By Ken Y-N ( December 14, 2013 at 22:51)
· Filed under Polls, Statistics
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The official Twitter Japan blog recently published the top 10 hashtags of the year and other various popular terms.
Before the top tens, here’s the top one mascot character:
Statistics
Most popular hashtags of the year
| Rank |
Tag |
Meaning |
| 1 |
#艦これ |
kankore is the abbreviation for Kantai Collection, an amine series featuring (I believe) schoolgirls who dress up as battleships; probably some of the popularity comes off last year’s similarly-themed series on a girls’ school that races tanks. |
| 2 |
#あまちゃん |
“Ama-chan” is a popular live-action drama series. |
| 3 |
#lovelive |
Love Live, subtitled “School Idol Project”, appears to be another schoolgirl-themed anime. |
| 4 |
#wbc |
World Baseball Classic is baseball’s World Cup |
| 5 |
#shingeki |
Known in English as “Attack on Titan”, this is another anime, although this time with big swords. |
| 6 |
#ff14 |
Final Fantasy 14, a computer game. |
| 7 |
#tv_free |
Another animation series, this time called just “Free”. |
| 8 |
#railgun |
“A Certain Magical Railgun” is yet another animation series, this time with scientific wizardry as the theme, it seems. |
| 9 |
#vividred |
“Vividred Operation” is, yes, yet another animation, and from a quick search it seems to fall well into appealing to the kiddie-fiddler demographic. |
| 10 |
#c84 |
This appears to be an abbreviation for the 2013 Summer Comic Market, the 84th time it has been held. |
Most often mentioned television dramas
| Rank |
Drama |
Translation/transliteration |
| 1 |
あまちゃん |
Ama-chan |
| 2 |
半沢直樹 |
Hanzawa Naoki |
| 3 |
リーガルハイ |
Legal High |
| 4 |
家族ゲーム |
Kazoku Game |
| 5 |
ガリレオ |
Galileo |
| 6 |
ラスト・シンデレラ |
Last Cinderella |
| 7 |
八重の桜 |
Yae no Sakura |
| 8 |
孤独のグルメ |
Kodoku no Gurume |
| 9 |
ごちそうさん |
Gochisousan |
| 10 |
夜行観覧車 |
Yakoukanransha |
Most often mentioned sports
| Rank |
Sport |
| 1 |
Baseball |
| 2 |
Football (soccer) |
| 3 |
Tennis |
| 4 |
Horse racing |
| 5 |
Olympics |
| 6 |
Gymnastics |
| 7 |
Golf |
| 8 |
Marathon |
| 9 |
Football World Cup |
| 10 |
Sumo |
Most often mentioned technology-related keywords
| Rank |
Keyword |
| 1 |
LINE |
| 2 |
Facebook |
| 3 |
Google |
| 4 |
Electronic books |
| 5 |
Kindle |
| 6 |
iPhone5 |
| 7 |
Apple |
| 8 |
Xperia |
| 9 |
PS4 |
| 10 |
Wii U |
Most often mentioned yuru-character, mascot character
| Rank |
Character |
| 1 |
Funassi |
| 2 |
Sanomaru |
| 3 |
Kumamon |
| 4 |
Hachimaru |
| 5 |
Barii-san |
| 6 |
Shippei |
| 7 |
Fukka-chan |
| 8 |
Hikonyan |
| 9 |
Chiiba-kun |
| 10 |
Yanana |
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