The (sorta) Official
Results...

Here are the results of the Marmalade Boy Poll! Thanks go out to Fred Gallagher for organizing this poll.
(Pah... all I've done lately is add some graphics. Thanks go to Brian
for doing the hard part and adding everything up - Fred)

Let's see what you think!

How Much "Marmalade Boy" Anime Have You Seen?

Most have seen some of the anime, with 34.8% having seen the entire series.

Latest Episode	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	5	1	4
None	26	16	10
1-4	12	6	6
5-8	10	6	4
9-12	8	4	4
13-16	16	5	11
17-20	10	5	5
21-24	8	4	4
25-28	11	4	7
29-32	13	7	6
33-36	11	7	4
37-40	14	9	5
41-44	8	3	5
45-48	12	9	3
49-52	9	2	7
53-56	6	3	3
57-60	5	2	3
61-64	6	2	4
65-68	5	1	4
69-72	9	7	2
73-76	111	43	68

How Much "Marmalade Boy" Manga Have You Read?

...while 68.6% havent't read any of the manga...

Last Tankoubon Finished	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	6	5	1
None	219	98	121
Volume 1	13	6	7
Volume 2	2	1	1
Volume 3	5	1	4
Volume 4	10	5	5
Volume 5	4	2	2
Volume 6	2	2	-
Volume 7	8	4	4
Volume 8	44	22	22

It appears that women are more likely to purchase MB art books than men...

Books	All Participants	Female	Male
Yoshitsumi Wataru Illustrations (manga)	34	21	13
Koi no Style (anime)	41	20	21

While men prefer the MB anime women seem to like both when asked to express a preference.

Preference	All Participants	Female	Male
No answer	29	12	17
Anime	55	23	32
Manga	20	8	12
Both	61	41	20
Neither	1	-	1
Don't know	132	59	73

Women like both character designs, while men prefer the anime designs.

Preference	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	46	15	31
Anime	63	31	32
Manga	41	21	20
Both	54	35	19
Neither	4	1	3
Don't know	107	42	65

Favorite "Marmalade Boy" Female Character

The votes are dominated by Miki, Arimi, and Meiko, with Arimi as a favorite of male voters,
and Miki and Meiko liked by both.

Character	All First Choice	All Second Choice	All Third Choice	Female First Choice	Female Second Choice	Female Third Choice	Male First Choice	Male Second Choice	Male Third Choice
No Answer	5	8	23	3	5	7	2	3	16
Akizuku Meiko	70	117	45	33	66	15	37	51	30
Chigusa (braided pigtails)	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-
Doris O'Connor	-	2	6	-	1	2	-	1	4
Jinny Golding	-	4	4	-	2	1	-	2	3
Keiko (twin ponytails)	-	1	2	-	1	2	-	-	-
Kijima Rei	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	2
Kitahara Anju	19	30	38	5	13	21	14	17	17
Koishikawa Chiyako	-	4	14	-	1	8	-	3	6
Koishikawa Miki	171	67	30	94	26	10	77	41	20
Kyoto-sensei	-	1	4	-	-	1	-	1	3
Matsuura Rumi	2	5	1	-	4	1	2	1	-
Mari (straight hair)	-	1	2	-	1	2	-	-	-
Meiko's housekeeper	1	1	2	-	1	-	1	-	2
Miki's tennis opponent	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	1	1
Momoi Ryoko	2	5	16	-	-	7	2	5	9
Sakuma Suzu	5	10	21	2	1	11	3	9	10
Suzuki Arimi	43	60	87	8	25	43	35	35	44
Takase Yayoi	2	1	12	1	-	6	1	1	6
Uchiyama (Miki's boss)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-

As might be expected, Yuu, Ginta, and Satoshi dominated the poll, preferred by both female and male voters.The strongest also-rans were Kei, Tsutomu, and Namura.

Character	All First Choice	All Second Choice	All Third Choice	Female First Choice	Female Second Choice	Female Third Choice	Male First Choice	Male Second Choice	Male Third Choice
No Answer	10	11	22	5	3	6	5	8	16
Akira	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1
Arimi's Fan Club Members	3	1	2	1	1	-	2	-	2
Brian Grant	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Futarachi-kun	-	1	4	-	1	2	-	-	2
Kijima Takuji	2	5	7	1	2	4	1	3	3
Koishikawa Jin	1	3	-	-	2	-	1	1	-
Matsuura Youji	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Matsuura Yuu	144	68	33	82	32	13	62	36	20
Michael Grant	4	6	9	-	3	6	4	3	3
Miwa Satoshi	45	67	52	24	31	26	21	36	26
Miwa Yoshitsumi	3	3	7	1	1	4	2	2	3
Namura Shinichi	8	12	25	4	4	9	4	8	16
Rokutanda Tsutomu	17	15	31	5	3	11	12	12	20
Suou Ginta	60	94	68	16	49	37	44	45	31
Tsuchia Kei	15	22	33	7	13	20	8	9	13
Tsutomu's tennis partner	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
William Matheson	3	7	19	1	3	7	2	4	12

Jinny Golding and Sakuma Suzu dominate this catagory, with Kyoto-sensei and Arimi being the nearest contenders.

Character	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	54	18	36
Akizuki Meiko	6	2	4
Chigasu (braided pigtails)	3	2	1
Doris O'Connor	6	3	3
Jinny Golding	79	42	37
Keiko (twin ponytails)	1	1	-
Kitahara Anju	3	2	1
Koishikawa Miki	8	5	3
Kyoto-sensei	27	11	16
Mari (straight hair)	3	-	3
Meiko's housekeeper	3	2	1
Miki's Tennis Opponent	3	-	3
Momoi Ryoko	6	1	5
Sakuma Suzu	87	41	46
Suzuki Arimi	20	16	4
Takase Yayoi	4	-	4
Uchiyama (Miki's Bobson boss)	3	1	2

Tsuchiya Kei and Namura Shinichi blew away all comers except for Michael Grant and Tsutomu Rokutanda .

Character	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	56	25	31
Akira	1	-	1
Arimi's Fan Club	19	7	12
Brian Grant	13	6	7
Futaratchi-kun	15	9	6
Kijima Takuji	2	1	1
Koishikawa Jin	1	-	1
Matsuura Youji	3	2	1
Matsuura Yuu	8	2	6
Michael Grant	35	15	16
Miwa Satoshi	5	1	4
Miwa Yoshitsumi	12	8	4
Namura Shinichi	44	23	21
Rokutanda Tsumotu	39	22	17
Suou Ginta	9	1	8
Tsuchia Kei	50	21	29
William Matheson	2	1	1
Tsumoto's tennis partner	4	3	1

After the Miki/Yuu, Ginta/Arimi, and Meiko/Namura pairings, votes are fairly evenly split between Meiko/Miwa and Miki/Ginta.

Character	All First Choice	All Second Choice	All Third Choice	Female First Choice	Female Second Choice	Female Third Choice	Male First Choice	Male Second Choice	Male Third Choice
No Answer	3	11	22	1	4	6	2	7	16
Anju/Bill	2	6	6	-	3	4	2	3	3
Arimi/Tsutomu	2	1	10	1	-	4	1	1	6
Ginta/Arimi	56	67	69	12	33	34	44	34	35
Jinny/Bill	-	1	7	-	1	2	-	-	5
Jinny/Brian	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Meiko/Namura	18	39	25	5	24	8	13	15	17
Meiko/Satoshi	34	45	50	22	27	27	12	18	23
Miki/Ginta	16	15	19	9	5	13	7	10	6
Miki/Kei	5	11	8	4	5	6	1	6	2
Miki/Yuu	154	70	34	85	33	16	69	37	18
Namura/Ryouko	-	2	6	-	1	1	-	1	5
Suzu/Kei	1	6	12	-	1	6	1	5	6
Tsutomu/Yayoi	5	8	5	-	1	4	5	7	1
Yuu/Anju	1	8	4	-	3	1	1	5	3
Yuu/Arimi	3	8	5	1	3	2	2	5	3
Yuu/Bill	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1
Yuu/Jinny	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Yuu/Satoshi	7	8	13	4	-	5	3	8	8
Yuu/Suzu	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1
Rumi/Youji/Chiyako/Jin	9	7	7	1	6	3	8	1	4
Chiyako/Jin	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Kijima/Rei	1	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	1
Ryouko/Akira	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2

Favorite Item

It would seem that while both men and women like the Voice Memo, the Kappa-chans, and the Moment music box, women have a special fondness for the Miki/Yuu dolls and men like the Jet Memo.

Item	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	44	14	30
Kappa-chan	40	20	20
Miki/Yuu Mini Dolls	30	19	11
Miki's Diary	14	5	9
Heart Bracelet	6	5	1
Heart Check	5	-	5
Jet Memo	23	4	19
Medallion	31	21	10
"Moment" Music Box	54	22	32
Voice Memo	67	35	32

"Marmalade Boy" CDs Owned

Compact Disc	All Participants	Female	Male
1 - Marmalade Monologue	28	11	17
2 - Message for Lovers	14	4	10
3 - Marmalade Voice!	45	19	26
4 - Love Affairs	16	8	8
5 - Marmalade Face!	21	8	13
6 - Etude of Dawn	14	6	8
7 - Marmalade Summer	22	6	16
8 - Marmalade Final Edition	17	8	9
9 - Marmalade Best Album	58	26	32

Compact Disc	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	213	100	113
1 - Marmalade Monologue	9	5	4
2 - Message for Lovers	3	2	1
3 - Marmalade Voice!	27	8	19
4 - Love Affairs	4	4	-
5 - Marmalade Face!	9	5	4
6 - Etude of Dawn	1	-	1
7 - Marmalade Summer	3	2	1
8 - Marmalade Final Edition	1	1	-
9 - Marmalade Best Album	48	21	27

Song	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	127	58	69
Other	6	2	4
Angel	3	2	1
Egai ni Aitai	32	13	19
Eien no Pavement	2	2	-
Friendship	4	2	2
Happy End no Owaranai	4	2	2
Kanashii Tokiha Itsumo	3	-	3
Karebairo no Crescendo	12	8	4
Moment	71	34	37
Mou Ichido Haruga	2	-	2
Natsu no Chou	2	1	1
Rain	22	13	9
Saigo no Yakusoku	14	4	10
Sobani Itai	2	1	1
South Wind	1	1	-
Taiyou wo Sagashite	4	2	2
Wagamama de Ikou	1	-	1
Yoake no Etude	2	1	1
Yume no Ohanishi	3	1	2

Satisfied With TV Series Ending?

Of the 137 people expressing an opinion one way or another 66% liked the ending, while 34% did not.

Response	All Participants	Female	Male
Yes	90	40	50
No	47	24	23
Don't Know	171	81	90

Do You Speak Japanese?

Most MB fans understand a bit of Japanese...

Language Level	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	11	3	8
No	49	23	26
A word or two	103	50	53
A little	141	60	81
A lot	14	8	6
Yes	9	3	6

A bunch, for some people...

Amount	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	17	9	8
Nothing	57	30	27
Less than $10	36	19	17
$10-50	69	35	34
$50-100	49	17	32
$100-200	31	18	13
$200 or more	30	7	23
My soul and body parts	29	11	18

With which MB character would you match yourself with? Your answers may surprise you...
Of those expressing a preference, seven percent of all respondents chose someone of the same sex
(12.8% of all females, 3.8% of all males).

Character	All Participants	Female	Male
No Answer	44	18	26
Akizuki Meiko	40	7	33
Doris O'Connor	1	-	1
Jinny Golding	1	-	1
Keiko (twin ponytails)	1	-	1
Kijima Rei	1	1	-
Kitahara Anju	15	2	13
Koishikawa Miki	49	6	43
Matsuura Youji	1	1	-
Matsuura Yuu	50	47	3
Michael Grant	1	1	-
Miki's tennis opponent	1	1	-
Miwa Satoshi	29	29	-
Miwa Yoshitsumi	4	4	-
Momoi Ryouko	1	-	1
Namura Shiniichi	1	1	-
Sakuma Suzu	5	-	5
Suou Ginta	19	18	1
Suzuki Arimi	36	-	36
Takase Yayoi	1	-	1
Tsuchia Kei	13	13	-
William Matheson	2	2	-