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Top 100 Animes in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest animes in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 137 animes tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bleach (anime), Spirited Away and Psycho-Pass lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 158k, and the largest, Bleach (anime), reaches around 3M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each anime, 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 Dragon Ball Super 27k 30.9 37.7% Anime
52 Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 27k 36.9 100.0% Anime
53 Wolf's Rain 26k 23.7 26.9% Anime
54 Bakuman 22k 24.7 65.6% Anime
55 Outlaw Star 20k 27.4 49.5% Anime
56 Macross Frontier 19k 30.0 43.3% Anime
57 Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! 17k 29.6 57.7% Anime
58 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 16k 31.6 28.6% Anime
59 Oreimo 16k 25.8 37.7% Anime
60 Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 15k 29.6 58.9% Anime
61 Space Dandy 15k 24.0 58.0% Anime
62 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 15k 31.2 32.8% Anime
63 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion 15k 23.8 57.4% Anime
64 Kiki's Delivery Service 14k 31.5 64.9% Anime
65 Superbook 13k 40.4 76.8% Anime
66 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 13k 34.4 90.6% Anime
67 Pokémon Sun & Moon 12k 29.6 49.4% Anime
68 Ragnarok the Animation 12k 27.5 56.8% Anime
69 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan 12k 37.0 68.3% Anime
70 Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back 11k 29.6 58.8% Anime
71 Pokémon 4Ever 10k 36.9 100.0% Anime
72 Boruto: Naruto the Movie 9.1k 22.1 34.4% Anime
73 Beyblade: Metal Fusion 9k 21.3 0.0% Anime
74 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth 8.8k 37.0 34.0% Anime
75 The World God Only Knows 8.2k 25.8 50.1% Anime

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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 anime 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 anime in Japan?

Bleach (anime) currently leads with an estimated audience of 3M people in Japan.

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