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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
76 Samurai Deeper Kyo 47k 37.3 40.0% Animation
77 Robotech 46k 26.4 44.6% Animation
78 Clone High 45k 39.9 64.8% Animation
79 naruto shippuuden 45k 21.7 37.7% Animation
80 Voltron 45k 32.7 59.9% Animation
81 Bernard (TV series) 44k 21.6 50.6% Animation
82 The Lion King 44k 31.6 61.3% Animation
83 The Lego Movie 43k 35.0 64.6% Animation
84 Total Drama Island 43k 33.7 40.9% Animation
85 Transformers: Prime 42k 34.4 28.6% Animation
86 Winx Club 42k 30.2 58.7% Animation
87 Oggy and the Cockroaches 41k 31.9 71.6% Animation
88 SpongeBob SquarePants 40k 30.7 71.2% Animation
89 The Road to El Dorado 40k 28.3 29.2% Animation
90 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 40k 38.0 72.7% Animation
91 Madagascar (2005 film) 40k 35.7 29.1% Animation
92 Sausage Party 39k 40.6 54.4% Animation
93 Tayo the Little Bus 39k 37.4 71.3% Animation
94 Little Princess (TV series) 39k 26.5 86.1% Animation
95 Disney's House of Mouse 37k 31.7 65.3% Animation
96 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) 37k 35.3 70.6% Animation
97 Pucca 35k 24.6 87.9% Animation
98 The Prince of Egypt 35k 38.5 42.0% Animation
99 101 Dalmatians (1996 film) 34k 36.1 76.7% Animation
100 Lilo & Stitch: The Series 33k 35.0 66.5% 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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