Instructions: Please rate the extent of liking for each of the following genres of anime.
1. Psychological (e.g., Death Note, Monster, Code Geass)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
2. Mystery (e.g., Death Note, Monster, Darker than Black)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
3. Drama (e.g., Darker than Black, Death Note, Monster)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
4. Slice of Life (e.g., Kino no Tabi, School Rumble, Ai Yori Aoshi)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
5. School (e.g., The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Beelzebub, Amagami SS)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
6. Love/Romance (e.g., Love Hina, Ai Yori Aoshi, Clannad)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
7. Mecha (e.g., Mobile Suit Gundam, Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
8. Military (e.g., Ghost in the Shell, 07-Ghost)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
9. Space (e.g., Planetes, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
10. Action (e.g., Bleach, One Piece, Freezing)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
11. Adventure (e.g., Kino no Tabi, Fullmetal Alchemist, Pokémon)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
12. Super Power (e.g., Dragonball Z, Naruto)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
13. Hentai (e.g., Bible Black, Mistreated Bride)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
14. Ecchi (e.g., Elfen Lied, Freezing, Zero no Tsukaima, Futari Ecchi)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
15. Yuri (e.g., Sakura Trick, Aoi Hana, Sasameki Koto)
Do Not Like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Very Much Like
Cite: Reysen, S., Plante, C. N., Roberts, S. E., & Gerbasi, K. C. (2017). Anime genre preferences and paranormal beliefs. The Phoenix Papers, 3(1), 327-343.
Purpose: The purpose of the anime genre preference scale is to assess the degree of preference for different genres of anime.
Scoring Instructions
Drama = average of items 1, 2, 3.
Slice of Life = average of items 4, 5, 6.
Mecha = average of items 7, 8, 9.
Action = average of items 10, 11, 12.
Hentai = average of items 13, 14, 15.