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Survey: How Japanese Fans Decide What Anime to Watch

Everyone has their own criteria for what’s most important in an anime series, from what company produced it to specifics of the content itself. BigGlobe.jp published the results of a survey recently, with 2,740 votes ranking the elements crucial to deciding whether or not to watch a series.

Dig into the list below, including the corresponding number of votes each choice received.

1. Story (506)
2. Character (342)
3. Voice actors (335)
4. Design (265)
5. Theme songs, background music (146)
6. Animation (124)
7. Direction (100)
8. Jokes (94)
9. Images (91)
10. Moe (64)
11. Production company (63)
12. Battles, confrontations (57)
13. Setting (56)
14. Staff (55)
15. Motion (15)
16. Love between guys and girls (41)
17. Backgrounds (40)
18. Broadcast timing (39)
19. Coloring (34)
20. Reputation (33)
21. Girls love (30)
22. Robots (25)
23. Broadcast channel (25)
24. Sound effects (23)
25. High tension (22)
26. Tsundere (21)
27. Boys love (20)
28. Sales (19)
29. Mecha (18)

What about you, do you agree with the results? How do you decide what anime to watch?

Source [Alafista via Crunchyroll]


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Survey: How Japanese Fans Decide What Anime to Watch

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