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Top 100 Animations in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest animations in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 330 animations tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Pokémon, Brave (2012 film) and Pixels (2015 film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 26M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 496k, and the largest, Pokémon, reaches around 20M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each animation, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Pokémon 20M 29.3 54.4% Animation
2 Brave (2012 film) 3.6M 29.0 66.8% Animation
3 Pixels (2015 film) 2.4M 24.0 14.1% Animation
4 Tangled 2.1M 30.5 77.4% Animation
5 Aladdin (1992 Disney film) 1.7M 31.6 78.2% Animation
6 Cars (film) 1.4M Animation
7 Spider-Man 1.4M 30.7 41.0% Animation
8 Frozen (2013 film) 1.1M Animation
9 Family Guy 923k 26.7 55.2% Animation
10 Monsters 863k 36.0 69.3% Animation
11 Moana (2016 film) 842k 30.2 72.0% Animation
12 Zootopia 793k 32.5 75.2% Animation
13 toy story 690k 32.3 71.9% Animation
14 Elsa (Disney) 666k 32.5 85.8% Animation
15 Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) 662k 29.9 78.3% Animation
16 Bambi 638k 27.4 59.7% Animation
17 Minions (film) 602k 30.7 73.4% Animation
18 Stitch! 499k 35.0 75.5% Animation
19 Yellow Submarine (film) 469k 39.6 47.0% Animation
20 Ratatouille (film) 414k 31.1 65.5% Animation
21 Planes (film) 393k 40.6 27.5% Animation
22 Day & Night (2010 film) 383k 51.8 63.0% Animation
23 South Park 352k 29.7 63.7% Animation
24 Wrinkles (film) 272k 35.8 63.9% Animation
25 WALL-E 257k 23.2 73.2% Animation

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each animation by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest animation in Japan?

Pokémon currently leads with an estimated audience of 20M people in Japan.

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