I'm taking the simplest possible method of judging how otaku in Japan and outside it grade the current shows: current number of threads on 2channel vs. number of posts on AnimeSuki. This is more an index of interest than approval, but it at least gives us some comparisons. Actual Japanese TV ratings are, as usual, considerably different, with shows for kids and girls rating far higher than on 2channel.Among otaku in Japan and abroad, the top show of the spring season is Nanoha StrikerS, by far. On 2channel, the next two shows are Lucky Star and Gurren Laggan, whereas on AnimeSuki they are Claymore and Lucky Star. Dennou Coil and Idolmaster Xenoglossia (two very different shows) are much higher on the 2channel list than on AnimeSuki, whereas Kaze no Stigma, Darker than Black and Lovely Complex are much higher on AnimeSuki. My guess is that the percentage of female posters on AnimeSuki is higher than on 2channel, which tends to ignore shoujo shows, such as Lovely Complex.For the summer, the top show on 2channel is School Days, by a large margin, followed by Higurashi2, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, and Zero no Tsukaima2. On AS, the top show is Higurashi2, far ahead of Zero no Tsukaima2 and School Days, which are in turn far ahead of anything else. The linguistic complexity -- and maybe the style of humor -- of Zetsubou Sensei may explain why it is more a favorite in Japan. And School Days may have higher mind-share in Japan because people are more familiar with the original game.Here are fullish listings, first for spring and then for summer, listed first by 2channel popularity, then by AnimeSuki popularity:1. spring 2007 anime2channel -- # of threads (1000 posts per full thread) Nanoha StrikerS 289 Lucky Star 256 Tengen Toppa Guren Lagan 192 Hayate no Gotoku 69 Dennou Coil 67 Idolmaster Xenoglossia 66 Seto no Hanayome 58 Bokurano 48 Claymore 47 Ookiku Furikabutte 46 Darker than Black 45 Kaibutsu Oujo 27 Toward Terra 25 Nagasarete Airantou 25 Gegege no Kitarou 24 Gigantic Formula 22 KissDum Engage Planet 21 Heroic Age 20 RomeoxJuliet 18 Seirei no Moribito 17 El Cazador 16 Kaze no Stigma 11 Touka Gettan 11 Oh! Edo Rocket 10 Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica 9 Kamichama Karin 6 Kotetsu Sangokushi 5 OverDrive 5 Blue Dragon 5 Lovely Complex 4 Emily of New Moon 3 AnimeSuki forums -- # of posts Nanoha StrikerS 40709 Claymore 12649 Lucky Star 11317 Tengen Toppa Guren Lagan 4021 Kaze no Stigma 2304 Hayate no Gotoku 2150 Darker than Black 1657 Lovely Complex 1512 Seto no Hanayome 1401 Nagasarete Airantou 1205 Heroic Age 1112 RomeoxJuliet 942 Seirei no Moribito 891 Bokurano 719 Touka Gettan 617 El Cazador 562 Idolmaster Xenoglossia 550 Dennou Coil 472 Kaibutsu Oujo 457 Toward Terra 391 KissDum Engage Planet 254 Kamichama Karin 217 OverDrive 170 Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica 149 Gigantic Formula 131 Ookiku Furikabutte 114 Oh! Edo Rocket 95 Gegege no Kitarou 73 Blue Dragon 57 Kotetsu Sangokushi 44 Emily of New Moon 37 2. summer 2007 anime2channel -- # of threads (1000 posts per full thread) School Days 45 Higurashi2 35 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 31 Zero no Tsukaima 2 28 Code Geass 24-25 18 Skygirls 15 Moetan 13 Nanatsuiro Drops 9 Potemayo 9 Mononoke 8 Mushiuta 5 Umishou 5 Doujin Work 5 Umishou 4 Shigurui 3 Baccano 3 Code-E 3 Buzzer Beater 3 Zombie-Loan 2 Tetsuko no Tabi 2 Tokyo Majin Gakuen2 1 Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan2 1 AnimeSuki forums -- # of posts Higurashi2 7990 Zero no Tsukaima 2 2704 School Days 2200 Code Geass 24-25 832 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 549 Moetan 359 Zombie-Loan 281 Nanatsuiro Drops 280 Mushiuta 240 Skygirls 229 Mononoke 169 Potemayo 139 Doujin Work 125 Umishou 118 Code-E 98 Baccano 88 Tokyo Majin Gakuen2 51 Shigurui 47 Tetsuko no Tabi 44 Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan2 19 Buzzer Beater 5 If any show is missing, it's because it hasn't been posted about in the last 200 shows posted about on 2channel.
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Wow so did the animation skyrocket in this episode or what? I don’t think I’ve seen the animation this good since…episode 1!! SO anyway the moment Micchi sees Kazune with the black dyed hair, he glomps him and makes all the yaoi fangirls scream and whip out their camera phones. I guess the professor [...]
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Well it’s time for the school festival I guess and Karin’s class is doing a play. Mion submits a crazy manuscript which appears to be a mix of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty along with god knows what. It’s retarded as hell but as usual Kirio things its a work of art so it [...]
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Good episode this week (probably because it didn’t stray from the storyline.) So Karin takes Kirika and brings her back to their house. When Kirika wakes up she realizes her secret’s out and tells Karin a story of how she decided to live her life as a man. She says when they were younger [...]
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Well despite last week’s stupid episode, there was a lot of progress this week. It almost feels like they jumped over an ant hill last week and this week they jumped over Mount Fuji as far as plot. Some of it seems a bit made up but at least parts are somewhat following the [...]
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Ok so this week was an obvious filler but just to make sure I checked the manga. It looks like they covered everything in volumes 1-4 and I think some of 5 comes next week. I didn’t really watch this episode the moment I saw Kazune freaking out about every bug around him. I [...]
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So this week was a fun episode and I’m glad to see things are progressing between Karin & Kazune. In case you haven’t realized it already in the opening sequence, the burned photo of Karin next to “someone” that person is obviously Kazune ^^;. I’ve completely lost hope in ever seeing animation as good as [...]
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So despite the horrific episode last week (that I thankfully didn’t have to blog) I rather enjoyed this week’s and I’m really looking forward to next week! (for once) So basically the title is “goodbye my first love” although I had expected Karin to find out that Kirika’s a girl rather than see her talking [...]
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I just got through the Kamichama Karin manga's second volume, and I'm glad to say that it doesn't suffer from the same QC issues as the anime version. I think.
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So this week is the infamous hot springs episode but for some reason while watching it, nothing at all felt vaguely familiar. I mean I know it’s been a while since I read the manga and all, but why does it feel like 90% of the episode was made up filler? It started with [...]
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