Anime & Manga
Japan's animation industry keeps momentum after record sales in 2023
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sales in Japan's animation production industry soared 22.9 percent to a record 339 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in 2023 and are expecte Full article
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