Pafu 2005 Fan Rankings

[insaneneko]

I picked up my Pafu today, and was again surprised by the annual fan ranking poll. It's always in the April issue and I never remember. :P In any case, I like looking at the list because the magazine caters to the yaoi fangirl and it's interesting to see what they say (breakdown of respondents is 92% female, 8% male). I only listed those that warranted a picture and/or extra comments for each category.


Serial Manga

1. Kyou kara ma no tsuku jiyuugyou!
2. BLEACH
3. Kusari no renkinjutsushi (Full Metal Alchemist)
4. Fruits Basket
5. Saiyuki RELOAD
6. Junjou Romantica series
7. Tennis no Oujisama (Prince of Tennis)
8. DEATH NOTE
9. D.Gray-man
10. Gintama
11. Skip Beat!
12. xxxHOLIC
13. Ookiku furikabutte
14. ONE PIECE
15. Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
16. NARUTO
17. Hachimitsu to Clover
18. Ouran koukou host club
19. LOVELESS
20. SiLVER DIAMOND

I am not surprised by most of the top twenty, but there were a couple that made me look twice. I didn't realize Junjou Romantica was so popular. I remember reading the scanlation for the first volume and not being that inclined to read the rest. Now I'm curious to see if it gets any better. I'm very happy to see D.Gray-man, xxxHOLIC and SILVER DIAMOND up there. XD I've never head of Ookiku fuikabutte and Skip Beat! I'm curious about the former, as it looks to be a sports manga with decent art.

Others of interest:
25. BRONZE
26. G-Defend
27. Wild Adapter
29. Mushishi
30. tactics
32. Eyeshield 21
33. Emma
35. Trinity Blood
42. NANA
44. Saiyuki Gaiden
47. Kareshi kanojo no jijou
47. Get Backers
47. Genshinken
47. Spiral
47. Sex Pistols
47. Hunter x Hunter

Male Character

1. Conrad Weller, KKM
2. Edward Elric, FMA
3. Shibuya Yuuri, KKM
4. Wolfram von Bielefeld, KKM
5. Roy Mustang, FMA
6. Takahashi Misaki, Junjou Romantica
7. Kurosaki Ichigo, BLEACH
8. Usami Akihiko, Junjou Romantica
9. Takata Gintoki, Gintama
10. Gwendal von Walde, KKM

Wow, can we say dominated by KKM? XD

Female Character

1. Honda Tohru, Fruits Basket
2. Mogami Kyoko, Skip Beat!
2. Ichihara Yuuko, xxxHOLIC
4. Riza Hawkeye, FMA

Tohru! Yay! I also adore Yuuko and Riza, so I'm happy.

Best Partners

1. Shibuya Yuuri & Conrad Weller, KKM
2. Edward Elric & Alphonse Elric, FMA
3. Kira Yamato & Athrun Zala, Gundam SEED DESTINY
4. Shibuya Yuuri & Wolfram, KKM
5. Mihashi Ren & Abe Takaya, Ookiku furikabutte

FMA and KKM are no surprise. Kira and Athrun? I guess I need to watch GSD...

Anime

1. Kyou kara maou!
2. Gundam SEED DESTINY
3. Gekijouban Hagane no renkinjutsushi ~Shambala wo yuku mono ~ (FMA movie)
4. BLEACH
5. BLOOD+
6. Mushishi
7. Hachimitsu to Clover
8. LOVELESS

Seiyuu (2005 main role)

1. Sakurai Takahiro (Shibuya Yuuri, KKM)
2. Morikawa Toshiyuki (Conrad, KKM)
3. Ishida Akira (Athrun Zala, GSD)
4. Saiga Mitsuki (Wolfram, KKM)
5. Inoue Kazuhiko (Gunter, KKM)
6. Hoshi Souichirou (Kira Yamato, GSD)
7. Fukuyama Jun (Albert, Gankutsuou)
8. Paku Romi (Edward Elric, FMA)

Er...once again, dominated by KKM? XD;

As an interesting sidenote, the manga best rankings of those males with their sad 8% representation:

1. HELLSING
2. FMA
3. BLEACH
4. Fruits Basket
5. BLOOD ALONE
6. Ookiku furikabutte
7. Genshinken
8. Tsubasa
9. Hachimitsu to Clover
10. Moyashimon

Comments

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Ah...I guess I should hunt Junjou Romantica down and give it a second chance. Damn, I should have kept up with it so that I could collect it as it came out...Oh well.

I love that the Japanese love Conrad so much. Doujinshi heaven! XD