The results of the "2016 Summer Anime Competitiveness Popularity Poll" have been announced, with Key's masterpiece distribution anime "planetarian" in first place. The top three were dominated by science fiction and time-lapse anime!

Akiba Research Institute's anime portal "AniPota" held the "You gotta see this, it's a Son! 　 2016 Summer Anime Power Popularity Poll," which was held on Akiba Research Institute's anime portal "Anipota," closed on August 19, 2016. Here are the results.

This voting project is a standard official voting project that was held on "Anipota" from July 25 to August 19, 2016. The idea was to ask people to vote for the anime that they thought was interesting after watching a few episodes of this summer's broadcasts. From the results, the popularity and competitiveness of this summer's anime can be determined. The total number of votes was 6145.

The results of the voting were as follows.

No. 1: "planetarian: Chiisana hoshino yume" (931 votes)
No. 2: "ReLIFE" (888 votes)
No. 3: "Time Travel Girl: Mari Waka and the Eight Scientists" (482 votes)
No.4: "There is a problem in this art club! (451 votes)
No. 5: "NEW GAME!" (347 votes)
No.6: "orange" (323 votes)
No. 7: "LOVE LIVE! Sunshine! (301 votes)
No.8: "Saiki Kusuo no Ψ難" (230 votes)
No.9: "Onara Goro" (229 votes)
No. 10: "Amazu to Inazuma" (168 votes)

First, "planetarian: Chiisana hoshino yume, " which came in first place, is not a regular TV animation but a web-distributed work, with a total of five episodes distributed this past July. This work was not a regular TV anime, but a web-distributed work, with a total of five episodes distributed in July, and was featured on "Anipota," so it must have gained considerable recognition, and unusually for a web anime work, it came in first place in this year's poll. This work is a revival of the game (kinetic novel) of the same title released by Key in 2004 after 12 years, and is highly acclaimed by fans of the original work.

Coming in second place with only 43 votes behind this first-place "planetarian: Chiisana hoshino yume" was "ReLIFE. This anime work is based on a web manga serialized on comico. The main character, a young NEET youth, is rejuvenated into a high school student and participates in "ReLIFE," a social rehabilitation program in which he spends one year as a high school student. The interesting setting, solid artwork by TMS Entertainment, and splendid voice cast were all considered to be the overall strength of the work.

The next dark horse was "Time Traveling Girl: Mari Waka and the Eight Scientists," which aired early in the morning on Saturdays . Although it is a children's animation aired early on Saturday mornings, it was ranked third because of its solid structure and enjoyable for adults as well. The voice cast is also gorgeous, and the fact that the members of the popular voice actor unit "Sphere" are all members of the group is thought to have contributed to the popularity of the series.

It is interesting to note that the top three are all science fiction works with elements of the near future or time leaps, including the sixth-placed anime "orange," based on a popular manga, which also includes elements of time leaps, indicating the popularity of science fiction and time leaps among anime this season. This is a trend of high popularity of such science fiction and time leap works in this season's anime.

Other notable works include "This art club has a problem! and "NEW GAME! The "This Art Club Has a Problem! is a school comedy based on the comic of the same name, and has been gaining popularity since it began airing due to its cute characters and the fast-paced performances by its splendid voice actors, making it a hot work for this season. NEW GAME!" is a kind of company story set in a game production company. It is based on the comic of the same title serialized in "Manga Time Kirara Carat" and is similar to "K-ON! but the reality of the production site has been highly acclaimed by some, and some have pointed out the similarities with the hit "Shirobako".

For the rankings and details of the other films, please refer to the following page.

The other works are ranked in the following page!　2016 Summer Anime Ranking".
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