{"id":11796,"date":"2022-04-21T14:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T05:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T06:04:52","slug":"20220421-11796","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220421-11796\/","title":{"rendered":"A survey in Japan shows strong interest in Apex Legends &#038; Jujutsu Kaisen among youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>LINE Corporation, the company behind the messenger app LINE, <a href=\"https:\/\/research-platform.line.me\/archives\/39970770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> the results of a survey they conducted in March 2022 about recent trends in Japan. Respondents were in the 15-24 age range, and questions were given in an open-ended format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results show a high interest in the Russian invasion of Ukraine among youth, ranking at the top of the list. <em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> ranked second, jumping up from 10<sup>th<\/sup> place in the previous survey conducted in December 2021. The <em>Jujutsu Kaisen 0<\/em> movie premiered last December in Japan and went on to become a huge box office success, which might have influenced the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba <\/em>dropped down from the number 1 spot to number 4, while <em>Apex Legends<\/em> went up from 11 to 5, becoming the most answered video game name in the survey. This isn\u2019t a surprise considering how successful the game has been in Japan, both in terms of viewership and player population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Uma Musume Pretty Derby <\/em>and <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>are still ranked among the top 10, showing persistent popularity. Other games like <em>Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! Genshin Impact<\/em> and <em>Elden Ring<\/em> are included in the 11-30 spots.The vocaloid-centric rhythm game <em>Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!<\/em> is especially popular among the 15-18 age group.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fefefe\">1. Russian invasion of Ukraine (8.6%)<br>2. <em>Jujutsu Kaisen <\/em>(5.9%)<br>3. TikTok (5.3%)<br>4. <em>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/em> (3.4%)<br>5. <em>Apex Legends<\/em> (3.3%)<br>6. <em>Uma Musume Pretty Derby<\/em> (3.1%)<br>7. <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> (2.7%)<br>8. Naniwa Danshi (a Japanese boy band) (2.4%)<br>9. COVID-19 (2.3%)<br>10. <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> (2.3%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You can check the full result from <a href=\"https:\/\/research-platform.line.me\/archives\/39970770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> (in Japanese).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINE Corporation published the results of a survey they conducted in March 2022 about recent trends in Japan. 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