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I see some variation of this self-proclaimed unattributed fact on the web:

> Anime accounts for 60% of the world's animation-based entertainment. So
> successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting
> schools in the country.

How true is this fact? What was the original source? What about the other 40%?


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Does anime really account for 60% of the world’s animation-based entertainment?


It comes from [this document published by
JETRO](https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/reports/market/pdf/2005_35_r.pdf) (Japan
External Trade Organization) where it says (page 7):

> International sales data is not exact, but around 60% of the anime shown
> worldwide is made in Japan, according to a METI report issued in January
> 2004. Twenty Japanese anime programs were being broadcast on American TV as
> of March 2003.

(Note that "anime" in this context probably means "animation")

The 60% figure was also quoted by [Jim Frederick's article in Time Asia
"What's Right with
Japan"](http://web.archive.org/web/20100403090055/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/cool_japan/story.html):

> Pokémon has supplanted Astroboy in the hearts of schoolkids in more than 65
> countries, and 60% of the world's animated-cartoon series are made in Japan.

Though, no source was provided.

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The number of voice-acting schools was attributed to:

> Terumitsu Otsu and Mary Kennard (April 27, 2002). "The art of voice acting".
> The Daily Yomiuri. p. 11.

Source fetched from [the Voice Acting in Japan wikipedia
page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan).

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I don't know how to account for the other 40% of animated entertainment. Maybe
if you're able to get a copy of the METI report that was issued in January
2004, [which doesn't seem to be listed on their
website](http://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/previous_report.html).


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