TV Asahi asked 150,000 Japanese people what manga titles they consider to be the best. The results have been tallied, and some of them are huge titles here as well, while others have never been licensed in North America. Here’s the list: 1. One Piece …Read more »
With the caveat that the word “otaku” means different things to different generations, subcultures and nationalities, this is still some pretty interesting news. A survey of 400 Japanese women from 15 to 24 around Japan has revealed that almost 70% of those women identified as …Read more »
Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the yearly awards show for the anime industry, is currently holding a poll to determine the greatest anime series of 2017 (or, to be more precise, October 2016 to October 2017). The poll doesn’t close until December 24, but the current …Read more »
How much money do hardcore fans of Japanese idol music like AKB48 and Momoiro Clover Z pour into their hobby per year? A market research firm called Yano Research attempted to find out, but the results have left some idol otaku scratching their heads. Yano’s …Read more »
If you’re into Japanese stuff and kick around YouTube sometimes (pretty sure I just described 99% of our readers), you might’ve run into a channel run by a Japanese man named Yuta called, appropriately, That Japanese Man Yuta. Yuta has gained popularity for hitting the …Read more »
Hoping to gain more insight into where the industry is headed, Japanese site Anime Anime polled its readership late last year, asking exactly how they go about watching anime and about their home video buying habits. The first question asked was, “normally, how do you …Read more »
This is the most interesting use of Twitter’s new survey feature we’ve seen yet. Recently “Nekopyon,” a member of the editorial department at GA Bunko, a major publisher of light novels, created a survey asking readers what the most important factor is when picking up …Read more »
Studio Ghibli: the legendary anime studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki after the completion of their film Nausicaa really needs no introduction. Beloved by anime fans and mainstream film lovers alike, Ghibli’s films have become essential viewing in their native Japan …Read more »
There’s been a lot of talk in recent months ( years, even ) about the low wages in the anime industry , especially for entry-level animators. But just how much (or little, rather) do newbie animators make? A thorough study by the Japanese government has …Read more »
Kantai Collection , better known as KanColle : it’s been a web browser game, and anime, and a pizza box. Now it’s the subject of another poll by our favorite Japanese pollsters, Goo, who have asked their pollees: who’s your favorite KanColle character? Here were …Read more »
A significant percentage of Japan’s population are self-proclaimed otaku, according to a report by the Yano Research Institute . The research firm polled 10,080 men and women aged 15-69, 23% of whom said they consider themselves otaku. In a bit of bad news for the …Read more »
Remember when we combined with mega-mac Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu to ask you, the people, what tickles your fancy as American otaku? Well, 800 stepped up to the Foreign Otaku challenge, and the results of our readership poll were just published in the September …Read more »
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