The anime industry has grown tremendously in recent years, and each new franchise has seen steady growth in revenues and fan following. Anime movies have also been crucial for increasing the fanbase of the series and being a significant source of revenue for the series.
Recently, a study was conducted on popular anime franchises and their movies, which included One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Dragon Ball. It revealed that gender inequality in them was pretty high, with the ratio of women in the anime film industry based on the survey pool being 46% in lower levels as compared to 18% in higher positions.
Major names such as One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Jujutsu Kaisen have severe gender inequality
The Japanese Film Project (JFP) surveyed to investigate gender disparities on movie sites, including some very popular names.
One Piece: Film Red, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Suzume no Tojimari, Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween, and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero were some of the movies that were part of the survey.
The survey concluded some exciting and shocking results: the female workforce involved in anime film production throughout the survey was found to be 46 percent.
This ratio keeps falling with the increase in ranks. For example, women who worked as directors, animation directors, or chief animation directors were found to be 41 percent.
On the other hand, the ratio went down to 18 percent—roughly 56 women out of 315 staff members—when it came to producing positions. As depicted by the survey, high-ranking positions with a lot of power are usually taken by men.
Despite being a series that ranks up to more than 1 billion yen in sales for each movie, gender inequality is relatively high, and women seem to be working or being allotted only lower-level roles. In contrast, the significant roles are only allotted to men.
Which is the highest-grossing anime movie of all time?
Anime movies have become a considerable source of revenue over time, and many franchises prefer to release arcs in movies rather than seasons due to their commercial success.
The success of recent anime movies such as Dragon Ball Superhero and One Piece: Red guarantees more studios opting to release movies.
Movies have been quite fortunate globally as well as in Japan, and the most successful anime movie of all time is none other than Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, which accumulated a box office gross of $507,127,293—an all-time high surpassing Spirited Away.
To date, the movie is the highest-grossing anime movie of all time and will hold onto that spot for some more years before it eventually gets broken.
