About **** thousand minutes of theatrical anime movies were produced in Japan in 2023. This was equivalent to more than *** hours of content. The number of theatrical animation movies strongly declined in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but increased again in the years since then.
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The Association of Japanese Animations. (January 15, 2025). Total production minutes of animation movies produced for theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/
The Association of Japanese Animations. "Total production minutes of animation movies produced for theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in minutes)." Chart. January 15, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/
The Association of Japanese Animations. (2025). Total production minutes of animation movies produced for theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/
The Association of Japanese Animations. "Total Production Minutes of Animation Movies Produced for Theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/
The Association of Japanese Animations, Total production minutes of animation movies produced for theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Total production minutes of animation movies produced for theaters in Japan from 2014 to 2023 (in minutes) [Graph], The Association of Japanese Animations, January 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/752287/japan-production-time-theatrical-animation-movies/
