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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
51 Rango (2011 film) 89k 30.1 57.1% Animation
52 Storks (film) 88k 31.7 85.5% Animation
53 Caillou 82k 33.0 100.0% Animation
54 Igor (film) 82k 28.9 77.0% Animation
55 Ice Age (2002 film) 81k 31.5 56.3% Animation
56 Animal Farm 79k 43.5 16.7% Animation
57 Mulan (1998 film) 76k 29.0 64.0% Animation
58 We Bare Bears 74k 27.4 71.0% Animation
59 Mutts 71k 39.4 79.1% Animation
60 Finding Nemo 68k 32.0 71.1% Animation
61 Little Einsteins 67k 35.3 84.2% Animation
62 Kukuli 66k 44.2 57.3% Animation
63 The Croods 63k 26.8 72.4% Animation
64 The Rescuers 63k 34.3 51.8% Animation
65 All Dogs Go to Heaven 60k 34.8 65.4% Animation
66 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory 56k 25.6 56.6% Animation
67 Meet the Robinsons 55k 39.3 75.3% Animation
68 Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 55k 32.6 61.5% Animation
69 Ed, Edd n Eddy 55k 26.3 41.0% Animation
70 A Bug's Life 54k 31.4 49.5% Animation
71 Steven Universe 54k 28.9 62.7% Animation
72 Pororo the Little Penguin 52k 33.7 87.5% Animation
73 naruto shipuden 50k 22.2 52.8% Animation
74 Corpse Bride 49k 34.2 61.2% Animation
75 Wakfu 49k 25.6 41.8% 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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