securing the No. 1 spot that year, anime films distributed by Toei Co. claimed the top rank for two straight years. Only three animated films crossed the 10-billion-yen threshold last year.

Box office earnings in Japan totaled 206.983 billion yen ($1.35 billion) in 2024, down by 6.5 percent from the previous year, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc., ...