A ranking of the number of 2ch threads started on new Fall 2008 late-night anime has been compiled and is presented here translated for your examination.
As 2ch is the center point of otaku culture online, it should serve as a rough gauge of series’ popularity through word of mouth:
Note:
- Only new series are included, so no Gundam 00: 2nd Season, Nodame Cantabile Paris, etc.
- Given the vagaries of online anonymous posting on sites like 2ch this list is certainly not a reliable ranking of series’ popularity – as DVD/BD sales or TV viewership would be – but it would be foolhardy to dismiss it completely out of hand given 2ch’s importance in the Japanese otakusphere.
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Threads |
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107 |
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95 |
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78 |
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65 |
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38 |
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33 |
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27 |
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22 |
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19 |
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19 |
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16 |
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13 |
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Yozakura Quartet |
9 |
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Casshern Sins |
8 |
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8 |
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Kuroshitsuji |
7 |
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7 |
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7 |
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Michiko to Hatchin |
7 |
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One Outs |
6 |
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Skip Beat |
6 |
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Hakushaku to Yousei |
5 |
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Kurozuka |
4 |
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Bihada Ichizoku |
2 |
No big upsets appear present – perhaps Ga-Rei Zero‘s high ranking might be a tad surprising, beating out A Certain Magical Index.
Kannagi and Toradora! taking the top two spots is a no-brainer, but one has to wonder how many of the Kannagi threads were hate threads focused on the recent scandal.
The Fist of the North Star spinoff, Raoh’s Tale, did not generate much discussion, as expected, and shoujo series Skip Beat’s doing poorly is also expected, as male-oriented shows focused more on mecha and moe tend to generate more threads on 2ch.
What I find most interesting personally is the very close relationship between a show’s ranking on this list and the overall amount of posts and comments found on this site.
Truly, high-speed Internet’s spread and the lightning fast rate of fansubbing nowadays has closed a fair portion of the culture gap between Gaijin and Japanese otaku…
Casshern is doing better than I expected. But One Outs is doing worse than expected. Really, fukumoto fans love it and it must have other watchers too.
– Ga-Rei -Zero- ranks so highly… even as a rabid fans of Yomi, i’m sock and awe.
– plots in Toaru Majutsu no INDEX are really massive wallbangers. just watching it make me feel more stupider than i already am. good thing that Ga-Rei -Zero- rank higher than that.
– why do Shikabane Hime AKA rank lower than Erogane… sob sob T^T
– Raoh Gaiden… how the mighty have fallen.
I’m rather wondering that Chaos Head is even so high up in comparision.
Tales of the abyss beat Chaos;head :O wasnt expecting that, not that im unhappy about it XD
GA-REI and kannagi are both my faves and damn its already ending with a less expected episode…but thats the seasons ending NOT the actual ending of the series..just wished the could atleast extend kannagi episodes just a BIT more…1-15 perhaps..?
and Ga-rei…im super psyched about its next season..not that i know what it is..but browsing at its less adapted manga “might” give people the idea what to expect…
It’s unlikely they’ll adapt the manga; it’s very generic and uninteresting. Best they just leave it with a prequel and forget the manga entirely.