CATDOLL: People who are old but not old at heart: The light novel reading rankings for people over 60 in Japan

Light novels, a new medium of text and illustrations that has flourished with the development of the animation industry, are not only the preserve of young people, but even some elderly people in Japan have started reading them. Recently, a company conducted a survey on elderly men over 60 years old, and the most popular light novel turned out to be "Mini Skirt Space Pirates"! Kato Marika's charm really appeals to both young and old!

The survey was conducted by BookLive, a company specializing in e-book sales. In addition to investigating the overall rankings of the three major categories of comics, literature, and light novels, they also took a unique approach to gain special insights into the elderly over 60 years old. They also divided the survey into two categories: male readers over 60 years old and female readers. It can be said that they were not attentive.

First, let's look at the grandfather group:

1. Miniskirt Space Pirate

2. The invader of the three-square-meter room

3. Sword Dance of the Elves: Sword, Academy and Fire Cat Girl

4. A Certain Magical Index 24 Volumes Collection

5. Listen to your father

6. Star-carved Dragon Knight

7. The Contract of Sister New Devil

8. Let's work! Lord Demon

9. Tokyo Ravens 1 SHAMAN*CLAN

10. Aria the Scarlet Ammo

"Miniskirt Space Pirates" is a science fiction light novel written by Yuichi Sasamoto and illustrated by Noriyuki Matsumoto. It was released as the first installment of the "Asahi Light Novel" series on October 21, 2008. In March 2009, the news of the TV animation was announced. It was then broadcast on TV in the spring of 2012, renamed "Violent Space Pirates", and a theatrical animation was launched in 2014.

Let’s look at the group of grandmothers:

1. Young Onmyoji: Searching for the Shadow of a Foreign Land

2. The Prince of Darkness 1: The Fateful Brothers

3. The Remarriage of the Death Princess

4. The Story of the Court Priest

5. The redundant princess and the knights of the round table

6. Chihayafuru: Middle School

7. The Legend of the Two Worlds

8. The Magister longs for ordinariness

9. The Dismissed Princess and the Headless Knight

I wonder if you will still watch anime and light novels when you are 60 years old? I hope that by then, the animation industry in China will be more mature and sound.