Business Media Makoto has a report on a new poll of peoples’ favorite anime, divided into what men said and what women said.

In general, the splits were kind of classic: men tended to favor the action/drama shows and women preferred lighter-spirited series. But there are some oddities– like One Piece being on the women’s list but not on the men’s. Here are the lists:

* Kyojin no Hoshi, aka Star of the Giants, is a baseball manga/anime about the fictional members of the real Yomiuri Giants team. The manga, written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki, ran in 1966 and the TMS Entertainment-produced anime aired from ‘68-’71. It was the only show on the list I wasn’t very familiar with so I figured some of you might not be either.

(Via 2NN.)

Another quick report via 2NN: according to Fuji Sankei Business, Lucky Star has inspired over 300,000 people to visit the Washinomiya Shrine since new years 2008. (For those unaware, the Washinomiya shrine is the location which the Hiiragi twins’ family shrine is based off of.)

Apparently in 2007, the total number of visitors to the shrine was about 130,000– and Lucky Star started in April ‘07, so the show had an effect last year. Still, that means that Washinomiya has seen twice as many people in half as much time this year.

Any readers here made the pilgrimage yet? How is it being handled? Aside from the city making various gestures to the otaku community (selling cell phone straps, registering the Hiiragi family as if they were actual residents of the city, etc).