation Market". 2004 saw a 225.7 billion Yen market size according to their investigation. The years between 1995 and 2000 saw a growth from only 150 billion Yen to 160 billion Yen. After that however the scale began go up dramatically.
Source: Anime News Service