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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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How to read this list

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 Pokémon: Advanced Generation 8k 29.6 58.9% Anime
77 Digimon Adventure 02 7.7k 25.7 22.1% Anime
78 Armored Trooper Votoms 7.3k 28.7 0.0% Anime
79 Digimon Frontier 7k 26.2 26.5% Anime
80 Full Moon o Sagashite 7k 30.2 80.3% Anime
81 Mobile Suit Gundam F91 6.8k 32.2 31.9% Anime
82 Captain Future 6.2k 44.5 6.5% Anime
83 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 6k 32.2 36.9% Anime
84 Bakugan Battle Brawlers 5.4k 39.8 58.5% Anime
85 Corpse Princess 5.3k 22.8 60.3% Anime
86 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 5.2k 45.8 36.0% Anime
87 Mobile Fighter G Gundam 5.1k 30.2 41.0% Anime
88 Digimon Data Squad 5k 26.7 31.8% Anime
89 Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions 5k 36.9 100.0% Anime
90 Pokémon 3: The Movie 4.9k 36.9 100.0% Anime
91 Transformers: Cybertron 4.7k 38.7 22.4% Anime
92 Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai 4.7k 36.9 100.0% Anime
93 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 4.6k 29.2 55.5% Anime
94 Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 4.1k 30.9 30.2% Anime
95 Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew 3.9k 29.8 59.8% Anime
96 Pokémon Heroes 3.7k 36.9 100.0% Anime
97 Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops 3.6k 22.0 75.0% Anime
98 Transformers: Armada 3.2k 38.4 17.1% Anime
99 Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan 3k 24.9 40.1% Anime
100 Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet 2.9k 38.8 76.8% 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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