Manga & Anime Films Dominate Current Japanese Box Office

As of last weekend, half of the films in Japan’s current ten highest grossing theatrical releases were related to manga or anime.

Doraemon: Nobita’s Great Adventure Into the Underworld topped the box office.

Live action film Battery, an adaptation of Atsuko Asano’s baseball manga, ranked second.

One Piece movie 8 ranked fourth.

The live action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo manga ranked eighth.

Sakuran, the live action adaptation of Moyocco Anno’s historical fiction manga ranked ninth.

The only domestic Japanese film in the top ten not related to anime or manga was Shinichiro Sawai’s Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea.

Source: Box Office Mojo