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Baskin-Robbins Japan’s 2026 popularity poll results are in and the champion flavor is crowned
- Elliot Hale
May 17, 2026 - Tweet
One flavor still rules the nation.
- Japan
- (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins election • Baskin-Robbins Japan • food • ice cream • poll • popularity poll • sweets)
My Hero Academia now accepting votes for “World Best Hero” from its vast roster of quirky characters
- Master Blaster
Aug 7, 2024
Democracy is alive and well.
- Global, Internet, Japan
- (anime • Kohei Horikoshi • manga • My Hero Academia • poll • ranking • Shonen Jump • vote • World's Best Hero)
The 2023 Sanrio character popularity ranking results revealed
- Krista Rogers
Jun 20, 2023
Which beloved character takes the presumably cute crown this year?
- Japan
- (Cinnamoroll • global • Kuromi • poll • Pompompurin • popularity • ranking • Sanrio)
Baskin-Robbins Japan’s ice cream popularity poll leaves out fan favourite — but why?!
- Katie Pask
Apr 5, 2023
Baskin-Robbins Japan’s iconic ice cream flavour gets snubbed in this year’s Elections, and we wanna know why!
- Japan
- (31 • Ahiruneko • Baskin-Robbins Japan • food • ice cream • poll • popularity poll • SNJO • sweets)
The Japanese Internet chooses the top too-sexy-for-their-own-good male voices in anime
- Krista Rogers
Sep 29, 2021
Find out whose voices melt listeners’ hearts just a little bit every time they open their mouths.
- Japan
- (anime • Goo Ranking • male • poll • seiyu • survey • voice actor)
Which Studio Ghibli heroine is the most beloved of all time? Vote for your favorite here!
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 22, 2021
And here begins the fight of the stans.
- Japan
- (anime • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • movies • poll • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • survey • The Cat Returns • The Wind Rises)
Grab the tissues: Preteens and teens pick the anime that makes them cry the most
- Krista Rogers
Jun 21, 2021
Japanese youth between the ages of 10-19 shed light on which series make them shed the most tears.
- Japan
- (A Silent Voice • anime • cry • Demon Slayer • poll • ranking • Simeji • your name.)
Poll asks Japanese fans to name their favorite depressing anime
- Katy Kelly
Jun 3, 2021
Get out the tissues, because these anime offerings won’t leave a dry eye in the house.
- Japan
- (anime • Anime Anime • depressing • emotional • opinion • poll • ranking • tearjerkers • Top 5)
Top 10 ranking of Weekly Shonen Jump’s most beautiful male characters revealed
- Krista Rogers
Jan 27, 2020
Don’t be afraid to take in the eye candy with these characters who originally graced the pages of Japan’s best-selling weekly shonen manga magazine.
- Internet, Japan
- (beautiful • character ranking • characters • Goo Ranking • poll • ranking • Top Ten • Weekly Shonen Jump)
Election to determine the best Final Fantasy, game, character, boss, and music underway
- Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2019
And what has your public broadcaster done for you lately?
- Japan
- (best game • characters • Final Fantasy • music • NHK • poll • ranking • survey • video games)
Yokohama ranks as most desirable city for living in Kanto for the second year in a row
- Dale Roll
Mar 5, 2019
What makes Japan’s second largest city beat out popular spots in Tokyo?
- Japan
- (best places to live • Ebisu • Kanagawa • Kanto • Kichijoji • poll • Saitama • survey • Yokohama)
Evangelion Store popularity contest reveals surprising results for a former fan favorite
- Shannon McNaught
Feb 13, 2019
When the popularity of an Evangelion pilot falls, apparently it falls fast.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion Store • poll • Rebuild of Evangelion • Rei Ayanami)
Let’s talk about chips: Japanese netizens weigh in on the ten best potato chips in the country
- Koh Ruide
Dec 24, 2018
Latest chip ranking reveals a preference for simple flavors.
- Japan
- (Calbee • Japanese potato chips • Koikeya • poll • potato chips • ranking • survey • top 10)
Train etiquette: top ten inconsiderate behaviors that tick Japanese train commuters off the most
- Koh Ruide
Dec 23, 2018
Times have changed over the years, but one particular offence has steadily climbed its way up the list.
- Japan
- (behavior • inconsiderate behavior • poll • rucksacks • survey • train • train etiquette)
Survey reveals that Australian people trust Japan and Prime Minister Abe to act responsibly
- Koh Ruide
Jun 24, 2018
Japan and Prime Minister Abe make it to the list as the second most trustworthy country and leader in the world in Australians’ minds.
- Australia
- (Donald Trump • politics • poll • Shinzo Abe • survey • world leaders)
Why are people in their 20s moving outside of Tokyo to Yokohama and other areas?
- Krista Rogers
Apr 2, 2018
Expert dishes on important factors that are leading young people to shun living in certain areas of the capital in favor of other suburban centers.
Japanese men reveal the things they notice when they see a woman without makeup
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2017
Almost half of the respondents said they experienced a sense of disappointment when they saw a woman’s unmade face.
- Japan
- (beauty • femininity • Japanese women • makeup • poll • skin • Surveys • women)
Schoolgirl showdown! Girls who bundle up for winter vs. those who keep the miniskirt faith 【Poll】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2016
And no, you can’t pick “All of the above.”
- Japan
- (anime • art • illustration • poll • schoolgirls)
Chinese website votes for the best “moe” male and female characters of 2015
- KK Miller
Jan 13, 2016
Chinese website bilibili recently took a reader poll to find the most “moe” characters of 2015. Not only was the competition fierce, but the “cute dudes” top 8 was extremely surprising.
Would you share your ice cream with this Shiba Inu?
- Cara Clegg
Nov 27, 2015
The internet just can’t get enough of Shiba Inu lately, and it’s not hard to see why. I mean, just look at that face!
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