Tencent's new anime-themed title “Saint Seiya” is among the top-grossing mobile games in China in the third quarter. Photo: Handout
Tencent's new anime-themed title “Saint Seiya” is among the top-grossing mobile games in China in the third quarter. Photo: Handout

Anime comes to the rescue of China's flagging mobile gaming industry as revenue jumps in third quarter

  • The figures may lift some of the industry gloom after China’s gaming market suffered its slowest growth in at least a decade in the first half
  • Anime-themed titles generated nearly 40 per cent of total gross revenue from the two dozen new games released in the third quarter

Tencent's new anime-themed title “Saint Seiya” is among the top-grossing mobile games in China in the third quarter. Photo: Handout
Tencent's new anime-themed title “Saint Seiya” is among the top-grossing mobile games in China in the third quarter. Photo: Handout
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