Place 2: Dragon Ball Super
- Number of episodes: 131
- Budget per episode: 162,000 euros per episode
Dragon Ball Super ranks 2nd on this list. Thanks to the Tournament of Universes, there are numerous action-packed fights in the anime, which must have cost quite a bit of time and money to animate. The famous IP must have also contributed to the anime’s high costs.
Unfortunately, the anime was abruptly canceled in the middle of the story of the manga of the same name. Since then, fans have been wondering when the series will finally continue. Currently, they can only settle for Dragon Ball Daima.
Place 1: Afro Samurai
- Number of episodes: 5
- Budget per episode: 953,000 euros per episode
By a remarkably wide margin, Afro Samurai is the most expensive anime in terms of budget per episode. Overall, the anime cost “only” around 5 million euros, but with 5 episodes, that makes nearly 1 million euros per episode.
The reason for the high budget is the high-profile cast. Samuel L. Jackson, Yuri Lowenthal, and Kelly Hu lent their voices to the characters. Additionally, fans celebrate the detailed fight scenes and corresponding sound, which likely cost a lot as well.
Just because animes are expensive doesn’t mean they are always good. There are many animes that one might be ashamed to reveal to others that they watch. MeinMMO demon Cortyn has picked out 5 of those animes: 5 anime that prove to your parents that they shouldn’t expect anything from you anymore
