Plott Selected for METI IP360 Program to Expand Short Anime Overseas
METI backing gives Plott up to 40 million yen in support to turn a single-year surge in overseas views, roughly 20 times growth, into a repeatable export model that works across multiple short anime titles rather than one hit.
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Plott, the company behind short anime such as Konketsu no Calcol, Teikou Penguin, and Zenryoku Kaihi Flag-chan!, has been selected for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's IP360 program. The company will use the localization support track to build multilingual and overseas distribution systems for its short anime IPs, aiming to establish a repeatable model for exporting Japan-origin short anime. Overseas monthly views reached about 95 million in June 2026, roughly 20 times the year-earlier figure, and cumulative overseas views have passed 900 million.
Plott's selection falls under menu 8 of IP360, the localization support track, which covers up to 40 million yen at a subsidy rate of one half. The program backs METI's goal of raising overseas sales of Japan-origin content to 20 trillion yen by 2033.
Plott's YouTube channel group has passed 14 million cumulative subscribers and 24 billion total views, with overseas viewing spread across 230 countries and regions. Director Yusuke Yamada, who oversees the global business, said the company aims to establish a reproducible overseas expansion model that works across several titles rather than depending on any single work. Domestically, Plott already extends short anime into games, manga, novels, and music, and plans to carry that media mix approach to overseas viewers.
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