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Anime + Cartoon
Games tagged both Anime and Cartoon: 104 indie paid launches, 3 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Anime + Cartoon priced $10 to $20.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
Anime + Cartoon trails both its tags: 2 of its 16 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 14.7 in 100 for Anime and 16.1 in 100 for Cartoon.
Small sample: 16 launches, 2 hits.
Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 16 games tagged both Anime and Cartoon priced $10 to $20. 12.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.8 for Anime-only games and 16.9 for Cartoon-only games, so games with both tags did worse than games with either tag alone.
Both: 16 games priced $10 to $20; 12.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $4,807.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 16 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkOne-hit market. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: moves the answer. Last 18 months: holds.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Anime + Cartoon is one-hit market: Without the breakout moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view96 of 104 launches | Without the breakout103 of 104 launches | Last 18 months46 of 104 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1043 hits | 963 hits | 1032 hits | 461 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.9 in 1001 in 34 | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 | 1.9 in 1001 in 53 | 2.2 in 1001 in 45 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $607top tenth $27,016+ | $607 | $606 | $607 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +6.9%0.2 more in 100 | -34.5%1.0 fewer in 100 | -24.1%0.7 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | -0.2%$1 less | 0.0%no change |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Moves the answer | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Anime and Cartoon, 6 to 30 months old: 104 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 8 of 104 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BAKERU (22.7% of the money): 103 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 46 of 104.
Anime holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Anime | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,523 of 1,685 launches | Without the breakout1,684 of 1,685 launches | Last 18 months882 of 1,685 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,685126 hits | 1,523109 hits | 1,684125 hits | 88258 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 7.5 in 1001 in 13 | 7.2 in 1001 in 14 | 7.4 in 1001 in 14 | 6.6 in 1001 in 15 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,132top tenth $64,768+ | $1,113 | $1,132 | $1,011 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -4.0%0.3 fewer in 100 | -1.3%0.1 fewer in 100 | -12.0%0.9 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | -1.7%$19 less | 0.0%no change | -10.7%$121 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Anime, 6 to 30 months old: 1,685 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 162 of 1,685 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, AI LIMIT (12.8% of the money): 1,684 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 882 of 1,685.
Cartoon holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Cartoon | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view777 of 826 launches | Without the breakout825 of 826 launches | Last 18 months430 of 826 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 82628 hits | 77725 hits | 82527 hits | 43013 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 3.4 in 1001 in 29 | 3.2 in 1001 in 31 | 3.3 in 1001 in 30 | 3.0 in 1001 in 33 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $303top tenth $18,611+ | $303 | $303 | $282 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -5.9%0.2 fewer in 100 | -2.9%0.1 fewer in 100 | -11.8%0.4 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -6.9%$21 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Cartoon, 6 to 30 months old: 826 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 49 of 826 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Starsand Island (21.2% of the money): 825 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 430 of 826.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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