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For the six months ending in September, Fuji TV booked 4.5 billion yen (about US$28 million) in anime-related net sales, up 38 percent from the same period last year.","whyItMatters":"The Chiikawa windfall gives Fuji Media's content business a concrete gain to point to while the broadcaster works through a turnaround effort, and it shows that a 90-second morning-program slot can carry a theatrical film and a merchandise line.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film has earned 18.7 billion yen (about US$118 million) in Japan since opening in July, and it has also charted in Taiwan and South Korea. Fuji TV built that audience from its flagship morning program Mezamashi TV, where Chiikawa airs in 90-second episodes; the show has added 60 minutes of airtime since April 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe broadcaster is also leaning on catalog rights abroad, with continued strength in international sales of Assassination Classroom and Urusei Yatsura. It added a second mascot property, Puppet Sunsun, to the Mezamashi TV line-up last year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Fuji TV's 73 percent anime sales jump rests on one Chiikawa film. The six-month figure, 4.5 billion yen, shows how much of the gain is a single theatrical run rather than recurring revenue.","twitterPost":"Fuji TV's anime sales rose 73 percent on one Chiikawa film. The six-month total of 4.5 billion yen shows how much rests on a single theatrical run.","threadsPost":"Fuji TV's 73 percent anime sales jump traces to one film, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island. The six-month total of 4.5 billion yen is up 38 percent, which puts the quarterly spike in proportion: much of it is one theatrical run, not recurring revenue.","newsletterBlurb":"Fuji TV reported a 73 percent year-over-year rise in anime-related net sales for the quarter ending in September, with Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island earning 18.7 billion yen in Japan since July. Six-month anime sales came to 4.5 billion yen, up 38 percent. International catalog sales of Assassination Classroom and Urusei Yatsura also held up.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animenomics\",\"url\":\"https://news.animenomics.com/p/chiikawa-lifts-sales-in-fuji-tv-anime\",\"title\":\"'Chiikawa' lifts sales in Fuji TV anime business\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5869,"outputTokens":786,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794404893,"createdAt":"2026-11-11T13:42:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T13:47:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-11T13:47:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_187952e3b3d4e1cff14b2829","canonicalTitle":"‘Chiikawa’ lifts sales in Fuji TV anime business","representativeArticleId":"a_a3ecbd88c3852b820a600489","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Chiikawa\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Fuji TV\",\"Toei Animation\",\"Shueisha\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"business","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-11T13:03:47.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-11T13:03:47.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-11T13:47:11.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animenomics","url":"https://news.animenomics.com/p/chiikawa-lifts-sales-in-fuji-tv-anime","title":"‘Chiikawa’ lifts sales in Fuji TV anime business"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Chiikawa"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Fuji TV","Toei Animation","Shueisha"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":["Fuji Television Network reported a 73 percent year-over-year jump in anime-related net sales for the three months ending in September.","Fuji TV booked 4.5 billion yen (about US$28 million) in anime-related net sales for the six months ending in September, up 38 percent.","Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island has earned 18.7 billion yen (about US$118 million) in Japan since opening in July.","Chiikawa airs in 90-second episodes on Fuji TV's morning program Mezamashi TV, which has added 60 minutes of airtime since April 2025.","Fuji TV also saw continued strength in international rights sales of Assassination Classroom and Urusei Yatsura."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["chiikawa","fuji-tv","toei-animation","shueisha"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"chiikawa","supported":14,"disputed":0,"contradicted":1,"unverified":82,"overall":"red","story_count":95,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"fuji-tv","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":3,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"toei-animation","supported":6,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":19,"overall":"green","story_count":31,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"shueisha","supported":12,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":39,"overall":"green","story_count":58,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}