Anime News

2005: What's Hot In France?
Date: 10/7/2005
French anime magazine Anime Land conducted it's yearly reader poll to gauge anime / manga popularity in a number of areas. The new school term starts in September in France and the fiscal year will end next June, around the time most schools let out for summer vacation. Therefore, the survey is conducted in summer and the poll results are announced in autumn. Overwhelmingly, Hagaren (Full Metal Alchemist) has been the breakout hit property this year in the country, with TV telecast starting in February, 2005, and the manga being put on the market in September. 497 readers were polled, men and women breakdown is listed as 50%, ages 15-25 represented 65% of respondents.
Top Anime TV DVD Work (2004-2005):
1. Full Metal Alchemist
2. Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX
3. 12 Country Record
4. Petite Cosette
5. Excel Saga


Top Classic Work (Sold Before July 2004)
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Sage Fighter Hoshiya
3. Fruits Basket
4. The Asoki
5. GTO

Movie Top 5
1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Princess Mononoke
3. Spirited Away
4. GITS Innocence
5. Grave Of The Fireflies

Top Anticipated Work
1. Chapter Ten Ninomiya Sage Fighter Hoshiya Hades
2. NARUTO TV
3. Full Metal Alchemist Movie
4. Tsubasa Chronicle TV
5. BLEACH TV
5. MONSTER TV
Source: Anime News Service