Anime accounted for 56.72 billion Japanese yen of the export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021. This amounted to a share of 89.3 percent. Anime was followed by drama and variety content.
Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
figures exclude unspecified amounts
Supplementary notes
Figures are based on an annual survey. The survey for fiscal year 2021 was conducted among 84 terrestrial broadcasting operators, 133 satellite broadcasting and cable television operators, as well as 26 production companies.
The category of broadcasting contents encompasses broadcasting rights, online streaming rights, video and DVD rights, program format and remake rights, merchandising rights, as well as other rights. Since fiscal year 2016, merchandising rights explicitly include video game rights. In cases where broadcasting rights are sold in tandem with other rights, the question regarding the classification was left unanswered, or the classification cannot be clearly made, those rights are counted as broadcasting rights.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.71 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of January 2024.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (August 31, 2023). Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2023). Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Export Value of Japanese Broadcasting Contents in Fiscal Year 2021, by Genre (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/ (last visited November 25, 2024)
Export value of Japanese broadcasting contents in fiscal year 2021, by genre (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295506/japan-export-value-broadcasting-contents-by-genre/
