Survey Finds "Death Note" Favorite Live Action Anime/Manga Adaptation
Bet You Don't Guess the Rest of the Top 10
The blog What Japan Thinks has translated the results of a survey, taken in July 2011 in which 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire in regards to their favorite live action anime/manga adaptation.
65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
Ranking result
Q: What do you think were good live-action movie adaptations of manga and anime? (Sample size=1,114)
| Rank | Score | |
| 1 | Death Note | 100 |
| 2 | Umizaru | 89.0 |
| 3 | Rookies -Graduation- | 50.2 |
| 4 | Nana | 40.0 |
| 5 | Gegege no Kitaro | 30.6 |
| 6 | Kaiji Jinsei Gyakuten Game | 30.4 |
| 7 | Gantz | 29.7 |
| 8 | Ping-Pong | 28.7 |
| 9 | Yatterman | 27.8 |
| 10 | Dororo | 26.6 |
| 11 | Detroit Metal City | 24.9 |
| 12= | Touch | 22.7 |
| 12= | Honey and Clover | 22.7 |
| 14 | Ashita no Joe | 21.5 |
| 15 | Kimi ni Todoke | 20.6 |
| 16 | Azumi | 17.9 |
| 17 | Satorare Tribute to a Sad Genius | 17.2 |
| 18 | 20th Century Boys | 14.4 |
| 19 | Cutie Honey | 14.1 |
| 20 | Paradise Kiss | 12.4 |
| 21 | Beck | 9.1 |
| 22 | Kamue Gaiden | 8.9 |
| 23 | Love ★ Kon | 8.4 |
| 24 | Soranin | 7.7 |
| 25 | Saru Rock the Movie | 6.2 |
| 26 | Space Battleship Yamato | 5.0 |
| 27= | Prince of Tennis | 4.5 |
| 27= | Happily Ever After (Jigyaku no Uta) | 4.5 |
| 27= | High School Debut | 4.5 |
| 30 | Dragonhead | 4.3 |
| 31= | Casshern | 2.9 |
| 31= | Otakus in Love (Koi no Mon) | 2.9 |
| 33= | Cromartie High School THE☆MOVIE | 2.4 |
| 33= | Dragonball Evolution | 2.4 |
| 35 | Jigoku Koshien | 1.9 |
| 36 | The Neighbor No. Thirteen (Rinjin No 13) | 1.7 |
| 37= | Sakigake!! Otokojuku Be a Man! Samurai School | 1.4 |
| 37= | Boys on the Run | 1.4 |
