by In 2021, the 2021 awards ceremony for the annual grand prize of “Net Buzzword 100”, a joint project between Dwango and Pixiv, which determines the most popular words on the net, was held on December 15, 2021. The annual grand prize is decided to be “Uma Musume Pretty Derby.” In addition, “Shuo Coral” was selected for the Nico Nico Award by the user questionnaire, and “Jujutsu Kaisen” was selected for the pixie Award, which has increased the number of submitted works.
“Net Buzzword 100” has been held for the 4th time since 2018. Based on the difference in the number of accesses on each word page of “Nikoniko Encyclopedia” and “Pixiv Encyclopedia” compared to last year, we nominated the 100 most popular words on the net in 2021. We ranked those 100 words at the award ceremony. It was announced in the format. In addition to the grand prize, the Nico Nico Award and the pixiv Award were selected.
“Uma Musume Pretty Derby,” which was selected for the annual grand prize, is a cross-media content by Cygames that depicts the world where “Uma Musume” competes in races with the motif of famous horses that have carved their names in the history of Japanese horse racing. The game app was developed in multiple media such as manga, anime, and audio works and was distributed in February 2021, exceeding 11 million downloads in October.
Many related words are ranked in the 100 words nominated this time, and “Gold Ship (Uma Musume)” was selected as the second place, proving that it is a representative work of 2021. became.
In addition, “Jujutsu Kaisen” was ranked 3rd, and “Tokyo Revengers” was ranked 4th, both popular manga and anime work.
In addition, the Nico Nico Award selected in the questionnaire by Nico Nico users was decided to be “Zhouo Coral,” and the pixiv Award to be selected from the tags (words) whose number of posts on pixiv increased compared to last year was decided to be “Jujutsu Kaisen.”
The Nico Nico Award “Zhouo Coral” is a virtual river belonging to Nijisanji and is one of the 5-member units “Serie Oto Jogakuin” that debuted in August 2020. He has been active mainly in in-game commentary and reading sessions, and since June 2021, fans’ cut-out videos have attracted a lot of attention. The tag “Unprecedented Zhouo Coral Boom” has been talked about.
The pixie award “Jujutsu Kaisen” is a manga serialized by Gege Akutami in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 2018, and the cumulative circulation of the series as of October 2021 has exceeded 55 million. It was animated in 2020, and the topic continues, such as refraining from releasing the movie version in December 2021.
Along with that, posts related to popular characters such as 6th place “Gojo Satoru” and 7th place “Otobone Yuta” are increasing in pixiv, they will receive the pixiv award.
In addition, comments have arrived from “FGO PROJECT,” the “Net Buzzword 100” 2021 winner, “Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version” promotion team, and “PUI PUI Molcar” director Tomoki Misato.
Thank you very much that “Uma Musume Pretty Derby” won 1st place in the “Internet Buzzword Award 100 2021”. We would also like to thank the horse girls for their prizes. This award is due to the presence of trainers who support us daily, people who have been interested in “Uma Musume” as a result of anime and games, and many people who have cooperated with us. I feel that. We will continue to provide the best content that everyone will love.
Thank you for receiving two awards from the smartphone game “Fate / Grand Order” in “Net Buzzword 100” 2021. These two words are from Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the main scenario delivered from June this year, and I’m glad that the scenario and the characters that appear were impressive to many people, including users. I feel it. We will do our best to make everyone enjoy the game, and we hope that you will continue to support “Fate / Grand Order.” I’m sorry I couldn’t visit the venue today. I would appreciate it if you could thank me for this comment.
Thank you for paying attention to the words related to “Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version.” Thanks to you, many customers were able to appreciate it, and we were able to leave a box office record suitable for the final edition of the series. We would also like to express our deep gratitude to Nico Nico Douga for giving us this message, as we have had the opportunity to support us frequently in the history of the “New Theatrical Version” series that began in 2007. Thank you very much. Currently, the “Hideaki Anno Exhibition,” where you can see the process of making works and materials, is being held at the National Art Center, Tokyo, Roppongi, until the 19th. Please visit us if you like.
I never thought that Molker would be so popular when I made it! Thank you for talking about fan art and other topics on the internet after the broadcast! Thanks to everyone, I was able to feel the potential of Molar. Thank you for your continued support!
