ADTRW Popularity Contest Results
This gives an idea of what shows are most popular lately.
Contents
2008
On November 08, araeris posted the thread for the 2008 contest. The voting system closely followed byrnedhead's from 2007, with the limitation that one show could not receive more than 50 points in a vote, and firmly setting a limit at 10 as the maximum per category.
Series
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Cowboy Bebop
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Haibane Renmei
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- Kino's Journey
- Berserk
- Code Geass
- Mushishi
- Kaiba
- Planetes
- Big O
- Azumanga Daioh
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Gankutsuou
- Death Note
- Kanon (2006)
- Eureka Seven
OVA
- FLCL
- Gunbuster
- Detroit Metal City
- Gundam: 08th MS Team
- Macross Plus
- Hellsing Ultimate
- Read or Die
- Lucky Star OAV
- Giant Robo
- Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
Movies
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- 5 Centimeters Per Second
- Spirited Away
- Princess Mononoke
- Akira
- Ghost in the Shell
- Macross: Do You Remember Love?
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Whisper of the Heart
Manga
- Berserk
- Yotsuba&!
- One Piece
- Claymore
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Blame!
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Hellsing
Links
2007
On September 30, ByrnedHead kicked off the popularity contest for 2007. The voting system used was a bit more complex and flexible than the one used in the previous year. Each user was allowed to vote for an unlimited amount of entries in each category (TV shows, OVAs, movies, and manga), although a recommended limit of 10 was suggested. Each user's list could be ranked, unranked, or a combination of the two. ByrnedHead would then use a formula to distribute 100 points to the entries in each list. A full explanation of the rules can be found in the thread linked below.
Series
77 people voted for 150 titles. (full ranking)
- Cowboy Bebop
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Eureka 7
- Azumanga Daioh
- One Piece
- Code Geass
- GaoGaiGar
- Haibane Renmei
OVA
53 people voted for 57 titles. (full ranking)
- FLCL
- Read or Die
- Hellsing
- Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence
- Gunbuster
- Macross Plus
- Diebuster
- GaoGaiGar FINAL
- Giant Robo
- Voices of a Distant Star
Movies
60 people voted for 66 titles. (full ranking)
- Spirited Away
- Ghost in the Shell
- Princess Mononoke
- Akira
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Paprika
- TokiKake
- Millenium Actress
- Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
- Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Manga
51 people voted for 107 titles. (full ranking)
- One Piece
- Berserk
- Yotsuba&!
- Genshiken
- Azumanga Daioh
- Monster
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
- Great Teacher Onizuka
- Hellsing
- Fruits Basket
Links
- Thread
- Results
- Offsite results (TV series)
- Offsite results (OVAs)
- Offsite results (movies)
- Offsite results (manga)
2006
Forum member Origami created an anime popularity thread in 2006. For each category (anime and manga) each forum member was allowed to create a ranked list containing ten entries. The formula used to assign points to each entry was: (11 - given rank) . So an entry voted number 1 would get 10 points, and an entry voted number 10 would get 1 point. Because of bickering over the voting system, Origami recalculated the scores using both a quadratic formula and basic vote counting. It turned out that this made very little difference in the top ten.
Anime
1027 total votes. (full ranking)
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Azumanga Daioh
- Cowboy Bebop
- Eureka 7
- Haibane Renmei
- FLCL
- Planetes
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (tie for number 9)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (tie for number 9)
Manga
299 total votes. (full ranking)
- Yotsuba&!
- Berserk
- Azumanga Daioh
- Hellsing
- Battle Angel Alita
- Bleach
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Death Note
- One Piece
- 20th Century Boys
