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Douglas Montgomery, CEO of media research company Global Connects, calls anime the "gateway drug to Japanese culture for many Americans." (Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters) 

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- After more than a year of binge-watching their way through the coronavirus pandemic, American audiences still cannot get enough of Japanese shows and movies.

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