<p><em>That depends and the answer will vary per anime because the cost of making one season of anime varies</em>. However, from <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-08-13/anime-insiders-share-how-much-producing-a-season-costs/.91536" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, </p>

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  <p>According to Masamune Sakaki, a CG creator in the anime industry, an average 13-episode anime season costs around 250 million yen (or $2 million).</p>
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<p>If we take that as an example and say that each Blu-ray would cost at around 5000 yen, which is more or less the case if you look at <a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">some sites selling them</a>, the anime would have to sell at around 50000 Blu-rays for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-even" rel="nofollow noreferrer">break-even</a>, and even more for profit and a budget for another season. This is only if they're trying to recover costs based on Blu-ray sales alone, but anime tend to have other merchandise you can buy aside from Blu-ray.</p>

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<p>I was really curious so I wanted to know: How much sales of anime in Japan is considered profitable? By sales I mean the DVD or something like that.
I heard that anime season or continuation is based on the sales in Japan so, any guess?</p>

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How many number of anime sales in Japan is considered as profitable?
# How many number of anime sales in Japan is considered as profitable?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-03-09
I was really curious so I wanted to know: How much sales of anime in Japan is considered profitable? By sales I mean the DVD or something like that.
I heard that anime season or continuation is based on the sales in Japan so, any guess?
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> **username_1**: Might be related: [Is the “Manabi Line” a correct way for estimating anime profit/loss?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/9238)  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-10. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
*That depends and the answer will vary per anime because the cost of making one season of anime varies*. However, from [here](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-08-13/anime-insiders-share-how-much-producing-a-season-costs/.91536),

> According to Masamune Sakaki, a CG creator in the anime industry, an average 13-episode anime season costs around 250 million yen (or $2 million).

If we take that as an example and say that each Blu-ray would cost at around 5000 yen, which is more or less the case if you look at [some sites selling them](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp), the anime would have to sell at around 50000 Blu-rays for [break-even](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-even), and even more for profit and a budget for another season. This is only if they're trying to recover costs based on Blu-ray sales alone, but anime tend to have other merchandise you can buy aside from Blu-ray.
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