Japanese text message board 2ch spun off the image board Futaba Channel ("2chan"), which in turn inspired America's (in)famous 4chan. With 2012 wrapped up, annual polls on the two sites offer some insight into how the anime tastes of online cousin communities 4chan and 2ch match up.

4Chan's Top Anime of 2012
1 ****GRAND CHAMPION ANIME OF THE YEAR: Milky Holmes 487***
2 Nisemonogatari 466 (Best Fanservice Award)
3 Girls Und Panzer 457 (Fall Winner) (***Percentage Winner***)
4 Yuru Yuri 444 (Summer Winner)
5 Jinrui (Humanity has Declined) 425
6 AKB0048 395 (Spring Winner)
7 Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!368
8 Joshiraku 367
9 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb 353
10 Psycho-Pass 343
11 Hyouka 340
12 Saki Achiga-Hen 321 (Would **** Award)
13 Fate/zero 315
14 Daily Lives of High School Boys 294
15 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 283
16 Kill Me Baby 266
17 Binbougami 258
18 Accel World 240
19 Space Brothers 221
20 Symphogear 206

Winter poll: Milky Holmes 487, Nisemonogatari 466, Danshi Nichijou 294, Kill Me Baby 266, Symphogear 206 Total votes: 3791 Voters: 1318
Spring poll: AKB0048 395, Hyouka 340, Saki 321, Fate/Zero 315, Accel World 240, Space Bros 221 Total votes: 4651 Voters: 1242
Summer poll: Yuru Yuri 444, Jinrui 425, Joshiraku 367, Binbougami 258 Total votes: 3882 Voters: 1206
Fall poll: Girls Und Panzer 457, Chuuni 368, Psycho 343, Hidamari 353, Jojo 283 Total votes: 4784 Voters: 1191

The poll allowed voters to vote for more than one show. 

2ch 's Top Anime of 2012

1. Girls und Panzer

2. Tari Tari

3. Hyouka

4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

5. Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita (Humanity had Decline)

6. Saki Achiga-Hen

7. Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!

8. Joshiraku

9. Sword Art Online

10. Kids on the Slope

11. Bodacious Space Pirates

12. Psycho-Pass

13. Mysterious Girlfriend X

14. Another

15. Kill Me Baby

16. Nisemonogatari

17. YuruYuri

18. The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

19. Jormungand

20. Little Busters!

21. Accel World

22. Hidarami Sketch x Honeycomb

23. Senki Zesshō Symphogear

24. Sengoku Collection

25. Daily Lives of High School Boys
26. From the New World

27. Inu x Boku Secret Service

28. Horizon in the Middle of Knowhere II

29. Smile Precure

30. Tsuritama

31. Space Brothers

32. Natsuiro Kiseki

33. Ginga e Kickoff!!
34. Busou Shinki

35. My Little Monster 

36. Blast of Tempest

37. Doy Days'

38. Kuroko's Basketball

39. To Love-Ru Darkness

40. Kokoro Connect

41. Chōyaku Hyakunin isshu: Uta Koi

42. Haiyore! Nyarko-san

43. Btooom!

44. Ano Natsu de Matteru

45. Black Rock Shooter

46. High School DxD

47. Oniai

48. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

49. Ixion Saga DT

50. Natsume Yūjin-Chō Shi

via Yaraon 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.