{
  "id": 17189538,
  "title": "Japan’s Anime Market Hits Record $28.2 Billion as Local Sales Surge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/japans-anime-market-hits-record-28-2-billion-as-local-sales-surge",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T06:02:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/japan-anime-market-record-28-billion-local-sales-surge-1236934838/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spending on Japanese anime worldwide reached a record JPY4.45 trillion ($28.2 billion) in 2025. That is up 15.8% on the previous year, and overseas consumers now account for well over half of the total. Hasegawa Masahiro, editor-in-chief of the Association of Japanese Animations’ (AJA) annual “Anime Industry Report,” presented the preliminary figures Friday at TIFFCOM, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}