Foreign Buyers Carry Japan's Record Anime Market

Published: 2026-10-30T13:12:03.436Z

Overseas spend now covers well over half of Japan's $28.2 billion anime market, and with Kadokawa moving its English manga window in-house, the licensing desk, not the domestic box office, is where th

Foreign Buyers Carry Japan's Record Anime Market Overseas buyers now cover well over half of Japan's record $28.2 billion anime market, per preliminary AJA figures presented Friday at TIFFCOM. The headline is the 15.8% year-over-year jump. The story Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/japan-anime-market-record-28-billion-local-sales-surge-1236934838/
Kadokawa brings its English manga in-house Kadokawa put its English manga window on its own turf. The new "Kadokawa World Manga" label lives on KadoComi, serving free opening and latest chapters of ongoing series to international readers. The Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-30/kadokawa-launches-kadokawa-world-manga-english-label-on-its-kadocomi-platform/.243355
By the Numbers: releasing anime trending on AniList AniList's currently releasing anime snapshot on 2026-10-30 ranked STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2nd - 3rd STAGE (#1), The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (#2), The Ramparts Source: https://anilist.co/search/anime/trending#releasing-2026-10-30

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