Photo taken Jan. 20, 2021, shows JAM Project members (from R) Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroshi Kitadani and Yoshiki Fukuyama. (Kyodo)

TOKYO - Growing up beside Japan's huge animation industry, a music scene based on creating and performing the theme tunes and hit songs of popular anime works has come a long way in the past few decades, becoming a mainstream phenomenon at home and arousing growing interest abroad.