a weird poll result

[dom33]

cut and paste from gunota headlines.
Tsutaya and Newtype magazine collaborated on a "Best Anime 100" poll, with votes taken from fans nationwide. The results for #100 through #11 were posted online, with the top 10 being printed in this month's issue of Newtype. The complete rankings:

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) Nausicaä 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

[C.A.]

GS and GSD definitely don't belong up there. Its the only anime above Haruhi that doesn't cut it.

But woo-hoo!! Top Wo Nerae! 2 is 37, ahhh, its good to know that this beautiful anime has some love.

[monster]

So SEED and Destiny tied?

And for #38, which hack is that?

[Tak]

Why is it weird? I would have ranked GS/GSD as number 1 on my list. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by monstert

So SEED and Destiny tied?

And for #38, which hack is that?

I think its an inclusion of the entire 'series', like Gundam SEED/Destiny.

- Tak (Should I be ashamed that I've seen everything on that list? )

[kaito-kid]

MUHAHAHAHAHA~

Gundam seed Wins another (#26726482) Anime poll? JAYYY!!

you guys should Just accept it, Gundam is THE Anime of the 21st centaury

[Copy Ninja Kakashi]

well Gundam Seed and Destiny are my fovorites too, ok destiny doesn';t have the best story but is't very enjoyable and also both shows have a great ost and voice acting...and for the rest of the shows that are high ranked I agree with too

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by C.A.

GS and GSD definitely don't belong up there. Its the only anime above Haruhi that doesn't cut it.

So totally true. >.>

But I also don't think DBZ and F/SN belong above Harui either. DBZ was just....(do I really need to explain why it doesn't belong up there?)...and while I certainly liked F/SN a lot, that's merely my fanboy side. My logical and reasonal side agrees with many people that it wasn't the ultimate thing people were hoping for.

[ZeusIrae]

Some problems can probably be explained by the fact that it's a recent show with a large exposure.
But GSD certainly doesn't deserve the first place.I don't say it's bad,but it certainly isn't the best.

The music was its only strong point,the rest was average(entertaining,no more).
GS was better but not fantastic either compared to the other shows listed.

This poll has really odd results.Fist of the north star is even on the list!Above my beloved Rahxephon.How could that barbaric show be above Rah?
This world is rotten,it's not possible.

Do we know how the poll was made.

[Cogwheim]

...Wow.
This is why I never trust amateur reviews.
I might not agree with all critics, but at least they have some semblance of what is and what isn't "good." Fans have no idea what they're doing, do they?

[Tak]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

But I also don't think DBZ and F/SN belong above Harui either. DBZ was just....(do I really need to explain why it doesn't belong up there?)...and while I certainly liked F/SN a lot, that's merely my fanboy side. My logical and reasonal side agrees with many people that it wasn't the ultimate thing people were hoping for.

Well, if any of you were active & alive during the heydays of Dragonball and Fist of the North Star, it might have been easier to understand their popularity.

I remember watching FNS once as a child. No more than eight years old, glued to the TV while Kenshiro pops heads right on the screen. It was... cool...

And that one episode where Vegeta and Goku traded fireballs... those were exhilarating, too.

- Tak (My only complaint on that list is the fact that Doraemon scored a lowly 75th. It should be a lot higher. After all, it made on stamps)

[shaolo]

Originally Posted by ZeusIrae

Some problems can probably be explained by the fact that it's a recent show with a large exposure.
But GSD certainly doesn't deserve the first place.I don't say it's bad,but it certainly isn't the best.

The music was its only strong point,the rest was average(entertaining,no more).
GS was better but not fantastic either compared to the other shows listed.

This poll has really odd results.Fist of the north star is even on the list!Above my beloved Rahxephon.How could that barbaric show be above Rah?
This world is rotten,it's not possible.

Do we know how the poll was made.

Because where ever Kenshiro goes death follows. Where ever anything seed related is on the polls it seems to be at no.1. I disagree that it should be no.1 but at this point I don't care anymore.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Tak

Well, if any of you were active & alive during the heydays of Dragonball and Fist of the North Star, it might have been easier to understand their popularity.

I was both. I started off with DBZ myself, and loved it at the time. But then I saw anime with depth and good story. DBZ most certainly didn't possess the depth and quality that is required to truly be that high, especially in comparison to most of the other titles around it.

Originally Posted by Tak

And that one episode where Vegeta and Goku traded fireballs... those were exhilarating, too.

Entertainment is what just about anything on that list has. That's not too hard to achieve. Having depth and an interesting story is what DBZ lacks, again especially in comparison to most of the other items around it on that list.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

I was both. I started off with DBZ myself, and loved it at rthe time. But then I saw anime with depth and good story. DBZ most certainly didn't possess the depth and quality that is required to truly be that high, especially in comparison to most of the other titles around it.

What? You are telling me, as a child, you never wanted to imitate Goku and escape the confinements of your classroom so that you may fly freely and be one with the skies? What kind of a CHILDHOOD did YOU have!?

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Entertainment is what just about anything on that list has. That's not too hard to achieve. Having depth and an interesting story is what DBZ lacks, again especially in comparison to most of the other items around it on that list.

Don't give me depth! A twelve year old at that time needs FREEDOM! (Not your Freedom Kira, no, I promise I won't touch it!)

I mean, if you had watched DBZ when you were a child, your perspectives would have been very different (A notion that is further reinforced if you did not grow up in NA).

- Tak (For the rest of the post, I blame acronyms)

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Tak

What? You are telling me, as a child, you never wanted to imitate Goku and escape the confinements of your classroom so that you may fly freely and be one with the skies? What kind of a CHILDHOOD did YOU have!?

Ummm....

Originally Posted by Shinji103

I started off with DBZ myself, and loved it at the time

But as I said, I later saw better anime, and saw DBZ for the repetitive, action-only show it was.

[wingdarkness]

Originally Posted by dom33

cut and paste from gunota headlines.
Tsutaya and Newtype magazine collaborated on a "Best Anime 100" poll, with votes taken from fans nationwide. The results for #100 through #11 were posted online, with the top 10 being printed in this month's issue of Newtype. The complete rankings:

1) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Remember dommy, 13 year old Japanese girls kick-a$$ at magazine poll voting ....

My God, Fafner is way too high and I would have Yu Yu Hakusho as the highest ranked shonen (although I have no probs with DBZ being that high as it's impact on America's anime evolution is 1000 times more than any other show on that list)...Kyo Kara Maou 6th? , just kill me now...That $hit is 6th and Ghost and The Shell Stand Alone Complex isn't even on the list?? Gimme a break this poll has zero meaning in my opinion, but it's still nice to see classics like Lupin III, and Fist of the North Star still get some love even if it's on a poll so wak...

[aeriolewinters]

People just can't accept what mainstream people think... the internet is just not the only community you know....

[srb]

Originally Posted by aeriolewinters

People just can't accept what mainstream people think... the internet is just not the only community you know....

I don't want to accept what the mainstream thinks if this is how it's done.

I could see SEED up there, sure, somehow, but Destiny? That's just sick. Not even the staunchest GSD fans (not fanboys) could say that it deserves to be there. I say the votes are really for GS, but GSD is just clumped together with it. At least I hope so.

Seeing this certainly means it's time to go to bed.

[flamingtroll]

You guys have to remember the age distribution of ppl participating the polls. Their major source for anime is still the TV and they are not likely to get out of their way to dig for old anime that probably doesn't even get published anymore. Since Gundam SEED and Destiny is really the major series that they would have seen recently on TV, it's understandable why it is up there.

Seeing how the top ones are mostly pretty "recent" titles, the bulk of the group probably have not seen anythign much older.

Also note that "Kyo Kara Maou" being at top ten probbaly means a lot of girls are in the poll are voting in the poll as well. And I must admit SEED is quite successful at attracting a horde of fangirls.

Heck even anything previously done by Fukuda is better than or equal to SEED and SEED D IMO, and they are barely on the list.

Asuka X Hayato >> Kira X Lacus

[cloudedge]

Originally Posted by wingdarkness

I would have Yu Yu Hakusho as the highest ranked shonen

OMG :O Another Yu Yu Hakusho fan Yay
Although you must agree DB had a strong influence on much of the shonen manga later on... even Yu Yu Hakusho were influence by it... though DBZ definately also borrow some ideas from Saint Seiya... XD

And I agree Dora-A-Mon deserves to be much higher...

[aeriolewinters]

Originally Posted by srb

I don't want to accept what the mainstream thinks if this is how it's done.

I could see SEED up there, sure, somehow, but Destiny? That's just sick. Not even the staunchest GSD fans (not fanboys) could say that it deserves to be there. I say the votes are really for GS, but GSD is just clumped together with it. At least I hope so.

Seeing this certainly means it's time to go to bed.

but that doesn't mean that it does not affect what happens especially in open polls like this. Please bear the word "Nationwide". We need to accept that there are more mainstream people than people like us. I know that Destiny may have been negatively viewed here, but this does not mean that all people share that notion.