Christmas is really just around the corner, and for most of the anime and manga fans, they wish to celebrate the holidays with their husband (most favorite male character) or wife (most favorite female character). Otamart, a free Japanese mobile application for anime, manga and gaming fans, asked four different questionst that asks which character and celebrity would they, the fans, would want to date on Christmas, who would they like to spend it, how do they plan to spend it and what is their most anticipated anime for the next season. The survey was only up for 24 hours but it had received a total of 1,752 respondents (85.9% women, 14.1% men).
First Poll: Who would you like to spend Christmas with? (Anime Character or Voice Actor/Singer)
Female Voters’ Results:
1. Yasutomo Arakita (Yowamushi Pedal)
2. Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Voice Actor)
3. Shou Kurusu (Uta no Prince-Sama)
4. Makoto Tachibana (Free!)
5. Ai Mikaze (Uta no Prince-Sama)
6. Kei Tsukishima (Haikyuu!!)
7. Yuuki Kaji (Voice Actor)
8. Hiro Shimono (Voice Actor)
9. Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin)
10. Shouta Aoi (Voice Actor)
Male Voters’ Results:
1. Rin Hoshizora (Love Live! School Idol Project)
2. Kotori Minami (Love Live! School Idol Project)
3. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
4. Maki Nishikino (Love Live! School Idol Project)
5. Honoka Kousaka (Love Live! School Idol Project)
6. Hanayo Koizumi (Love Live! School Idol Project)
7. Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID)
8. Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
9. Nozomi Toujou (Love Live! School Idol Project)
10. Azusa Nakano (K-on!)
All Characters: (2D edition; recurring the first eight characters)
1. Yasutomo Arakita (Yowamushi Pedal)
2. Shou Kurusu (Uta no Prince-Sama)
3. Makoto Tachibana (Free!)
4. Ai Mikaze (Uta no Prince-Sama)
5. Kei Tsukishima (Haikyuu!!)
6. Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin)
7. Kotori Minami (Love Live! School Idol Project)
8. Rin Hoshizora (Love Live! School Idol Project)
9. Koushi Sugawara (Haikyuu!!)
10. Rin Matsuoka (Free!) and Tetsuya Kuroko (Kuroko no Basuke)
Voice Actor / Singer: (3D Edition; recurring the first four voice actors)
1. Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Makoto Tachibana from Free!)
2. Yuki Kaji (Eren Yaeger from Shingeki no Kyojin)
3. Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi from Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
4. Shouta Aoi (Ai Mikaze from Uta no Prince-sama)
5. Mamoru Miyano (Kida Masaomi from Durarara!!)
6. Hiroshi Kamiya (Koyomi Araragi from Bakemonogatari)
7. Kishou Taniyama (Ikki from Amnesia)
8. Kouji Yusa (Akira Midousuji from Yowamushi Pedal) and Daisuke Ono (Seishuu Handa from Barakamon)
9. Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail)
10. Takahiro Sakurai (Kazuya Miyuki from Diamond no Ace)
Second Poll: Who do you plan to spend Christmas with?
- Family (44.6%)
- Friends (24.3%)
- Alone (11.3%)
- Lover/Spouse (9.6%)
- Roommate (4.4%)
- Friends with similar interests (1.7%)
- Pet (1.0%)
- Others (3.1%)
Third Poll: How do you plan to spend Christmas with?
- At home (34.9%)
- No plans yet (18.1%)
- Home party (13.6%)
- At work (13.0%)
- Eating out (12.2%)
- Attend an event (5.9%)
- Others (2.3%)
Most anticipated anime series for Winter 2015?
- Kuroko no Basuke Season 3 (336 votes)
- Tokyo Ghoul √A (270 votes)
- Durarara!! x 2 Shou (220 votes)
- Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (174 votes)
- Kantai Collection -Kancolle- (104 votes)
- Kamisama Hajimemashita◎ (83 votes)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Egypt Arc (66 votes)
- THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls (66 votes)
- Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season (57 votes)
- Tsukimonogatari (49 votes)
How about you? Which 2D character and/or a 3D character would you like to have a date with on Christmas?
Source – Yara-On!
