{"rewrite":{"id":"r_df9b6f5a79f327e2a600a58a","clusterId":"c_8816fd5995bfd87ee136ea78","slug":"reiwa-high-schoolers-favorite-anime-split-sharply-by-gender-in-ytjp-poll","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Reiwa High Schoolers' Favorite Anime Split Sharply by Gender in YTJP Poll","summary":"The YOUTH TIME JAPAN project surveyed 1,334 high school students, 614 boys and 720 girls, from September 10 to September 24, 2026, and released the results on Anime Day, October 22. Doraemon is the only title in both top fives. Boys named Attack on Titan first, then One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Doraemon. Girls named Haikyu!! first, then Demon Slayer, Crayon Shin-chan, Detective Conan and Doraemon.","whyItMatters":"Demon Slayer, holder of Japan's top two all-time box office spots according to the same survey writeup, failed to reach the boys' top 10 while leading the girls' list at No. 2, which says the two audiences are reading popularity off different signals.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe survey ran through Google Form entries from students at participating YTJP schools, and it also asked whether respondents liked anime at all. The gap there is narrower than the rankings suggest: 65.4% of boys answered \u0026#34;like\u0026#34; against 56.2% of girls, and combining \u0026#34;like\u0026#34; with \u0026#34;somewhat like\u0026#34; brought boys close to 90% and girls to around 80%. The rankings from sixth place down are published on the YTJP site.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside Doraemon, the two top fives share no titles. Four of the boys\u0026#39; five are Weekly Shonen Jump adaptations, and the girls\u0026#39; list is anchored by Haikyu!!.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttack on Titan\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 1, boys\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE PIECE\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 2, boys\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJujutsu Kaisen\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 3, boys\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoJo\u0026#39;s Bizarre Adventure\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 4, boys\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoraemon\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 5, boys; also No. 5, girls, the only title on both lists\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaikyu!!\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 1, girls\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 2, girls; did not make the boys\u0026#39; top 10\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrayon Shin-chan\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 3, girls\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetective Conan\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 4, girls\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Doraemon is the only title in both Reiwa high schoolers' top fives, which makes it the one anime that crosses the gender split. Its audience is built outside the shonen and shojo categories the rest of the lists sit in.","twitterPost":"Doraemon is the only title in both Reiwa high schoolers' top fives, so it is the one anime that does not sort by gender.","threadsPost":"Doraemon is the only anime in both of the Reiwa high schoolers' top fives, which makes it the one title that does not sort by gender. Boys and girls split hard on everything else: Attack on Titan and One Piece on one side, Haikyu!! and Demon Slayer on the other.","newsletterBlurb":"The YOUTH TIME JAPAN project released a gender-split favorite anime ranking for high school students on Anime Day, October 22, drawing on 1,334 responses collected in September. Doraemon is the only title present in both top fives. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba placed second for girls and did not appear in the boys' top 10.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Magmix\",\"url\":\"https://magmix.jp/post/381922\",\"title\":\"Reiwa High School Students' Top 5 Favorite Anime (by Gender) Surprises? 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