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PostPosted: **Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:53 pm**

Figured I'd post this.
Tsutaya and Newtype(Japan) magazine recently did a joint top 100 anime poll with "fans nationwide."

1) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
2) Neon Genesis Evangelion
3) Full Metal Alchemist
4) Cowboy Bebop
5) One Piece
6) Kyo Kara Maou
7) Mobile Suit Gundam
8) Card Captor Sakura
9) Fate/stay night
10) Akira
11) Dragonball Z
12) The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya
13) Detective Conan
14) Martian Successor Nadesico
15) Castle In The Sky: Laputa
16) Ghost In The Shell
17) Soukyuu No Fafner
18) Saint Seiya
19) NausicaÃ¤ Of The Valley Of The Wind
20) Hunter x Hunter
21) Keroro Gunsou
22) Bleach
23) Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
24) Mobile Police Patlabor
25) Full Metal Panic
26) Initial D
27) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
28) Air
29) King Of Braves GaoGaiGar
30) Urusei Yatsura
31) Fist Of The North Star
32) Eureka 7
33) Konjiki No Gashbell (Zatch Bell)
34) Howl's Moving Castle
35) Pokemon
36) Naruto
37) Top Wo Nerae 2
38) .hack
39) RahXephon
40) Slayers
41) Lupin III
42) Future Boy Conan
43) Tenchi Muyo!
44) Yu Yu Hakusho
45) Ranma 1/2
46) Maria-sama Ga Miteru
47) New Mobile Report Gundam W
48) Scryed
49) Infinite Ryvius
50) Captain Tsubasa
51) Turn A Gundam
52) Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
53) Blood+
54) Ashita No Joe
55) The Prince Of Tennis
56) Futari Wa Precure: Max Heart
57) Space Runaway Ideon
58) Kiddy Grade
59) Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
60) Honey And Clover
61) Revolutionary Girl Utena
62) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
63) Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
64) Sailor Moon
65) Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
66) Space Cruiser Yamato
67) Oh My Goddess!
68) Black Jack
69) Rozen Maiden
70) Duel Monsters
71) Galaxy Express 999
72) Mobile Suit V Gundam
73) Saiyuki
74) Aura Battler Dunbine
75) Doraemon
76) Onegai Teacher
77) After War Gundam X
78) Crayon Shin-Chan
79) Demonbane
80) Touch
81) Ojamajo Doremi
82) Mobile Suit Gundam F91
83) Hellsing
84) Slam Dunk
85) Grave Of The Fireflies
86) Giant Robot: The Day The Earth Stood Still
87) Trinity Blood
88) Paranoia Agent
89) Heavy Metal L-Gaim
90) Steamboy
91) Mushishi
92) My Neighbor Totoro
93) Inuyasha
94) Appleseed
95) Mai-Otome
96) Round Vernian Vifam
97) Millennium Actress
98) Tohai Densetsu Akagi
99) Nurse Witch Komugi
100) Jin-Roh

Source:http://aeug.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_aeug_archive.html#115497485355289130

I like SEED and all but I certainly don't think it deserves No 1. Not by a long shot. And since when was it and SEED Destiny considered the same show...

I'm glad One Piece got high up...but much of the rest of the results came out rather skewed. Pokemon beat Naruto? Guess the fillers really did hurt it.
But, regardless, this is why I don't put much stock in popularity polls.

PostPosted: **Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:08 pm**

MasterDias wrote:
I like SEED and all but I certainly don't think it deserves No 1. Not by a long shot. And since when was it and SEED Destiny considered the same show...

I'm glad One Piece got high up...but much of the rest of the results came out rather skewed. Pokemon beat Naruto? Guess the fillers really did hurt it.
But, regardless, this is why I don't put much stock in popularity polls.

Because in Japan, they seem to LOVE SEED. My friend bought a bunch of Japanese Newtypes and there was Gundam SEED this, Gundam SEED that @_@... the overratedness drove me nuts! And with Pokemon, it's EVER so (and still) popular in Japan... so I'm not surprised with that either. I mean, if it wasn't popular it wouldn't be running like HOW many seasons now?

PostPosted: **Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:18 pm**

I'm more then shock that Gundam Wing is on the list in the first place. I thought people in Japan didn't like it as what the overseas fans say.

But, regardless, this is why I don't put much stock in popularity polls.

This is very true. It's a popularity poll and some times its not fair on who gets pick.

I just looking at the top ten made me not want to look at the whole list. I'm not a fan of OP, but I know its big over in Japan and has a hit fan base here, so I think its fair for it to have a top spot in it as well as EVA, Cowboy Bebop and MSG.

But I don't agree with MSG Seed being in the top ten at all and as much as I love FMA, I think it should be a top 20 in the list IMO, but not a top ten. The other shock is that Macross is not even on the list, IMO that should be in the top ten, but maybe how old the anime is, people are forgeting about it now?

My friend bought a bunch of Japanese Newtypes and there was Gundam SEED this, Gundam SEED that @_@... the overratedness drove me nuts!

The same goes for USA Newtype. It has had Gundam Seed on the cover more then any anime that I have seen so far, since they started Newtype USA mag. It was the reason why I stop buying it for a bit, because it had one story about Seed in it at one point.

Wingzero22

PostPosted: **Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:37 pm**

Tenshi no Ai wrote:And with Pokemon, it's EVER so (and still) popular in Japan... so I'm not surprised with that either. I mean, if it wasn't popular it wouldn't be running like HOW many seasons now?

I'm aware of it's popularity. Still, I had thought Naruto was beating it in the TV ratings. But I haven't looked at the Japanese TV ratings in awhile so...

I'm more then shock that Gundam Wing is on the list in the first place. I thought people in Japan didn't like it as what the overseas fans say.

Well, Gundam X is on there as well. And that's the one that was cut short.
It looks like all the Gundam TV series are on there, except G Gundam.

The other shock is that Macross is not even on the list, IMO that should be in the top ten, but maybe how old the anime is, people are forgeting about it now?

Yeah, it's on the list. Look at #59. Rather far down but...

Actually, a lot of old anime is on there. I see Saint Seiya, FotNS, Urusei Yatsura, Ashita no Joe, Captain Tsubasa, Future Boy Conan and a number of old mecha series.

PostPosted: **Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:55 pm**

Tenshi no Ai wrote: And with Pokemon, it's EVER so (and still) popular in Japan... so I'm not surprised with that either. I mean, if it wasn't popular it wouldn't be running like HOW many seasons now?

Hehe in my Japanese town, we had Pokemon painted up the sides of the local trains! :dance:

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:52 am**

Too bad Monster isn't on that. It's highly underrated. If more people saw it, it would get higher marks. Monster is on the top 10 at ANN.

Well Paranoia Agent is on there, so that's good. I don't understand why the top 5 are up there though.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:08 am**

Yay One Piece, Mobile Suit Gundam, Laputa, Nausicaa, Macross, 08th MS Team, Fireflies, Totoro, and Jin-Roh.

The other ones...either I haven't seen them, they're not released here, or I'm just not a big fan.

Anime's becoming very trendy these days...I wonder how many of these would actually stay on the list no less than a year from now. I miss the old stuff.

Sadly, I don't think I actually like anything that's come out in the last five years. I'm so old.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:54 am**

I agree totally with MasterDias' assessment of SEED; I'd have expected any of the rest of the top 5 to beat it out. Personally I enjoyed what I watched of it, but it just dragged out too long to hold my interest. (Which is strange because I liked Detective Conan. :lol:

) I guess, though, that it's like Tenshi no Ai said--the popularity in Japan greatly supercedes its popularity here in America.

I'm also a little surprised that Inuyasha ranked as low on the list as it did. Interesting to see Shin-Chan on the list; I'm not as familiar with it, but since Adult Swim is supposed to start running it shortly Stateside, I'm interested.

Titles I was surprised to not see:
FLCL (very suprised)
Trigun
Outlaw Star

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:31 am**

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:I don't understand why the top 5 are up there though.

Yeah, only two of them deserve it.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:23 am**

RedMage wrote:Yeah, only two of them deserve it.

which two? i think it's Cowboy Bebop and One Piece.

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Too bad Monster isn't on that. It's highly underrated. If more people saw it, it would get higher marks. Monster is on the top 10 at ANN.

darn right man.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:43 am**

Wow, I can't believe Millennium Actress got such a low rating. That was a fantastic movie. And I'm disappointed and a little surprised to not see Rurouni Kenshin on that list at all...Also, though I enjoyed Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (63) and thought it was a very cute series, I wouldn't have put it above Sailor Moon, and I would have totally put Utaware on there somewhere. Sure, it's not the be-all end-all of anime, but it is a good series. *shrugs* Funny how opinion differs, I guess. XD

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:52 am**

<al gore>I demand a recount!</al gore>

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:03 am**

MasterDias wrote:Yeah, it's on the list. Look at #59. Rather far down but...

Actually, a lot of old anime is on there. I see Saint Seiya, FotNS, Urusei Yatsura, Ashita no Joe, Captain Tsubasa, Future Boy Conan and a number of old mecha series.

Ack, I need my head check. I didn't even look that far down the list and I thought it was Top 50, not the top 100.

Well, Gundam X is on there as well. And that's the one that was cut short.
It looks like all the Gundam TV series are on there, except G Gundam.

Yeah, I saw that and that was a shock, since it cut short and most gundam fans in the states like G Gundam as AC story, but I'm glad that its not on the list.

And not all Gundam is on the list. 0080 and 0083 are not on the list. Funny, that people in Japan don't care for 0083 that much, like they do here in the States and 0080 to me should have been on the list, but they like Gundam F91?

About Outlaw star, it was hit in Japan, but not a big hit like Cowboy Bebop, which they both came out in the same year.

I have mix feelings about this poll.

Wingzero22

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:07 am**

Hey, I love Gundam SEED and can see why it's #1. It's the fans; they love the characters in this anime and I can't blame them. The battles are fun and the storyline is awesome. I don't see why it wouldn't be there.

Also, T.M. Revolution performs some of the SEED songs. So, you can see another reason there, too, I guess.

So, yeah, I'm glad it made first place. Although, I'm sure people disagree with me that it should even be on the top five. XD; Well, everyone has their own opinion.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:11 am**

[quote="CrimsonRyu17"]Hey, I love Gundam SEED and can see why it's #1. It's the fans]

I have to say this about having Gundam Seed as #1 on the list. Its going to make hardnose UC Gundam Fans flip and that's a good thing. :lol:

Wingzero22

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:34 am**

jon_jinn wrote:which two? i think it's Cowboy Bebop and One Piece.

Bebop and NGE.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:31 pm**

Radical Dreamer wrote:And I'm disappointed and a little surprised to not see Rurouni Kenshin on that list at all

I was forgetting about Kenshin, but that surprises me as well.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:35 pm**

I knew Newtype covers the series pretty regularly, but I had no idea there were so many Kyou Kara Maou fans out there. :lol:

Props to that series hitting #6, it's one of "my" animes that I didn't think many people liked! XD

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:37 pm**

RedMage wrote:Bebop and NGE.

okay. i've never seen neon genesis evangelion before so yeah.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:39 pm**

you know polls depend alot of the type of people they poll, age wise, and just personality wise, so really these thinks are more of a aprox. besides japan does have different tastes then other contries and vise versa

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:47 pm**

Swordguy wrote:you know polls depend alot of the type of people they poll, age wise, and just personality wise, so really these thinks are more of a aprox. besides japan does have different tastes then other contries and vise versa

that is true.

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:44 pm**

It also depends on what questions they ask and how they go about asking them. :shady:

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:29 pm**

mitsuki lover wrote:It also depends on what questions they ask and how they go about asking them.

Or if they give them cookies if they pick one anime over another!
]Wingzero22[/color]

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:35 pm**

wait we get cookies for being polled, i want cookies

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:42 pm**

5) One Piece

YATTA!! Guess the recent Arc really did some good for it (wait, is "nation-wide" referring to Japan or here?). =D

okay. i've never seen neon genesis evangelion before so yeah.

I have. Why it's so popular, I'm not totally sure (and I'll leave it at that), so I'd say that yeah, Cowboy Bebop and One Piece are the ones that most deserve it (Bebop... just because, and One Piece manages to attract all audiences pretty well).

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:47 pm**

Myoti wrote:YATTA!! Guess the recent Arc really did some good for it (wait, is "nation-wide" referring to Japan or here?). =D

Apparently, it's referring to Japan (since it was NewType Japan and not NewType USA). That was a point of confusion for me too, at first. XD

PostPosted: **Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:50 pm**

Wingzero22 wrote:Or if they give them cookies if they pick one anime over another!

Poll giver: I will give you two cookies if you pick Gundam Seed.

Poll taker: Make it three and you have yourself a deal.

Wingzero22

Cookies? Who wants cookies when you can have onigiri (rice balls) and aquarius instead?

PostPosted: **Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:44 am**

aquarius?

PostPosted: **Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:03 am**

Yea Rahxephon is on that and so is FMA so I am happy

PostPosted: **Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:58 pm**

Interesting, thanks for posting that list.

From what I've seen in reader polls in NTUSA re: Japanese favorites, Gundam basically seems to be an institution over there. Personally, I've never watched it nor do I have any immediate plans to. Straight mecha or finghting anime is not my interest.

I was happy to see Cardcaptor Sakura in the top 10, even though it's been awhile since it was released. Yay for CLAMP!

Fate/stay night and Haruhi are two newer titles that are up there which I'm very interested in watching.

Unless I missed it, I didn't see The Vision of Escaflowne in there anywhere, which is quite a disappointment. It's an awesome anime and one of my favorites.

Just for fun (and because I'm bored) I counted how many of these I had seem at least a volume of, and I've only seen about 1/4 of the anime listed on there. (27/100)

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Tsutaya x Newtype - another one of those top 100 anime polls.

Tsutaya x Newtype - another one of those top 100 anime polls.