Results for
Ru's 7th Semi-Annual Rec.arts.anime.*
"What are we like?" Fan Survey
August 2000


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Part A. Time as a Fan

A1. How long have you been a fan of anime?
    0   0% I was just introduced this month
    0   0% less than 6 months
    1   1% 6 months to 1 year
    7   8% 1 to 2 years
   33  39% 3 to 5 years
   18  21% 6 to 10 years
   24  29% more than 10 years
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
A2. How were you introduced to anime when you became a fan?
   22  26% A friend showed me some anime
    2   2% A club showing
   32  38% TV broadcast
    3   4% Video rental or loan (eg. out of curiosity)
    6   7% A public (other than club) showing (eg. theatre)
    3   4% Saw some material from WWW sites/newsgroups/internet.
    0   0% Saw a demo at a store or rental shop
    6   7% Purchase without preview (eg. out of curiousity)
    0   0% Saw a demo in other media
    1   1% Through video games (either based on anime or in anime style)
    9  11% other
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A3. How do you USUALLY get a FIRST full length viewing of an anime title?
   16  19% At home on TV broadcasts
   30  36% At home with borrowed or rented media
   57  68% At home on your own video media
    0   0% At a friend's or relative's home on TV broadcasts
    5   6% At a friend's or relative's home with borrowed or rented media
   12  14% At a friend's or relative's home on his/her own video media
   26  31% At an anime club
   11  13% At a convention
    4   5% At movie theatres
    2   2% At stores that show demos
    1   1% blank
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  164 195% total
A4. How many anime TITLES (a series counts as one title) do you estimate you have watched?
    1   1% 10 or less
   13  15% 11 to 20
   16  19% 21 to 40
   20  24% 41 to 80
   10  12% 81 to 120
    6   7% 121 to 160
    2   2% 161 to 200
    3   4% 201 to 240
   13  15% more than 240
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A5. How much anime video do you watch?
    4   5% up to 2 hours a month
    7   8% up to 2 hours every 2 weeks
   21  25% up to 2 hours a week
   33  39% up to 2 hours every 3 days (or 5 hours a week)
   16  19% up to 2 hours a day 
    2   2% more than 2 hours a day
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
A6. How much non-anime video (eg. TV, rentals) do you watch?
    2   2% never
   11  13% up to 2 hours a month
    6   7% up to 2 hours every 2 weeks
   13  15% up to 2 hours a week
   22  26% up to 2 hours every 3 days (or 5 hours a week)
   15  18% up to 2 hours a day 
   15  18% more than 2 hours a day
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A7. How many anime fans do you personally have frequent face-to-face contact with (outside of a club)?
   20  24% none
   28  33% 1 to 2
   22  26% 3 to 5
    9  11% 6 to 10
    1   1% 11 to 20
    4   5% more than 20
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A8. What percentage of your acquaintances (eg. people at work, folks at the grocery store you are on first name basis with) would you guess are what you consider anime fans?
   23  27% none of them
   38  45% 1 to 10% of them
   11  13% 11 to 30% of them
    7   8% 31 to 50% of them
    4   5% 51 to 70% of them
    1   1% 71 to 90% of them
    0   0% all of them
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A9. How many different hardcopy anime fan magazine titles do you regularly buy, read, look through, or subscribe to?
   40  48% none
   16  19% one
   11  13% two
   14  17% 3 to 5
    3   4% more than 5
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A10. How many different anime fan web magazine titles do you regularly read, look through, or subscribe to?
   40  48% none
   15  18% one
   10  12% two
   16  19% 3 to 5
    3   4% more than 5
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A11. Do you read Manga (Japanese or translated)?
   73  87% yes
   11  13% no
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A12. How many anime conventions per year do you usually attend?
   38  45% none
   32  38% one
   12  14% two
    2   2% 3 to 5
    0   0% more than 5
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A13. Do you write anime fanfics?
   22  26% yes
   62  74% no
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
A14. Do you make graphical fan anime art (eg. drawings)
   18  21% yes
   65  77% no
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
A15. Do you publish (eg. in news groups, web sites) some of your fan art (fiction or graphics)?
   19  23% yes
   63  75% no
    2   2% blank
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   84 100% total
A16. Do you have a publicly accessible Anime WWW site?
   30  36% yes
   53  63% no
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part B. Linguistic Fluency

B1. How fluent are you in understanding spoken Japanese?
    3   4% As if it were your native language (or, is your native language)
   12  14% Enough to survive alone in Japan
   36  43% You can understand a few words and phrases of FORMAL conversation
   31  37% You only know a few words
    2   2% Not a word.
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B2. How fluent are you in speaking Japanese?
    2   2% As if it were your native language (or, is your native language)
    8  10% Enough to survive alone in Japan
   29  35% You can speak a few words and phrases of FORMAL conversation
   42  50% You only know a few words
    3   4% Not a word
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B3. How fluent are you in reading Japanese (kanji, hiragana, or katakana)?
    2   2% As if it were your native language (or, is your native language)
    6   7% Enough to survive alone in Japan
   14  17% You can read a few hundred different characters
   21  25% You can read a few words and phrases
   16  19% You only know a few words
   25  30% Not a word.
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B4. Which Japanese script are you most fluent in? as appropriate)
    9  11% kanji
   44  52% hiragana
   40  48% katakana
   26  31% blank
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  119 142% total
B5. What language do you generally watch anime in?
    1   1% untranslated only
    7   8% mostly untranslated
   13  15% some untranslated, some translated (dub or sub)
   32  38% mostly translated (dub or sub)
   31  37% translated (dub or sub) only
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B6. Have you taken courses (eg. in classes or in home study) in Japanese?
   46  55% yes
   38  45% no
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B7. If you have taken courses, were any of the following components in the course?
   42  50% verbal or audio
   39  46% text (kanji, katakana, or hiragana)
   34  40% romanized grammar text
   39  46% blank
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  154 183% total
B8. Regarding your fluency in Japanese, which best characterizes the influence of your interest in anime?
    2   2% was already fluent in Japanese when got interested
    1   1% was already trying to increase fluency when got interested
   57  68% interest in anime started interest in improving fluency
    2   2% interest in fluency and in anime were (nearly) simultaneous
    4   5% interest in fluency started interest in anime
    8  10% there is no influence of one on the other
    7   8% have no interest in fluency
    3   4% blank
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   84 100% total
B9. Do you own a Japanese-English dictionary?
   55  65% yes
   29  35% no
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
B10. Do you own a Kanji dictionary?
   35  42% yes
   48  57% no
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part C. Dub versus Sub

C1. When you BORROW, RENT, or otherwise VIEW translated anime, what is your translation preference?
   15  18% demand sub only
   50  60% tolerate dubs but prefer subs
   13  15% have no preferance
    4   5% tolerate subs but prefer dubs
    1   1% demand dub only
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
C2. If you OWN translated anime, what is your translation preference?
   38  45% get sub only
   28  33% sometimes get dubs, but mostly get subs
    9  11% have no preference
    6   7% sometimes get subs, but mostly get dubs
    0   0% get dub only
    1   1% don't own any anime
    2   2% blank
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   84 100% total
C3. What translation preference do you usually find at places you BORROW or RENT translated anime from?
    9  11% subs only
   13  15% some dubs, mostly subs
   19  23% roughly same amount of subs and dubs
   29  35% some subs, mostly dubs
   11  13% dubs only
    3   4% blank
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   84 100% total
C4. What translation preference do you usually find at places you BUY translated anime from?
    4   5% subs only
    8  10% some dubs, mostly subs
   41  49% roughly same amount of subs and dubs
   24  29% some subs, mostly dubs
    1   1% dubs only
    6   7% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part D. Video Format

D1. What video format do you own anime in?
   79  94% Tape
   11  13% VCD
   21  25% LaserDisc
   51  61% DVD
   15  18% other
    1   1% None
    0   0% blank
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  178 212% total
D2. If you own anime, what video format do you choose the most often (eg. due to budget constraints) to collect anime in?
   44  52% Tape
    0   0% VCD
    3   4% LaserDisc
   31  37% DVD
    1   1% other
    5   6% blank
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   84 100% total
D3. If you own anime, what video format, of the various formats you own, do you prefer (not wish) the most to collect anime in?
   27  32% Tape
    5   6% VCD
    6   7% LaserDisc
   41  49% DVD
    1   1% other
    4   5% blank
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   84 100% total
D4. If you own anime, what video format do you wish to collect anime in if you could afford it?
    3   4% Tape
    1   1% VCD
    9  11% LaserDisc
   65  77% DVD
    0   0% other
    6   7% blank
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   84 100% total
D5. If you don't own anime but wish to, what video format would you prefer to collect anime in?
    1   1% Tape
    1   1% VCD
    1   1% LaserDisc
   15  18% DVD
    0   0% other
   66  79% blank
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   84 100% total
D6. Which formats does the equipment you own, or share, play?
   82  98% Tape
   47  56% VCD
   21  25% LaserDisc
   53  63% DVD
   15  18% other
    0   0% blank
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  218 260% total
D7. If you collect anime, is your decision to buy one unit of your prefered format (eg. one LD) in a series dependent on the distributer releasing the full series in your prefered format?
   37  44% yes
   15  18% no
   27  32% sometimes
    5   6% blank
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   84 100% total
D8. Which release version of anime do you collect?
   32  38% only non-Japanese (eg. English version, French version)
   28  33% mostly non-Japanese, some Japanese domestic
    9  11% some non-Japanese, some Japanese domestic
    6   7% some non-Japanese, mostly Japanese domestic
    3   4% only Japanese domestic
    6   7% blank
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   84 100% total
D9. If you have Japanese domestic releases, do you try to also get the non-japanese version when available?
   16  19% yes
   14  17% no
   19  23% sometimes
   35  42% blank
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   84 100% total
D10. If you collect translated anime, on average in a year, how many individual units (eg. tapes, LDs, count each tape in a box set separately) do you buy per month.
   22  26% less frequently than one a month
    8  10% one
   17  20% two
   19  23% three or four
   10  12% five to eight
    4   5% more than eight
    4   5% blank
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   84 100% total
D11. If you collect Japanese domestic anime, on average how many individual units (eg. tapes, LDs, count each tape in a box set separately) do you buy per month.
   30  36% less frequently than one a month
   10  12% one
    5   6% two
    2   2% three or four
    0   0% five to eight
    0   0% more than eight
   37  44% blank
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   84 100% total
D12. On releases with more than one episode per unit (e.g. tape, disc), the ending and opening credits between episodes are sometimes cut and put at the very end of the unit. Which way do you prefer for credits?
   66  79% leave credits alone
    6   7% cut out intermediate credits and put at end
    0   0% cut out intermediate credits altogether
   10  12% don't care
    2   2% undecided
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
D13. Some anime have supershort animated sequences, unrelated to the story at hand, in the middle (e.g. just before and/or after a commercial), called "eyecatches". Do you prefer that these be kept on the video version?
   76  90% yes
    2   2% no
    4   5% doesn't matter
    2   2% undecided
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
D14. Along with the main feature, some video distributers usually put in previews of other titles in their catalog. Relative to the main feature, where do you prefer seeing these previews?
   25  30% all before the main feature
    9  11% some before and some after the main feature
   31  37% all after the main feature
    6   7% none at all
   11  13% undecided
    2   2% blank
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   84 100% total
D15. If you like seeing these previews, how many at a time do you feel is acceptable (summary, rundown, or slideshow presentations count as one)?
    3   4% 1
   15  18% 2
   43  51% 3
   14  17% more than 3
    9  11% blank
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   84 100% total
D16. For signs and similar Japanese text graphics in anime, what do you prefer the translating company do?
   64  76% show translation nearby (eg. below or beside sign)
    4   5% overlay translation (ie. block out original text)
    5   6% don't translate at all
    3   4% undecided
    6   7% it doesn't matter to me
    2   2% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part E. More about DVD

E1. Would anime be, or was anime, an issue in your decision to buy (or not to buy) a DVD player?
   65  77% yes
   17  20% no
    2   2% blank
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   84 100% total
E2. Suppose DVD became well established. What video quality would you tolerate if you wanted to collect anime on DVD?
    0   0% even if poorer than VHS
    9  11% even if only similar to VHS
   21  25% even if better than VHS but poorer than LD
   20  24% even if similar to LD
   16  19% only if better than LD
    8  10% regardless of the video quality
   10  12% undecided
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
E3. Suppose the video quality is sufficient for you. Would you collect anime on DVD
    7   8% only if DVD is recordable
   55  65% even if DVD is not recordable
   21  25% undecided
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
E4. Suppose DVD meets the above requirements. Would you collect anime on DVD if anime DVD manufacturers predominantly used the region lock (for example, a lock code for Japan's region would prevent you from playing the DVD on a US player)?
   50  60% yes
   11  13% no
   22  26% undecided
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part F. Anime Products

F1. Do you also typically buy products associated with anime?
    4   5% you don't buy any associated products
   67  80% manga
   68  81% music CDs (and other audio media)
   35  42% toys (excluding model kits)
   26  31% model kits
   20  24% games
   48  57% books
   42  50% magazines
   46  55% posters
   35  42% wall scrolls
   31  37% calendars
   13  15% cels
   21  25% trading cards
   17  20% decorations
   15  18% office products (eg. erasers, pens)
    2   2% phone cards
   20  24% computer products (eg. screen savers, mouse pads)
   41  49% clothes (eg. T-shirts)
    4   5% linens (eg. towels, pillow cases)
   12  14% other
    1   1% blank
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  568 676% total
F2. What are your most common sources of Anime products?
   31  37% off the shelf at local anime store
    9  11% special order from local anime store
   43  51% mail order from non-local anime store
   21  25% off the shelf at local non-anime store
    2   2% special order from local non-anime store
   21  25% mail order from non-local non-anime store
    2   2% off the shelf at non-local non-anime store
    9  11% ordered through friends or family living in or visiting Japan
    5   6% gifts from friends or family living in or visiting Japan
   29  35% vendors at conventions
    5   6% blank
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  177 211% total
F3. If you collect anime CDs, do you also collect J-Pop?
   26  31% yes
   49  58% no
    9  11% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part G. Anime Clubs and Accessibility

G1. How many anime clubs are you aware of that are what you consider reasonably accessible?
   32  38% none
   26  31% one
   14  17% two
   11  13% 3 to 5
    1   1% more than 5
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
G2. How many anime clubs do you belong to?
   48  57% none
   24  29% one
    8  10% two
    3   4% 3 to 5
    1   1% more than 5
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
G3. How many people are in the largest anime club you belong to?
    3   4% 2 to 5
    1   1% 6 to 10
    3   4% 11 to 20
   30  36% more than 20
   47  56% blank
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   84 100% total
G4. If you belong to more than one anime club, how many people are in the smallest anime club you belong to?
    2   2% 2 to 5
    3   4% 6 to 10
    3   4% 11 to 20
    7   8% more than 20
   69  82% blank
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   84 100% total
G5. How many video rental shops are accessible to you in your geographical area?
    2   2% none
    5   6% one
    8  10% two
    8  10% three
   53  63% more than three
    7   8% don't know
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
G6. How many of those video rental shops have any anime?
    7   8% none
   10  12% one
   17  20% two
    7   8% three
   37  44% more than three
    6   7% blank
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   84 100% total
G7. How many of those video rental shops have a section devoted to animation (general or anime specifically)?
    9  11% none
   17  20% one
   13  15% two
    8  10% three
   29  35% more than three
    8  10% blank
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   84 100% total
G8. What is the size of the largest anime inventory (number of tapes, or equivalent media, discounting multiple copies) at those video rental shops?
    8  10% less than 6
    3   4% 6 to 10
   13  15% 10 to 20
   11  13% 20 to 30
    6   7% 30 to 50
   32  38% more than 50
   11  13% blank
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   84 100% total
G9. How many anime stores (dedicated to anime and/or manga/comics) are accessible to you in your geographical area?
   27  32% none
   20  24% one
   12  14% two
    4   5% three
   17  20% more than three
    4   5% don't know
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
G10. What are the most common sources of your Anime video (any medium) purchases (not gifts)?
   17  20% off the shelf at local anime store
   32  38% off the shelf at local non-anime retailer
    5   6% special order from local anime store
    5   6% special orders from local video retailer
    3   4% special orders from local video rental shop
    2   2% special order from local anime club
   24  29% mail order from non-local anime store
   30  36% mail order from non-local video retailer
    5   6% mail order from non-local anime club
    9  11% mail order from domestic distributer
   12  14% mail order from Japanese distributer
   18  21% trading with friends or other fans.
   16  19% vendors at conventions
    5   6% blank
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  183 218% total
G11. How often do you research or get information about a title (e.g. criticisms, recommendations, descriptions, synopses, reviews, renting/borrowing) before buying?
    3   4% never
    5   6% hardly ever
   22  26% sometimes
   18  21% most of the time
   24  29% almost always
   11  13% always
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
G12. Where do you usually get information about specific anime titles?
   43  51% anime-specific magazines
    6   7% non-anime magazines (eg. game, comic)
   55  65% usenet
   70  83% World Wide Web
   53  63% word of mouth (e.g. friends, family, club members)
   17  20% club resources
   23  27% store (e.g. comic shop, anime store, video store)
   46  55% viewing (e.g. rental, loan, club showing)
    6   7% other
    1   1% blank
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  320 381% total
G13. Which type of information do you find the most useful in deciding on buying an anime title?
   18  21% synopses / descriptions
    3   4% recommendations
   14  17% reviews / criticisms
   33  39% seeing it for yourself
    0   0% none (I'll buy any anime)
    0   0% other
   16  19% blank
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   84 100% total
G14. Which type of information do you find the most useful in deciding to watch an anime title that you have not seen before?
   28  33% synopses / descriptions
   15  18% recommendations
   17  20% reviews / criticisms
   13  15% none (I'll watch any anime)
    0   0% other
   11  13% blank
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   84 100% total
G15. How often do you research or get information about related anime products (e.g. criticisms, recommendations, descriptions, reviews, renting/borrowing) before buying?
    5   6% never
   17  20% hardly ever
   32  38% sometimes
   11  13% most of the time
   10  12% almost always
    9  11% always
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
G16. Where do you usually get information about specific related anime products?
   36  43% anime-specific magazines
    9  11% non-anime magazines (eg. game, comic)
   44  52% usenet
   59  70% World Wide Web
   36  43% word of mouth (e.g. friends, family, club members)
    8  10% club resources
   27  32% store (e.g. comic shop, anime store, video store)
    8  10% other
    3   4% blank
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  230 274% total
G17. How often do you do anime related Web browsing (that is, not usenet/news groups)?
    1   1% never
    1   1% once every 6 months
    4   5% once a month
    3   4% once every 2 weeks
   10  12% once a week
   20  24% once every 2 days
   24  29% once a day
    5   6% twice a day
   16  19% morth than twice a day
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part H. News groups

H1. Approximately how often do you at least READ rec.arts.anime news groups?
    4   5% never
    0   0% once a year
    0   0% once every 2 to 4 months
    1   1% once a month
    2   2% once every 2 weeks
    6   7% once a week
   16  19% once every 2 days
   26  31% once a day
   13  15% twice a day
   16  19% more than twice a day
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
H2. In approximately how many reading sessions do you POST to rec.arts.anime news groups?
   18  21% never
    8  10% once a year
   15  18% once every 2 to 4 months
    6   7% once a month
    5   6% once every 2 weeks
   11  13% once a week
    7   8% once every 2 days
    5   6% once a day
    6   7% twice a day
    2   2% more than twice a day
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
H3. Which rec.arts.anime news groups do you USUALLY check out?
   21  25% rec.arts.anime.info
   14  17% rec.arts.anime.music
   61  73% rec.arts.anime.misc
   11  13% rec.arts.anime.models
   27  32% rec.arts.anime.fandom
    5   6% rec.arts.anime.games
   15  18% rec.arts.anime.marketplace
   23  27% rec.arts.anime.creative
    4   5% blank
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  181 215% total
H4. Which rec.arts.anime news groups do you OCCASIONALLY check out?
    8  10% rec.arts.anime.info
   16  19% rec.arts.anime.music
   12  14% rec.arts.anime.misc
    5   6% rec.arts.anime.models
   14  17% rec.arts.anime.fandom
    6   7% rec.arts.anime.games
   13  15% rec.arts.anime.marketplace
   10  12% rec.arts.anime.creative
   39  46% blank
  -------
  123 146% total
H5. Do you read rec.arts.anime news groups from a local server?
   62  74% yes
    7   8% no
   12  14% don't know
    3   4% blank
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   84 100% total
H6. Of the fans from your geographical area and which you are personally acquainted with, approximately how many are you aware of that at least READ rec.arts.anime news groups?
   33  39% none of them
    4   5% all of them
    0   0% 80% of them
    5   6% 60% of them
    7   8% 40% of them
    6   7% 20% of them
   16  19% less than 20% of them
   13  15% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H7. Of the fans from your geographical area and which you are personally acquainted with, approximately how many are you aware of that POST to rec.arts.anime news groups?
   45  54% none of them
    2   2% all of them
    0   0% 80% of them
    0   0% 60% of them
    3   4% 40% of them
    3   4% 20% of them
   17  20% less than 20% of them
   14  17% blank
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   84 100% total
H8. Do you read anime news groups other than the ones in the rec.arts.anime.* hierarchy (eg. in alt.*, japan.*)?
   53  63% yes
   29  35% no
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H9. Do you like to read spoilers (messages that give away plot surprises, or other important plot elements)?
   25  30% yes
   41  49% no
   16  19% undecided
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H10. Do you prefer advance warning of spoilers (eg. spoiler tag in subject line or spoiler warnings in text)?
   78  93% yes
    2   2% no
    3   4% undecided
    1   1% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H11. If you like to be warned of spoilers, which types of warnings would you like to see?
   63  75% tag or warning in subject line (eg. [SPOILER]...)
   23  27% warning in text just before spoiler
   57  68% warning in text with lots of blank lines just before spoiler
    3   4% blank
  -------
  146 174% total
H12. Do you prefer to give advance warning of spoilers in your messages?
   78  93% yes
    4   5% no
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H13. Are HTML encoded messages in the rec.arts.anime.* news groups acceptable to you?
   10  12% yes
   56  67% no
   13  15% don't care
    4   5% undecided or don't know
    1   1% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H14. When responding to a news group posting, some people like to e-mail a copy of their response (sometimes called a "courtesy copy"). If someone responds to your posting, would you find this practice acceptable?
   30  36% yes
   17  20% no
   31  37% don't care
    6   7% undecided or don't know
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
H15. Technically, auction and "for sale/auction/trade" postings are off-topic in all rec.arts.anime.* news groups except rec.arts.anime.marketplace. Where would you prefer to see these postings?
   56  67% only in r.a.a.marketplace, keep out everywhere else.
    3   4% in any r.a.a news groups
   18  21% don't care
    5   6% undecided or don't know
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H16. Have you used rec.arts.anime.marketplace (either as buyer or seller)?
   26  31% yes
   57  68% no
    1   1% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
H17. Which single group seems to have the most useful market postings for you?
    0   0% rec.arts.anime.music
   10  12% rec.arts.anime.misc
    4   5% rec.arts.anime.models
    1   1% rec.arts.anime.fandom
    0   0% rec.arts.anime.games
   31  37% rec.arts.anime.marketplace
   38  45% blank
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   84 100% total

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Part I. Miscellaneous

I1. How old are you?
    0   0% less than 11 years
    3   4% 12 to 15 years
    8  10% 16 to 18 years
   49  58% 19 to 30 years
   21  25% 31 to 40 years
    3   4% 41 to 60 years
    0   0% over 60 years
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total
I2. What geographical region do you live in?
    1   1% East Asia (eg. Japan, India)
    0   0% West Asia (eg. Turkey, Iran)
    5   6% Southern Pacific (eg. Australia, Indonesia)
   10  12% Europe (eg. Germany)
    0   0% Africa (eg. Kenya)
   66  79% North America (eg. Canada)
    0   0% South America (eg. Brazil)
    0   0% Antarctica (eg. ...)
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
I3. Do you have more than one internet accessible account that you use often?
   41  49% yes
   41  49% no
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
I4. Do you pay directly for any of your internet accounts or access?
   55  65% yes
   27  32% no
    2   2% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
I5. Do you participate in anime mailing lists?
   47  56% yes
   36  43% no
    1   1% blank
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   84 100% total
I6. Have you participated in past "What are we like?" questionaires (eg. Aug 1997, Feb 1998, July 1998, Mar 1999, Aug 1999)?
   35  42% yes
   44  52% no
    5   6% I'm not sure
    0   0% blank
  -------
   84 100% total
I7. Where did you get this copy of this questionaire?
   78  93% a news group
    4   5% mailing list
    2   2% someone e-mailed me a copy
    0   0% hardcopy that I re-entered manually (or by OCR)
    0   0% web page (note: I'd rather it didn't appear on a web page)
    0   0% someone dictated it to me
    0   0% blank
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   84 100% total

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