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Biggest Threat to Anime Made Japan Lose $38 Billion in 2025, Almost 3X More Than in 2022

Summary by FandomWire
The popularity of anime continues to increase globally, but it is also losing money at an equally fast rate. In 2025, anime piracy had cost Japan approximately $38 billion, which is three times the amount from 2022. Meanwhile, these figures are coming directly from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and they prove one thing: while anime’s global popularity has exploded, piracy has grown even faster. Moreover, the proble…
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FandomWire broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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