As the year 2020 comes to an end, KAORI once again held the annual survey to find out the anime series that our readers in Indonesia like the most. The survey was conducted online from 22 to 31 December 2020. The anime series eligible for this poll are TV series that air their last episodes between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. Each respondent is free to choose as many of their favourite anime series as possible. For this survey, KAORI also cooperated with comics publisher Elex Media Komputindo to provide prizes for select respondents. The result of this survey only represents KAORI’s readers and is not intended to represent anime fans in Indonesia in general.
Before we look at the resulting list, let’s take a look at the demographic composition of the respondents.
Demographic Composition of Respondents
During the aforementioned polling period, the survey had received 490 responses. The majority of the respondents identify as male, with 358 respondents (75,5%), while 82 respondents (17,3%) identify as females, and 34 respondents (7,2%) choose not to disclose their gender.
The largest age group of the respondents is young adults between 19-24 years old with 203 respondents (43,3%), followed by high school teens between 16-18 years old with 115 respondents (24,5%), the 25-31 years old age group with 91 respondents (19,4%), and junior high school teens between 13-15 years old with 36 respondents (7,7%). Only 14 respondents (3%) claimed to be over 31 years old.
With the demographic composition has been detailed, now let’s see the resulting list from the survey.
Top 20 Favourite 2020 Anime Series
20. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – 99 votes
19. The Misfit of Demon King Academy – 105 votes
18. The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited – 108 votes
17. Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 109 votes
First impression: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
16. Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – 111 votes
15. Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 116 votes
14. The Day I Became a God – 118 votes
First impression: The Day I Became a God
13. The God of High School – 123 votes
12. Fire Force 2nd Season – 142 votes
11. Kakushigoto – 149 votes
10. Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld part 2 – 159 votes
9. Haikyuu!! To The Top – 175 votes
8. Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 183 votes
7. My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 189 votes
6. My Hero Academia 4th Season – 199 votes
5. Rent-A-Girlfriend – 201 votes
First impression: Rent-A-Girlfriend
4. Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 203 votes
First impression: Tonikaku Kawaii
3. Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 208 votes
First impression: Wandering Witch
2. Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 215 votes
1. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 271 votes
In addition, we also break down the popularity of the shows among different gender and age groups. The break down can be seen as follows.
Top 20 Favourite 2020 Anime Series by Gender
| Male Respondents | Female Respondents | |
| 1 | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 204 votes | Haikyuu!! To The Top – 46 votes |
| 2 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 171 votes | Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 45 votes |
| 3 | Rent-A-Girlfriend – 167 votes | The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited – 42 votes |
| 4 | Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 164 votes
Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 164 votes |
My Hero Academia 4th Season – 39 votes |
| 5 | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun – 35 votes | |
| 6 | My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 152 votes | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 34 votes |
| 7 | My Hero Academia 4th Season – 142 votes | Fruits Basket Season 2 – 30 votes |
| 8 | Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld part 2 – 128 votes | Moriarty the Patriot – 29 votes |
| 9 | Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 124 votes | Kakushigoto – 25 votes |
| 10 | Haikyuu!! To The Top – 115 votes | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 20 votes
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 20 votes Great Pretender – 20 votes |
| 11 | Kakushigoto – 111 votes | |
| 12 | Fire Force 2nd Season – 107 votes | |
| 13 | The God of High School – 93 votes | Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 19 votes
The God of High School – 19 votes The Day I Became a God – 19 votes |
| 14 | Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – 89 votes | |
| 15 | Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 88 votes | |
| 16 | The Day I Became a God – 87 votes
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – 87 votes |
Fire Force 2nd Season – 18 votes |
| 17 | Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 17 votes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – 17 votes |
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| 18 | Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 85 votes | |
| 19 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy – 76 votes | Noblesse – 16 votes
Akudama Drive – 16 votes |
| 20 | The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc – 74 votes |
Top 20 Favourite 2020 Anime Series by Age
| Age 25-31 |
Age 19-24 | Age 16-18 | Age 13-15 | |
| 1 | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 36 votes | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 113 votes | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 72 votes | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) – 27 votes |
| 2 | Rent-A-Girlfriend – 33 votes | Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 93 votes | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 59 votes | Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 22 votes |
| 3 | Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 30 votes
Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 30 votes My Hero Academia 4th Season – 30 votes |
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 91 votes | Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 58 votes | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 21 votes
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 21 votes My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 21 votes |
| 4 | My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 83 votes | Rent-A-Girlfriend – 56 votes | ||
| 5 | My Hero Academia 4th Season – 79 votes | Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina – 52 votes
Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 52 votes |
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| 6 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season part 1 – 28 votes
Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 28 votes |
Rent-A-Girlfriend – 78 votes | My Hero Academia 4th Season – 17 votes | |
| 7 | Fly Me to The Moon (Tonikaku Kawaii) – 76 votes | My Hero Academia 4th Season – 50 votes
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 50 votes |
Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 16 votes | |
| 8 | My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. Climax – 26 votes
Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld part 2 – 26 votes Kakushigoto – 26 votes |
Haikyuu!! To The Top 2nd Season – 69 votes | Haikyuu!! To the Top – 15 votes
Kakushigoto – 15 votes |
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| 9 | Haikyuu!! To The Top – 66 votes | Haikyuu!! To the Top – 49 votes | ||
| 10 | Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld part 2 – 65 votes
Kakushigoto – 65 votes |
Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld part 2 – 43 votes | Fire Force 2nd Season – 12 votes
The God of High School – 12 votes Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – 12 votes The Misfit of Demon King Academy – 12 votes |
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| 11 | Haikyuu!! To The Top – 25 votes | Fire Force 2nd Season – 41 votes | ||
| 12 | Fire Force 2nd Season – 20 votes
Fruits Basket – 20 votes |
Fire Force 2nd Season – 54 votes | The God of High School – 40 votes | |
| 13 | Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – 53 votes | Kakushigoto – 35 votes | ||
| 14 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy – 19 votes
Talentless Nana – 19 votes |
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – 49 votes
Great Pretender – 49 votes |
Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 33 votes
Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – 33 votes |
Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 11 votes
The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited – 11 votes |
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| 16 | Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – 18 votes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – 18 votes |
The God of High School – 48 votes | Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – 32 votes | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun – 10 votes |
| 17 | The Day I Became a God – 47 votes | The Day I Became a God – 30 votes | Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 9 votes
The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc – 9 votes Akudama Drive – 9 votes Sing ‘Yesterday’ for Me – 9 votes |
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| 18 | The Day I Became a God – 17 votes
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 17 votes Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – 17 votes Darwin’s Game – 17 votes |
The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited – 46 votes | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun – 28 votes
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 28 votes |
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| 19 | Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – 45 votes
The Misfit of Demon King Academy – 45 votes |
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| 20 | The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited – 26 votes
Talentless Nana – 26 votes |
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