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Mini Reader Survey

Including anime and manga, which of the following Japan related topics are you very interested in? (Max 7 choices)
Anime 3232 out of 3835 (84.3%)
Manga 2539 out of 3835 (66.2%)
Japanese video games (not including visual novels) 1668 out of 3835 (43.5%)
Japanese cuisine (eating) 1156 out of 3835 (30.1%)
Japanese light novels 1070 out of 3835 (27.9%)
Artwork/Doujinshi (e.g. Pixiv) 1060 out of 3835 (27.6%)
Japanese History 1038 out of 3835 (27.1%)
popular Japanese music (all forms of "modern" music) 1020 out of 3835 (26.6%)
Japanese figures (action figures, scale figures, gashapon, etc 857 out of 3835 (22.3%)
Japanese folklore and mythology 834 out of 3835 (21.7%)
Visual novels (non-erotic) 823 out of 3835 (21.5%)
Technology and innovation (real stuff, not silly stuff). 801 out of 3835 (20.9%)
Japanese cuisine (cooking) 749 out of 3835 (19.5%)
Visual novels (erotic) 658 out of 3835 (17.2%)
Culture clash of Japan and the West 510 out of 3835 (13.3%)
Translation/Localization 454 out of 3835 (11.8%)
Vocaloid 441 out of 3835 (11.5%)
Japanese movies (not based on anime/manga) 440 out of 3835 (11.5%)
Japanese Art, Folkart, Craft 387 out of 3835 (10.1%)
music of anime (vocal and instrumental) 359 out of 3835 (9.4%)
Japanese doujin culture 355 out of 3835 (9.3%)
Japanese literature 342 out of 3835 (8.9%)
Martial Arts 243 out of 3835 (6.3%)
Japanese TV fictional shows (not based on anime/manga) 224 out of 3835 (5.8%)
Eastern Philopshy 211 out of 3835 (5.5%)
Traditional Japanese music 201 out of 3835 (5.2%)
Elegant Gothic Lolita fashion (EGL) 188 out of 3835 (4.9%)
Japanese car culture 159 out of 3835 (4.1%)
Ecology/Biology (of Japan-specific ecosystems) 157 out of 3835 (4.1%)
Yuri 138 out of 3835 (3.6%)
Tokusatsu 120 out of 3835 (3.1%)
Japanese fashion 118 out of 3835 (3.1%)
Activism in Japan 114 out of 3835 (3.0%)
Japanese male fashion 80 out of 3835 (2.1%)
Yaoi 79 out of 3835 (2.1%)
Japanee politics 75 out of 3835 (2.0%)
Japanese Haute-Couture 46 out of 3835 (1.2%)
music - western style classical (including Japanese composers) 44 out of 3835 (1.1%)
LBGT rights 41 out of 3835 (1.1%)
music - Doujin 39 out of 3835 (1.0%)
Japanese railways 37 out of 3835 (1.0%)
Fairy Kei fashion 20 out of 3835 (0.5%)
Japanese Architecture, Animator Artbooks 16 out of 3835 (0.4%)
(no answer) 26 out of 3835 (0.7%)
Which of the following would you say you are mildly interested in ? (don't select something you already selected above)
Anime 1564 out of 3835 (40.8%)
Manga 1563 out of 3835 (40.8%)
popular Japanese music (all forms of "modern" music) 1553 out of 3835 (40.5%)
Japanese History 1521 out of 3835 (39.7%)
Japanese video games (not including visual novels) 1391 out of 3835 (36.3%)
Visual novels (non-erotic) 1382 out of 3835 (36.0%)
Japanese cuisine (eating) 1365 out of 3835 (35.6%)
Japanese light novels 1360 out of 3835 (35.5%)
Japanese cuisine (cooking) 1201 out of 3835 (31.3%)
Visual novels (erotic) 1025 out of 3835 (26.7%)
Japanese movies (not based on anime/manga) 1006 out of 3835 (26.2%)
Traditional Japanese music 810 out of 3835 (21.1%)
Japanese TV fictional shows (not based on anime/manga) 755 out of 3835 (19.7%)
Elegant Gothic Lolita fashion (EGL) 511 out of 3835 (13.3%)
Japanese car culture 300 out of 3835 (7.8%)
Japanese Haute-Couture 246 out of 3835 (6.4%)
(no answer) 148 out of 3835 (3.9%)
Have you ever visited Japan ? If so, how many times ?
Never 3198 out of 3835 (83.4%)
1 time 331 out of 3835 (8.6%)
2 times 80 out of 3835 (2.1%)
3 times 34 out of 3835 (0.9%)
4-5 times 31 out of 3835 (0.8%)
6-9 times 16 out of 3835 (0.4%)
10+ times 10 out of 3835 (0.3%)
I live in Japan 34 out of 3835 (0.9%)
I used to live in Japan 45 out of 3835 (1.2%)
(no answer) 56 out of 3835 (1.5%)
Do plan to visit Japan (again) someday ?
Yes, I'm planing the trip and already know when. 172 out of 3835 (4.5%)
Yes, definitely in the relatively near future, but I haven't scheduled the trip yet. 527 out of 3835 (13.7%)
I'm definitely planing on it, but no idea when. 1055 out of 3835 (27.5%)
I'd like to, but no specific plans. 1380 out of 3835 (36.0%)
Maybe 216 out of 3835 (5.6%)
Probably not. 147 out of 3835 (3.8%)
No. 89 out of 3835 (2.3%)
I live in Japan 33 out of 3835 (0.9%)
(no answer) 216 out of 3835 (5.6%)
The Japanese language...
It's my native tongue. 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
It's my second language, I've spoken since childhood. 13 out of 3835 (0.3%)
I speak it! JLPT N2 or better. 125 out of 3835 (3.3%)
I'm currently studying it formally. 371 out of 3835 (9.7%)
I'm learning it on my own. 980 out of 3835 (25.6%)
I plan to learn it. 549 out of 3835 (14.3%)
It would be nice to learn Japanese. 1545 out of 3835 (40.3%)
I have no plans or desire to learn Japanese. 187 out of 3835 (4.9%)
(no answer) 62 out of 3835 (1.6%)
Would you move to Japan?
I live in Japan 31 out of 3835 (0.8%)
I have concrete plans to move to Japan 57 out of 3835 (1.5%)
I want to move to Japan (but no specific plans yet) 798 out of 3835 (20.8%)
I'd be open to it, but I don't particularly want to. 1973 out of 3835 (51.4%)
I'd rather not. 633 out of 3835 (16.5%)
No. Under no circumstances would I move to Japan. 194 out of 3835 (5.1%)
(no answer) 149 out of 3835 (3.9%)
Which of the following websites related to Japanese culture do you visit regularly? (At least once a week)
Anime News Network 3524 out of 3835 (91.9%)
Crunchyroll 1896 out of 3835 (49.4%)
My Anime List 1775 out of 3835 (46.3%)
Funimation.com 912 out of 3835 (23.8%)
Pixiv 752 out of 3835 (19.6%)
4Chan (The Japanese related boards) 494 out of 3835 (12.9%)
anichart.net 443 out of 3835 (11.6%)
Tokyo Otaku Mode (OtakuMode.com) 375 out of 3835 (9.8%)
Baka-Updates Manga 368 out of 3835 (9.6%)
Sankaku Complex 366 out of 3835 (9.5%)
Reddit Boards related to Japanese Culture (ex: reddit.com/r/anime) 342 out of 3835 (8.9%)
rightstuf.com 329 out of 3835 (8.6%)
Amiami.com 285 out of 3835 (7.4%)
NicoNico Douga 256 out of 3835 (6.7%)
AniDB.net 243 out of 3835 (6.3%)
Anime-Planet 205 out of 3835 (5.3%)
Myfigurecollection.net 199 out of 3835 (5.2%)
vndb 198 out of 3835 (5.2%)
Rocket News 24 190 out of 3835 (5.0%)
kissanime 187 out of 3835 (4.9%)
The Anime Network 174 out of 3835 (4.5%)
Danbooru (image board) 173 out of 3835 (4.5%)
Otaku USA 171 out of 3835 (4.5%)
Japan Times 168 out of 3835 (4.4%)
JpopAsia 154 out of 3835 (4.0%)
Fandom Post 148 out of 3835 (3.9%)
Siliconera 143 out of 3835 (3.7%)
Culture Japan / DannyChoo.com 134 out of 3835 (3.5%)
Hummingbird.me 118 out of 3835 (3.1%)
Random Curiosity 113 out of 3835 (2.9%)
Japan Today 112 out of 3835 (2.9%)
Drama Fever 107 out of 3835 (2.8%)
NHK News English 97 out of 3835 (2.5%)
Go Boiano 96 out of 3835 (2.5%)
Japanator 93 out of 3835 (2.4%)
1999,cdjapan,jlist,nekomagic,animesuki 85 out of 3835 (2.2%)
LiveChart 75 out of 3835 (2.0%)
Hobby Link Japan 66 out of 3835 (1.7%)
2ch 57 out of 3835 (1.5%)
Tofugu 54 out of 3835 (1.4%)
Streaming Site 52 out of 3835 (1.4%)
Anime.com 45 out of 3835 (1.2%)
Anime UK News 43 out of 3835 (1.1%)
Anime Maru 42 out of 3835 (1.1%)
Moetron 41 out of 3835 (1.1%)
AnimeLab 41 out of 3835 (1.1%)
yande.re (high-res imageboard) 40 out of 3835 (1.0%)
Engrish.com 33 out of 3835 (0.9%)
UK Anime Network 31 out of 3835 (0.8%)
Jdorama.com 29 out of 3835 (0.8%)
MAHQ.net 28 out of 3835 (0.7%)
lndb 21 out of 3835 (0.5%)
Otakumole.ch 18 out of 3835 (0.5%)
Hanabee 14 out of 3835 (0.4%)
Kyodo News 13 out of 3835 (0.3%)
frontwing.jp (en.frontwing.jp) 10 out of 3835 (0.3%)
Daisuki 10 out of 3835 (0.3%)
madboards.madman.com.au 8 out of 3835 (0.2%)
Hummingbird (Hummingbird.me) 8 out of 3835 (0.2%)
Desu Daily 7 out of 3835 (0.2%)
henshinjusticeunlimited 6 out of 3835 (0.2%)
Asahi.com ENGLISH 6 out of 3835 (0.2%)
forum.koohii.com 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
On The Box, United Publicatons 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
canta-per-me.net 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
Mainichi Shimbun 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
Asahi Shimbun 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
The Cart Driver 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
NHK World J-Melo http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/ 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
Nikkan Sports 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
forums.whirlpool.net.au Japan travel thread 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
(other) 22 out of 3835 (0.6%)
(no answer) 45 out of 3835 (1.2%)
COUNTRY
US - the United States 2017 out of 3835 (52.6%)
CA - Canada 298 out of 3835 (7.8%)
GB - the United Kingdom 224 out of 3835 (5.8%)
AU - Australia 169 out of 3835 (4.4%)
DE - Germany 97 out of 3835 (2.5%)
BR - Brazil 67 out of 3835 (1.7%)
ID - Indonesia 58 out of 3835 (1.5%)
NL - the Netherlands 57 out of 3835 (1.5%)
MX - Mexico 39 out of 3835 (1.0%)
FR - France 39 out of 3835 (1.0%)
PT - Portugal 35 out of 3835 (0.9%)
PH - Philippines 35 out of 3835 (0.9%)
MY - Malaysia 32 out of 3835 (0.8%)
SE - Sweden 32 out of 3835 (0.8%)
PL - Poland 32 out of 3835 (0.8%)
JP - Japan 30 out of 3835 (0.8%)
AR - Argentina 30 out of 3835 (0.8%)
SG - Singapore 28 out of 3835 (0.7%)
FI - Finland 26 out of 3835 (0.7%)
NZ - New Zealand 24 out of 3835 (0.6%)
IT - Italy 22 out of 3835 (0.6%)
NO - Norway 20 out of 3835 (0.5%)
ES - Spain 19 out of 3835 (0.5%)
GR - Greece 19 out of 3835 (0.5%)
IN - India 19 out of 3835 (0.5%)
AT - Austria 19 out of 3835 (0.5%)
RU - Russian Federation 18 out of 3835 (0.5%)
IE - Ireland 18 out of 3835 (0.5%)
BE - Belgium 16 out of 3835 (0.4%)
CL - Chile 15 out of 3835 (0.4%)
RO - Romania 13 out of 3835 (0.3%)
IL - Israel 13 out of 3835 (0.3%)
PR - Puerto Rico 13 out of 3835 (0.3%)
DK - Denmark 12 out of 3835 (0.3%)
VN - Vietnam 12 out of 3835 (0.3%)
HU - Hungary 11 out of 3835 (0.3%)
SA - Saudi Arabia 10 out of 3835 (0.3%)
CH - Switzerland 10 out of 3835 (0.3%)
AP - Asia/Pacific Region 9 out of 3835 (0.2%)
LT - Lithuania 8 out of 3835 (0.2%)
EU - Europe 8 out of 3835 (0.2%)
BG - Bulgaria 8 out of 3835 (0.2%)
CO - Colombia 7 out of 3835 (0.2%)
PE - Peru 7 out of 3835 (0.2%)
TH - Thailand 7 out of 3835 (0.2%)
TR - Turkey 7 out of 3835 (0.2%)
HR - Croatia 6 out of 3835 (0.2%)
SI - Slovenia 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
AE - United Arab Emirates 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
ZA - South Africa 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
PA - Panama 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
HN - Honduras 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
RS - Serbia 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
TT - Trinidad and Tobago 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
KW - Kuwait 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
UA - Ukraine 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
MA - Morocco 4 out of 3835 (0.1%)
QA - Qatar 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
LV - Latvia 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
EG - Egypt 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
CZ - the Czech Republic 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
DZ - Algeria 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
MT - Malta 3 out of 3835 (0.1%)
IS - Iceland 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
SV - El Salvador 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
DO - the Dominican Republic 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
BO - Bolivia 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
VE - Venezuela 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
SK - Slovakia 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
EE - Estonia 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
JO - Jordan 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
GH - Ghana 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
BN - Brunei Darussalam 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
BB - Barbados 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
IQ - Iraq 2 out of 3835 (0.1%)
EC - Ecuador 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
MC - Monaco 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
CN - China 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
HK - Hong Kong 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
CR - Costa Rica 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
GE - Georgia 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
MN - Mongolia 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
LK - Sri Lanka 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
PK - Pakistan 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
PY - Paraguay 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
BH - Bahrain 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
KZ - Kazakhstan 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
MD - the Republic of Moldova 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
KE - Kenya 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
SO - Somalia 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
BD - Bangladesh 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
FO - the Faroe Islands 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
TC - the Turks and Caicos Islands 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
BY - Belarus 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
TN - Tunisia 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
NP - Nepal 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
UY - Uruguay 1 out of 3835 (0.0%)
(other) 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)
(no answer) 5 out of 3835 (0.1%)