Move over, Crunchyroll—the renowned anime streaming platform has to make way for major industry competitors like Netflix, according to data aggregated by Parrot Analytics, an outlet known for analysis of global audience demand. For a long time, Crunchyroll has been at the top of the anime game, and older fans will remember a time when practically every video on YouTube featured a sponsor code for the growing service. The last few years have brought major shifts to the company, and at the same time, interest in anime outside of Japan has steadily increased.

In response to this, competitors like Netflix and Hulu have been gradually increasing the amount of anime content they offer. Attempting to capture this fledgling segment, streaming platforms like Hulu and Netflix have taken on ambitious exclusives, and all-out licensing wars have broken out across the anime landscape as the most lucrative IPs are swallowed up...