anime for the international markets. In 2015, an all-record-high of three hundred forty anime series aired on television. 2020s The international popularity and demand of anime rose highly during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the medium's increased availability on streaming services. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train became the highest-grossing Japanese film and the world's highest-grossing films of 2020. It also became the fastest grossing film in Japanese cinema, because in 10 days it made 10 billion yen ($95.3m; £72m). It beat the previous record of Spirited Away which took 25 days. In 2021, the anime adaptations of Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Tokyo Revengers were among the top 10 most discussed TV shows worldwide on Twitter. In 2022, Attack on Titan won the award of "Most In-Demand TV Series in the World 2021" in the Global TV Demand Awards. Attack on Titan became the first ever non-English language series to earn the title of World’s Most In-Demand TV Show, previously held by only The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. Firsts Records See also History of animation History of comics History of manga Notes References Further reading Clements, Jonathan and Barry Ip (2012) "The Shadow Staff: Japanese Animators in the Toho Aviation Education Materials Production Office 1939–1945" in Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 7(2) 189–204. Ettinger, Benjamin "Karisuma Animators" Ettinger Benjamin "Toei Doga" (Part 2) Anipages Daily. July 25, 2004 and July 26, 2004. Miyazaki, Hayao trans. Ryoko Toyama "About Japanese Animation" Okada, Toshio et al. (2005), "Otaku Talk". Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture. Ed. Takashi Murakami. Japan Society and Yale University Press. . Sharp, Jasper "Pioneers of Japanese Animation at PIFan" Midnight Eye September 25, 2004 Kime, Chad. "American Anime: Blend or Bastardization?" EX Online Anime Magazine. External links HISTORY OF ANIME: Osamu Tezuka History of animation