

It has also seen international success after the rise of English-dubbed programming. Despite comprising only a fraction of Japan's domestic film market, anime makes up a majority of Japanese DVD sales.

The anime industry consists of over 430 production studios, including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax, and Toei Animation. Outside Japan, anime is used to refer specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes.

The word is the abbreviated pronunciation of "animation" in Japanese, where this term references all animation. An anime (Japanese: アニメ?,, plural: anime) is a Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation.
