We've done several surveys of our members over the years, to see what our favorites are. Although the categories and results may vary, some things just stay the same.

Our first survey was run in 1986, and we continue to do occasional follow-ups, including in each of the last four years. Below you'll find selected results from the past, but text versions of the full results for 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 are available.

 

First Influential Anime

	1996	1997	1998	1999
1.	Robotech	Robotech	Sailor Moon	(tie) Robotech; Sailor Moon
2.	(tie) Speed Racer (Mach Go! Go! Go!); Star Blazers	Sailor Moon	Robotech
3.		(tie) AKIRA; Bubblegum Crisis; Speed Racer	Ranma 1/2	(tie) Astroboy; Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
4.	(tie) Bubblegum Crisis; Project A-ko; Sailor Moon		Astro Boy
5.			(tie) AKIRA; Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind	(tie) Bubblegum Crisis; Ranma 1/2; Speed Racer (Mach Go Go Go!)

 

Favorite Anime

	1996	1997	1998	1999
1.	Sailor Moon	Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind	Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind	(tie) Nausicaa; Patlabor; Vision of Escaflowne
2.	Ranma 1/2	(tie) Bubblegum Crisis; Kimagure Orange Road; Maison Ikkoku; Neon Genesis Evangelion; Sailor Moon	Bubblegum Crisis
3.	Tenchi Muyou		(tie) Maison Ikkoku; Vision of Escaflowne
4.	(tie) Bubblegum Crisis; Kimagure Orange Road			(tie) Bubblegum Crisis; Macross
5.			(tie) Fushigi Yuugi; Iria: Zeiram the Animation; Kimagure Orange Road; Neon Genesis Evangelion; Ranma 1/2