Interest

Biglobe Poll: Most Anticipated Spring 2013 Anime

On Thursday, the Japanese Internet service provider BIGLOBE posted the results of its unofficial survey on the most anticipated anime series for the upcoming Spring season.

Among the 6,802 votes cast by the self-selected respondents (who can vote multiple times), these were the results:

Rank	Title	Votes
1	A Certain Scientific Railgun S	629
2	Oreimo (TV 2)	548
3	The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.	356
4	Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W	340
5	Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 2000%	311
6	Valvrave the Liberator	267
7	Attack on Titan	260
8	Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties	255
9	RDG Red Data Girl	252
10	My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected.	246
11	Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet	230
12	Karneval	222
13	Date A Live	202
14	Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live	194
15	Jewelpet Happiness	194
16	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku ~Outbreak~	191
17	Aku no Hana	176
18	Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku	171
19	Devil Survivor 2 The Animation	163
20	Yuyushiki	160
21	Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san. Z	159
22	Photo Kano	152
23	Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Bride	139
24	Hataraku Maou-sama!	117
25	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	112
26	Arata Kangatari	106
27	Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san	67
28	Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge	61
29	Mushibugyō	60
30	Ginga Kikōtai Majestic Prince	52
31	Nagi no Asukara	45
32	Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!! (TV 2)	43
33	Aiura	41
34	Susume! Kitchen Sentai Cooklun	35
34	Glass no Kamen Desu ga	35
36	Gakkatsu! (TV 2)	34
37	DD Hokuto no Ken	33
37	Danchi Tomoo	33
37	Boku wa Ō-sama	33
40	Robocar Poli	30
41	Sparrow's Hotel	25
42	Tetsujin 28-gō Gao!	23

The poll was held until March 7.

In December, Biglobe posted an unofficial poll on the most anticipated anime for the Winter season, and Chihayafuru 2, Minami-ke Tadaima, and Tamako Market were the top three. In August, Biglobe posted an unofficial poll on the most anticipated anime for the Fall season, and Gintama ("Season 3"), Little Busters!, and Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! were the top three.

Thanks to Ryan Baer for the news tip.