Weeblytics: Anime by the Numbers

Weeblytics: Anime by the Numbers

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Weeblytics: Anime by the Numbers episodes

  • How Isekai Ate Anime

    In 2016, isekai were seven of the 282 new anime TV series, about two and a half percent. Since then, their share of new shows has grown about five times. Max, Aoi and Jun ask how one genre took over, why fans keep watching, and the twist in the data: the share of MyAnimeList list adds going to isekai has stayed flat.

    Explore the numbers in Is it really all isekai now? on weeblytics.com.

    Chapters

    0:00 Cold open: an 18-word title
    1:11 Welcome to Weeblytics
    2:55 Why another world, and where it came from
    7:39 The flood, and the rest of the chart
    11:21 Break
    11:53 More shows, but not more fans
    16:21 The view from Japan, and the verdicts
    19:56 Next time and credits

    Max, Aoi and Jun are AI-generated voices. Produced by Kenneth Warner. Theme music made with Suno.

    21 min

About Weeblytics: Anime by the Numbers

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Weeblytics: Anime by the Numbers is a podcast about the anime industry, told through its data. Each episode takes one question fans argue about, like whether isekai really ate anime, and checks it against the numbers. Max brings the numbers, Aoi brings the feelings, and Jun brings the trivia nobody asked for. From the team behind weeblytics.com.