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Niconico Users Rank Kemono Friends as Most Interesting 2017 Anime

The Niconico streaming service's Niconico Enquete poll website conducted a poll on Thursday to determine respondents' favorite anime of 2017. The "Net Users ga Honki de Erabu! 2017-nen Anime Taishō" (Net Users Honestly Choose! 2017 Anime Awards) award poll asked the website's users their picks for the "most interesting" anime to air on television last year. A total of 146,158 people responded to the poll, and Niconico Enquete listed the top 20 results according to the percentage of votes received.

With more than double the votes as #2 on the list, Kemono Friends came out on top. There were 253 anime listed as options for the anime poll. Here are the full results from Niconico's poll:

Most Interesting Anime Broadcast on TV in 2017

1. Kemono Friends (12.82%)
2. Land of the Lustrous (5.93%)
3. KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2 (2.96%)
4. Made in Abyss (2.78%)
5. Saga of Tanya the Evil (2.53%)
6. Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (2.19%)
7. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2.06%)
8. Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu (2.05%)
9. The Idolm@ster SideM (2.03%)
9. Girls' Last Tour (2.03%)
11. Magical Circle Guru-Guru (1.98%)
12. Fate/Apocrypha (1.97%)
13. Restaurant to Another World (1.93%)
14. Aho Girl (1.81%)
15. Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World (1.73%)
16. Eromanga Sensei (1.59%)
16. The Ancient Magus' Bride (1.59%)
17. Princess Principal (1.57%)
19. Infini-T Force (1.52%)
20. Mr. Osomatsu (1.41%)

Most Interesting Anime Broadcast on TV in 2017 (Women)

1. Land of the Lustrous (12.96%)
2. Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu (8.13%)
3. Kemono Friends (5.85%)
4. The Idolm@ster SideM (5.32%)
5. Mr. Osomatsu (4.15%)
6. Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (3.45%)
7. Hōzuki no Reitetsu (2.89%)
8. The Ancient Magus' Bride (2.61%)
9. Fate/Apocrypha (2.44%)
10. Magical Circle Guru-Guru (1.88%)

Most Interesting Anime Broadcast on TV in 2017 (Men)

1. Kemono Friends (14.86%)
2. Land of the Lustrous (3.87%)
3. KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2 (3.65%)
4. Made in Abyss (3.09%)
5. Saga of Tanya the Evil (2.77%)
6. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2.37%)
7. Restaurant to Another World (2.25%)
7. Girls' Last Tour (2.25%)
9. Aho Girl (2.15%)
10. Magical Circle Guru-Guru (2.00%)

The poll additionally listed the results based on the age of respondents. Kemono Friends and Land of the Lustrous ranked #1 and #2, respectively, among people in their 10s and below, 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s and above. Yahoo! also awarded Kemono Friends in the Anime division of its "Yahoo! Search Award 2017" ceremony last month.

The Niconico Enquete website held a similar poll last year, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable topped the list.

This year, the poll also asked users about their favorite anime buzzwords for the year. Respondents chose from a list of 109 words and phrases. Here are the top five results:

Top Anime Buzzwords for 2017

1. "Tomarun jane- zo..." from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans ("Don't stop..."; 29.92%)
2. "Kimi wa ◯◯ no Friends nanda ne!" from Kemono Friends ("You are [type] Friend!"; 11.02%)
3. "Sugo-i!" from Kemono Friends ("Amazing!"; 9.20%)
4. "Wa-i! Ta-noshii!" from Kemono Friends ("Wow! Fun!"; 4.72%)
5. "TATSUKI-kantoku o shinjiro" about Kemono Friends ("Believe in director TATSUKI"; 3.11%)

Kemono Friends buzzwords and many of the other anime-related buzzwords from the list dominated various buzzword contests for the year.

In addition, Niconico's 2017 poll asked users about their favorite characters in anime that aired last year. However, the website has not posted those results.

By just 12 votes, the second season of My Hero Academia edged out Made in Abyss to top ANN's reader poll for the best anime of 2017.

[Via Nijimen]