20 Highest Grossing Anime Franchises of All Time
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Pinterest. I am genuinely surprised to share with you Hamtaro as one of the highest-grossing anime of all time. The series was created by Ritsuko Kawai in 1997 and by 1999 was developed into an anime series. The story follows Hamtaro , a hamster who goes on wild adventures while his owner is at school.
Pinterest. Muscles were big in 1980's anime. From Kinnikuman to Dragon Ball, these guys were known for being big and beefy but one of the most impressionable series of the time was Fist of the North Star, created by Buronson.
If you remember Tamagotchi, you might remember Digimon . This anime actually began as a small, pocket-sized game in which players care for various digital monsters. To promote the Digimon game, a one-time movie was produced.
Doraemon first appeared in 1969. It was written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio, the pen name of creative duo Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto. An attempt to serialize the manga into an anime was first made in 1973 but it was Shin-Ei Animation who oversaw the largest running Doraemon anime which featured over 1700 episodes and lasted until 2005.
The anime was released in 2001 and lasted for 51 episodes. Players got a first-hand look at a new world centered entirely around Beyblades and that fascination helped build a huge franchise—big enough to land a spot on this list at $4.6 billion.
The series is well-received by viewers both inside and outside of its target demographic, lending to the total gross of $3 billion for the franchise.
Astro Boy is the oldest and one of the most iconic entries on this list. He first appeared in 1952 and was seen as recently as 2009 in a modern movie adaptation. Astro Boy , known in Japan as Mighty Atom, was created by manga legend Osamu Tezuka.