Anime Manga Explosion: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is also expanding, reaching 675.9 billion yen in 2021. Those unique visuals and stories from Japan have struck a chord with fans around the world and are growing into a huge industry. Anime Manga Explosion will actively feature major works that are highly recognized by overseas fans and reveal the secrets of Japanese anime and manga creation through the series.

Series details

• Title: Anime Manga Explosion
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-11-13
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK World
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 72224
• TVDB ID: 439886

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2021: premiered 2021-11-13; final listed air date 2021-11-13; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-10-05; final listed air date 2022-12-14; episode order: 2.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-02-15; final listed air date 2023-12-24; episode order: 9.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-28; final listed air date 2024-12-29; episode order: 10.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-26; final listed air date 2025-12-28; episode order: 10.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-25; final listed air date 2026-10-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Anime Manga Explosion on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.