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Oricon Poll: Live-Action Manga Adaptations That Worked

The market research firm Oricon posted the results of its survey on which manga that people thought were successfully adapted into live-action. Oricon selected 1,000 panelists, evenly divided by gender and four age groups: teenagers, people in their 20s, people in their 30s, and people in their 40s. Oricon then conducted its survey with this nationwide sample between June 24 and June 30 online.

These were the top 10 choices:

Rank	Title	Main Cast	Author
1	Nodame Cantabile	Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki	Tomoko Ninomiya
2	Hana Yori Dango	Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto	Yōko Kamio
3	Jin	Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase	Motoka Murakami
4	Kindaichi Case Files	Tsuyoshi Dōmoto, Rie Tomosaka, Jun Matsumoto, Anne Suzuki	Yōzaburō Kanari, Fumiya Sato
5	Rookies	Ryuta Sato, Hayato Ichihara	Masanori Morita
6	Gokusen	Yukie Nakama	Kozueko Morimoto
7	Dr. Koto's Clinic	Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kou Shibasaki	Takatoshi Yamada
8	Umizaru	Hideaki Ito, Ai Kato	Shuho Sato
9	GTO	Takashi Sorimachi, Nanako Matsushima	Tohru Fujisawa
10	Tokyo Love Story	Honami Suzuki, Yūji Oda	Fumi Saimon

Source: Oricon

Update: Main castmembers added.