Short answers, pulled from the story.
The word anime appears in English dictionaries as a style of animation originating from Japan. Before the mid-1980s, the term Japanimation was prevalent throughout the 1970s and 1980s to describe these productions before the shift to using anime began.
Katsudō Shashin stands as a private work by an unknown creator that claims to be the earliest Japanese animation. Professional and publicly displayed works first appeared in 1917 through animators like Osamu Tezuka and Seitarō Kitayama.
An anime episode can cost between US$100,000 and US$300,000 to produce according to industry standards. The cost of English localization averages US$10,000 per episode while Simulcast Internet streaming rights can be cheaper with prices around $1,000 to $2,000 per episode.
Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003. This film remains one of the most significant achievements in the history of Japanese animation.
The global anime market size was valued at $26.055 billion in 2021 with 29% of revenue coming from merchandise. North America and Asia contributed a combined $14.3 billion in total revenue accounting for over 72% of anime's global impact.