Title:

Title:

General Anime Preference Survey

Description:

Take this survey to help me learn more about the anime preferences of AnimeYume.com's visitors ^_^

Date Activated

Results Posted

1/21/2006

2/15/06

Total Participants:

265

 

 

Question: 

1. Out of the following animes, which do you like the best?

Naruto 

15.5%

Full Metal Alchemist 

14.3%

Inuyasha 

34.3%

Fruits Basket 

10.6%

Evangelion 

1.1%

Cowboy Bebop 

1.5%

Bleach 

4.2%

Gundam Seed 

2.6%

Sailor Moon 

2.6%

Dragon Ball Z 

1.5%

One Piece 

1.9%

Tenchi 

0.4%

Trigun 

0.8%

Wolf's Rain 

0.4%

Yu-Gi-Oh! 

1.9%

Pokemon 

1.9%

Cardcaptor Sakura 

3%

I don't like any of these 

1.5%

*It's wasn't very hard for me to guess which animes would get the most votes, LOL(since most of us know how popular Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, Inuyasha, and Fruits Basket are right now.) But I was surprised that every series on the list was picked at least once. That shows that I've got a pretty good variety of visitors ^_^

 

Question: 

2. What's the most frequent method you use to watch anime?

Watch it on TV 

32.9%

Buy DVDs 

18.5%

Download fansubs 

9.2%

Borrow from friends 

11.3%

I read manga more than I watch anime 

15.7%

A little bit of each 

12.4%

*Pretty varied answers on this one…

 

Question: 

3. Do you like dubbed or subbed anime?

I like them both. It doesn't matter much to me. 

49%

I'll only watch the dub if I think it's good, or if I can't get the sub version. 

14.6%

I like dubs(I don't like to read subtitles!) 

18.4%

I like subs(nothing like the original version!) 

16.1%

I don't need subs or dubs. I speak Japanese fluently! 

1.9%

 

*Interesting…seems that half have no preference and the other half like one or the other. But I do seem to have at least one fluent Japanese visitor ^^,,,

 

Question: 

4. What's your preferred genre of anime?

Shonen/Action/Adventure 

19.6%

Shojo/Romance 

14.6%

Mecha 

4.4%

Monster/Tournament 

5.3%

Comedy 

15%

Sci-fi/Supernatural 

8.5%

Drama 

9.6%

Fantasy 

18.2%

Moe 

1.2%

Animes that don't fit into any of these genres 

3.6%

 

*Again, a nice variety here…

 

Question: 

5. What's the main factor you look for in a good anime?

Interesting and unique story/plot 

14.2%

Well-developed and likable characters 

14%

Pretty animation/designs 

11.1%

Stays faithful to the original manga 

5.9%

Great music 

10.1%

A lot of fantasy 

8.4%

A lot of action and violence(no "cutesy" stuff) 

6.7%

A satisfying ending 

9.2%

A lot of romance/angst 

7.9%

A lot of humor and wit(can't get too sad or serious) 

10.2%

A lot of fan service 

2.3%

*…and here ^_^

 

Question: 

6. How do you feel about the music in anime?

If I hear a song I like, I'll download it. 

46.9%

I love Anime/J-pop music!(got a ton on my computer.) 

40.3%

I mostly like anime BGM. 

5.8%

I don't really pay much attention to the music in anime. 

7%

 

 

*LOL, can't deny the growing popularity of anime and J-pop music!

 

Question: 

7. What was the first anime you ever watched?

Sailor Moon 

48.8%

Robotech 

0.8%

Battle of the Planets 

0%

Pokemon 

15%

One of the Dragonball series' 

8.5%

One of the Gundam series' 

1.2%

Digimon 

4.6%

Yu-Gi-Oh! 

0.8%

Cowboy Bebop 

0.4%

Inuyasha 

8.5%

Tenchi 

1.9%

One of Hayao Miyazaki's movies 

2.7%

None of the above 

6.9%

*I was really surprised that nearly half the people share the same first anime as me; Sailor Moon!

 

Question: 

8. Besides watching anime and/or reading manga, how else do you express your love for anime?

Draw fan art 

21.4%

Write fanfics 

13.8%

Help with fansub translations 

1.1%

Work on an anime web site 

5.9%

Go to conventions and cosplay 

3.8%

Play a lot of anime video games 

18.8%

Collect/play anime card games 

12%

Work for an anime/manga retailer or company 

1.2%

Study Japanese language/culture 

22.1%

 

*Pretty good variety here…but I was a little surprised that a lot of people study Japanese language/culture…I may have some competition ~_^

 

Question: 

9. Out of the following anime web sites, which is your favorite?

Anime News Network 

9.3%

LELOLA 

3.1%

Anime Suki 

1.2%

Anime Lyrics.com 

1.5%

Anime Cubed 

1.9%

Anime Galleries.net 

6.6%

Best Anime 

2.3%

Anime Admirers 

2.3%

Anime on DVD 

0.4%

Absolute Anime 

8.1%

This site!(AnimeYume.com) 

47.1%

I don't really know any of these sites 

16.2%

 

*Wow, they really like my site ~^^~(::blushes::)

 

Question: 

10. About how many animes are you currently familiar with?(meaning you've seen all or a lot of the episodes/read a lot of the manga.)

Between 1 and 3 

7.2%

Between 4 and 7 

18.8%

Between 8 and 13 

17.5%

Between 14 and 20 

12.1%

More than 20 

44.4%

*Seems everyone's seen a lot of anime, which is a good thing, LOL.

 

Question: 

11. And lastly, how would you rate yourself as an anime fan?

Totally obsessed 

51.2%

Somewhat obsessed 

30.8%

I like anime, but I'm not obsessed 

14.6%

Anime's ok, but I'm definitely not a fan 

1.2%

There's really only one or two animes that I like 

0.8%

I'm still new to the anime world, so I couldn't say for sure yet 

1.5%

 

 

*Seems over 80% of my visitors are in the “obsessed” range at least…well, to you all, I hope your anime fandom continues to flourish ^_^ Thanks for taking this survey!