CATDOLL: A survey on the consumption of Japanese anime otaku shows that the wealthy are still a minority

With the increasing number of anime products in Japan, many people have become otakus, following the series, buying comics, light novels, and buying all kinds of peripherals. So how much do Japanese otakus spend on this every month? Recently, a Japanese media conducted a survey. The survey was conducted on 125 respondents aged between 10 and 50 (44 men and 81 women).

The first person is less than 5,000 yen…60 people (48.0%)

Second place 5,000 to 10,000 yen…31 people (24.8%)

The third person: I watch TV shows, but I don’t spend money… 16 people (12.8%)

Fourth place: 10,000 to 30,000 yen…14 people (11.2%)

5. Others… 3 people (2.4%)

Sixth place 30,000~50,000 yen…1 person (0.8%)

The results show that more than 80% of anime geeks don't spend too much money on anime every month. Those who answered "other" said, "I don't buy it every month, but I occasionally buy some comics and the like." Although watching anime is basically free, anime geeks can't do without giving it a try. In addition, no one in the survey spent more than 50,000 yen.

In addition, this survey also studied the content purchased by anime otakus, and the results are as follows:

First place: Books (official information publications such as comics and magazines)…65 votes (52.0%)

Second place: peripherals (including official, unofficial, concert peripherals, etc.) ... 47 votes (37.6%)

Third place CD (including anime songs, voice actors, radio drama CDs, etc.) ... 40 votes (32.0%)

Fourth place network viewing fee…37 votes (29.6%)

5th place: Animation DVD and Blu-ray Disc… 34 votes (27.2%)

6th place: Games (original works and derivative works)… 32 votes (25.6%)

7th place: Event participation fee (official event of the work)…22 votes (17.6%)

8th place: Books (doujinshi)……20 votes (16.0%)

Ninth place: Figure…19 votes (15.2%)

10th place Concert tickets……16 tickets (12.8%)

11th place: Anime song related club event participation fee…9 votes (7.2%)

12th place Other……9 votes (7.2%)

13th event participation fee (unofficial event)……7 votes (5.6%)

14th place: COSPLAY costumes…5 votes (4.0%)