世論 What Japan Thinks

A recent raking survey by goo Ranking looked at one of Japan’s favourite children’s characters, Gachapin and Mukku, Gachapin being the one who looks like Paul a green monster and Mukku the one who looks like John a red one.

Demographics

Over the 21st and 22nd of July 2010 1,159 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 63.4% of the sample were female, 12.4% in their teens, 21.1% in their twenties, 28.3% in their thirties, 23.6% in their forties, 8.2% in their fifties, and 6.4% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s the song mentioned in number 16, where they sing about eating children.

There’s also another bit of Gachapin and Mukku trivia I found while looking up the above video – they can speak English!

Ranking result

Q: Which of these famous or rare Gachapin and Mukku events did you not know about? (Sample size=1,159)

Rank		Score
1	There’s a rumour that Gachapin was modelled on Paul McCartney	100
2	There’s a rumour that Mukku was modelled on John Lennon	99.6
3	They get one year older for every five human years	98.4
4	The warts on Gachapin’s hands are energy balls	98.2
5	Gachapin appeared as a barkeeper in a children’s program	97.4
6	To begin with Gachapin and Mukku were in a Master/Disciple relationship	96.7
7	Shuntaro Tanikawa (a famous author) authored the book “The Tale of Gachapin and Mukku”	96.4
8	Mukku danced to a Beyonce song	96.0
9	The iPhone doesn’t respond to Gachapin’s fingers	95.5
10	There is a segment of the show called “Gourmet Mukku’s Eating Tour of Japan”	94.0
11	When Gachapin was off climbing in the Himalayas Mukku updated Gachapin’s blog	91.5
12	There is a character called “Science Ninja Corps Gacchapin”	91.2
13	Gachapin is poor at ten pin bowling	90.8
14	Gachapin’s catchphrase is “Gacha Gacha Pin Pin, Iiii’m Gachapin”	90.7
15	The fan on top of Mukku’s head is for cooling his body	85.7
16	They released a single “I’ll eat you up” but it got pulled from broadcast after a week	85.6
17	In 2009 Gachapin started Tweeting	83.5
18	In 2006 Gachapin started blogging	81.2
19	Mukku comes from the North Pole	77.5
20	Gachapin was born from an egg	76.1