The outsourcing math stops working for anime studios

Published: 2026-10-22T13:24:18.245Z

Teikoku Databank's annual survey of 189 anime studios shows the outsourcing math breaking down. The share doing business with foreign companies fell 3.4 points to 41.8 percent, and deals with Chinese

Why it matters: With fewer frames offloaded abroad, in-house teams absorb the load, and the survey flags cumulative studio revenue falling this year.

Source: https://news.animenomics.com/p/anime-studios-see-higher-costs-in-outsourcing

From AnimeSignal, the anime business intelligence brief.