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[Dresden]

Searched for it, but didn't see a topic about it. Newtype's 30 best characters for each decade, made a few months back. I thought it was interesting.

I was surprised by how many I recognized--pretty much all of them, except for some shit like elemental gelade.

It's also odd how the quality of the shows the characters are affiliated with dips as the seasons pass. In the 80's you have Lupin and Nausicaa, in the 90's you have Shinji and Rei, and in the 00's, you have... Lulu from code geass and a couple of those Gundam Seed bitches. :lol

Top 30 1980's Male Characters:
1. Arsene Lupin the lll (Lupin the lll)
2. Char Aznable (Gundam)
3. Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
4. Amuro Ray (Gundam)
5. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
6. Saeba Ryo (City Hunter)
7. Tatsuya Uesugi (Touch)
8. Kamille Bidan (Gundam)
9. Pazu (Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
10. Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura)
11. Wataru Ikusabe (Wataru)
12. Conan (Future Boy Conan)
13. Yang Wen-li (Galactic Heroes)
14. Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
15. Yusaka Godai (Maison Ikkoku)
16. Roddy Shuffle (Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam)
17. Ryo Sanada (Ronin Warriors)
18. Cuvie Chirica (Armored Trooper Votoms)
19. Adalbert von Fahrenheit (Galactic Heroes)
20. Seiya (Saint Seiya)
21. Tsubara Ozora (Captain Tsubara)
22. Hassaway Noa (Gundam)
23. Tetsuro Hoshino (Galaxy Express 999)
24. Bernard Wiseman (Gundam)
25. Asuma Shinohara (Paltabor)
26. Stohl Rom (Machine Robo)
27. Rei Ichido (High School Kimengumi)
28. Rabi (Madou King Granzort)
29. Ladios Sopp (Five Star Stories)
30. JJ (Zillion)

Top 10 1980's Female Characters:
1. Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
2. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
3. Lynn Minmay (Macross)
4. Kyoko Otonashi (Maison Ikkoku)
5. Sheeta (Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
6. Clarisse (Lupin the lll: Castle of Caglilistro)
7. Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2)
8. Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
9. Sayla Mass (Gundam)
10. Haman Karn (Gundam)
11. Elpeo Ple (Gundam)
12. Maetel (Galaxy Express 999)
13. Misa Hayase (Macross)
14. Momo (Manou no Princess)
15. Modaka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road)
16. Minami Asakura (Touch)
17. Doronjo (Yattaman)
18. Four Murasame (Gundam)
19. Ple Two (Gundam)
20. Honey Kisaragi (Cutey Honey)
21. Noa Izumi (Patlabor)
22. Noriko Takaya (Top wo Nerae!)
23. Himiko Shinobibe (Wataru)
24. Lana (Future Boy Conan)
25. Christina Mackenzie (Gundam)
26. Lalah Sune (Gundam)
27. Fraw Bow (Gundam)
28. Fa Yuiry (Gundam)
29. Piason Katue (Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam)
30. Mami Sakura (Espar Sakura)

Top 10 1990's Male Characters:
1. Shinji Ikari (Evangelion)
2. Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion)
3. Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
4. Sakuragi Hanamichi (Slam Dunk)
5. Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
6. Heero Yuy (Gundam)
7. Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon)
8. Kenshin Himura (Rouroni Kenshin)
9. Conan Edgar (Detective Conan)
10. Besara Nekki (Macross)
11. Kaede Rukawa (Slam Dunk)
12. Porco Rosso (Porco Rosso)
13. Tamahome (Fushigi Yuugi)
14. Nike (Mahoujin Guru Guru)
15. Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
16. Yusuke Urameshi Yu Yu Hakusho)
17. Kosshu Domon (Gundam)
18. Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
19. Todao Yokoshima (GS Mikami)
20. Gai Shishio (GaoGaiGar)
21. Duo Maxwell (Gundam)
22. Shiro Amada (Gundam)
23. Parn (Record of Lodoss War)
24. Xellos (Slayers)
25. Malto Senpuuji (Yusha Tokkyu Might Gaine)
26. Jean Rogue Raltique (Nadia: Secret of Blue Water)
27. Loran Cenack (Gundam)
28. Seabook Arno (Gundam)
29. Arslan (Gundam)
30. Soichiro Arima (Kare Kano)

Top 30 1990's Female Characters:
1. Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)
2. Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)
3. Asuka Langley Soryu (Evangelion)
4. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
5. Ruri Hoshino (Martian Sucessor Nadesico)
6. Nadia (Nadia: Secret of Blue Water)
7. Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)
8. Mylerle Jenius (Macross)
9. Belldandy (Oh My Goddness!)
10. Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War)
11. Chacha (Akazukin Chacha)
12. Yawara Inokuma (Akazukin Chacha)
13. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy Vll)
14. Lina Inverse (Slayers)
15. Cecily Fairchild (Gundam)
16. Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
17. Katejina Loos (Gundam)
18. Allenby Beardsley (Gundam)
19. Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
20. Reiko Mikami (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
21. Relena Peacecraft (Gundam)
22. Hikaru Shido (Magic Knight Rayearth)
23. Kukuri (Mahoujin Guru Guru)
24. Yurika Misumaru (Martian Successor Nadesico)
25. Ran Mouri/Rachel Moore (Detective Conan)
26. Tiara (Dragon Quest)
27. Momoko Sakura (Momoko-Chan)
28. Pai (3x3 Eyes)
29. Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)

Top 30 2000's Male Characters:
1. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
2. Kira Yamato (Gundam)
3. Athrun Zala (Gundam)
4. Edward Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)
5. Kyon (Haruhi)
6. Ryomo Echizen (Prince of Tennis)
7. Yuri Shibuya (Kyou Kara Mach)
8. Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
9. Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic!)
10. Hei (Darker than BLACK)
11. Roy Mustang (Full Metal Alchemist)
12. Haji (Blood +)
13. Ken Sugisaki (Seitokai no Ichizen)
14. Sanzo Genjyo (Saiyuki)
15. Tieria Erde (Gundam)
16. Shinichi Chiaki (Nodame Cantabile)
17. Shinn Asuka (Gundam)
18. Koyomi Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
19. Kazuma (Scryed)
20. Setsuna F. Seiei (Gundam)
21. Masamune Date (Sengoku BASARA)
22. Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
23. Syaoran (Tsubasa Chronicle)
24. Itsuki Koizumi (Haruhi)
25. Keroro (Keroro Gunsou)
26. Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Taisen)
27. Coud Van Giruet (Elemental Gelade)
28. Lockon Stratos (Gundam)
29. Takashi Natsume (Natsume Yuuji)
30. Gennosuke Koga (Basllisk)

Top 30 2000's Female Characters:
1. Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam)
2. Lacus Clyne (Gundam)
3. Sheryl Nome (Macross)
4. Yuki Nagato (Haruhi)
5. Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi)
6. C.C. (Code Geass)
7. Sakura Shinguji (Sakura Wars)
8. Shinku (Rozen Maiden)
9. Hitagi Senjyogahara (Bakemonogatan)
10. Saber (Saber Marionette)
11. Teletha Testarossa (Full Metal Panic!)
12. Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
13. Riza Hawkeye (Full Metal Alchemist)
14. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
15. Hinagiku Katsura (Hayate the Combat Butler!)
16. Shiki Ryogi (Kara no Kyoukai)
17. Kallen Stadtfeld (Code Geass)
18. Nanoha Takamachi (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha)
19. Yui Hirasawa (K-ON!)
20. Kagome Higarashi (InuYasha)
21. Kagura (Gintama)
22. Lunamaria Hawke (Gundam)
23. Ranka Lee (Macross)
24. Mari Illustrious Makinami (Evangelion)
25. Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)
26. Makoto Konno (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
27. Fate Testarossa (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha)
28. Natsumi Hinata (Keroro Gunsou)
29. Shana (Shakugan no Shana)
30. Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad)

Got this from the evageeks forums trolling for Rei pics.

Spoiler

I'm a nerd.

 

[ezekial45]

Spike should be number one in the 90's list.

 

[Why would you do that?]

As someone who would really like to get into anime for some reason, I really should watch more anime. Nausicaa sounds like a cool name - Maybe I should watch that.

I see that Eva series wins though, lol.

 

[Tamanon]

I'm honestly surprised that L from Death Note didn't make the top 30. But Lelouch is definitely a good choice for #1 for the 2000s.

 

[ChronicleX]

The only one I agree with in that entire list of lists is the position of Lelouch. The rest just seems to be biased towards overrated anime such as Evangelion. Lack of Death Note is fail for starters, as is Edward Elric not being second to Lelouch.

Edit - How the hell is Monkey D Luffy 22nd!? Thats an outrage! Sure there are better but he deserves to be top 10 at the very least. I also just noticed no Ichigo! No Gurren Lagan!? No Yugi!?! What kind of list is this!?

 

[ChronicleX]

woops double post

 

[Earl Cazone]

No L/Ryuzaki on that list = fail

 

[mollipen]

Top 10 1980's Female Characters:
1. Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)

As it should be! I am also shocked to see JJ at #30 for the 80's... I never knew Zillion had much, if any, popularity in Japan.

t's also odd how the quality of the shows the characters are affiliated with dips as the seasons pass. In the 80's you have Lupin and Nausicaa, in the 90's you have Shinji and Rei, and in the 00's, you have... Lulu from code geass and a couple of those Gundam Seed bitches. :lol

It really does say something about the evolution of anime, at least to me. For the 80's you have a phenomenal #1 female character who is strong, personable, and full of hope, and a damn good #1 male character who is likable, charismatic, and exciting. For the 90's, you have like exact opposites: a male who is pathetic, unlikable, and spineless, and a female who has no personality, emotion, or real character.

Nausicaa sounds like a cool name - Maybe I should watch that.

No "maybe" about it - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind is like one of the best things to ever come out of the anime/manga scene. I might recommend going manga over anime, though: the movie is like 1/6th (or so) of the main story, and it can be easy to see it and come away not really appreciating it. It's still a very good movie, though.

 

[Geneijin]

Itsuki (Haruhi) and Haruhi (Ouran)? That's a surprise I wasn't expecting.

Hinagiku (Hayate) isn't really that surprising though...

 

[Alucrid]

Maybe I'm a biased motherfucker but I think that 99% of the 2000's list sucks.

 

[goldlion054]

How is Yusuke behind Kurama and Hiei? Much less two Slam Dunk Characters.

Blasphemy, damn it

 

[Vox-Pop]

K-on! got robbed-ROBBED. Nineteen, wtf, Yui should have been number ONE-ONE!

And where's Mio? This is no treatment for the best anime ever.

*leaves in disgust*

 

[Kave_Man]

Shinji Ikari...

 

[WyndhamPrice]

No

???

what the fuck

 

[survivor]

Edward Elric got robbed. And how the hell did Cagalli win? I'm halfway through Gundam Seed right now and she is by far one of the most annoying characters in it.

 

[MCD]

:bow Chinese Electric Batman :bow2

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

20. Gai Shishio (GaoGaiGar)

Should be higher, BUT I WILL SPARE YOUR LIST THIS TIME! Do not make the same mistake again. >:|

 

[Dresden]

I think what I find disappointing about the 00's list is how the inferior Haruhi Suzumiya ranked above the superior Haruhi Fujioka.

 

[Kandrick]

14. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

Should be higher.

 

[ChronicleX]

Maybe I'm a biased motherfucker but I think that 99% of the 2000's list sucks.

No we can all pretty much agree that the list sucks. The list itself is biased.

 

["God's Beard!"]

No Kenshiro and Makoto Kusanagi at 12?

 

[Stahsky]

I don't even think I can pronounce half this shit

 

[Vox-Pop]

I think what I find disappointing about the 00's list is how the inferior Haruhi Suzumiya ranked above the superior Haruhi Fujioka.

Haruhi should be in the most hated anime character list.

Why is Code Geass popular? I thought the series sucked.

 

[Ferrio]

22. Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

:|

 

[Blader]

Top 30 2000's Male Characters:
2. Kira Yamato (Gundam)
3. Athrun Zala (Gundam)

Top 30 2000's Female Characters:
1. Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam)
2. Lacus Clyne (Gundam)

Stop the ride, I want to get off.

 

[avatar299]

Spike is 18?

I swear to god it's like anime fans despise quality

 

[Foxix Von]

Haruhi should be in the most hated anime character list.

Why is Code Geass popular? I thought the series sucked.

At least I'm not the only one that didn't like Haruhi.

Can't really agree on the Code Geass thing though... I'm sort of a sucker for clamp =/

But good putting Nausicaa & Lupin on the top. Right where they should be.

 

[Dresden]

No "maybe" about it - Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind is like one of the best things to ever come out of the anime/manga scene. I might recommend going manga over anime, though: the movie is like 1/6th (or so) of the main story, and it can be easy to see it and come away not really appreciating it. It's still a very good movie, though.

I think the manga is much, much better than the movie--and I actually liked the movie. It's just fantastic.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Spike is 18?

Already too high, lets not fool ourselves.

 

[Vox-Pop]

No Ichigo or Naruto.

At least the list proves Shinji is the coolest character of the 90s.

 

[goldlion054]

13. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy Vll)

hmmm, i forgot final fantasy 7 was an anime

 

[Blader]

Wtf @ this:

17. Katejina Loos (Gundam)

She's like the worst character ever!

 

[Wiseblade]

No Kamina, Simon or Yoko and Luffy and Spike being way too low (Not to mention Luffy being in the wrong decade) invalidates this list.

 

[Brobzoid]

don't recognize many of these.Surprised to not see some Michiko & Hatchin, Planetes or Serial Experiments Lain characters.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Yay for Kenshin Himura . Although he is a bit better in the OVA.

 

[entremet]

I guess we know why anime is in its current state.

 

[SaintZ]

Yay, the 5 Sailor Senshi got a spot in the 90's Top 30. Usagi is way too high, though.

 

[Green Biker Dude]

azuraaaaaaaaaan
kiraaaaaaaaaa

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

No one from Berserk....:lol

 

[InfiniteNine]

At least I'm not the only one that didn't like Haruhi.

Can't really agree on the Code Geass thing though... I'm sort of a sucker for clamp =/

But good putting Nausicaa & Lupin on the top. Right where they should be.

CLAMPs only involvement in Geass is character design, but it is an interesting show.

Also Asuka at number 3? *kicks over magazine stand*

 

[Haly]

Gundam Gundam Gundam Gundam Gundam Gundam Gundam

It's like a shot gun, throw enough characters at the wall and some of them will stick.

Still Cagalli lol.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

I wonder what their criteria was for best character? Because unless I've missed something in the OP, I can only conclude that Newtype has not seen Baccano!, Gurren Lagan, or Death Note.

 

[PflargBlarg]

What the fuck balls?!? Shinji Ikari is at #1 for the 90s?!? That's horrific. I mean, that series is terrible to begin with, but he's the worst character in it. Every episode I just wanted to bitch slap him.

 

[S. L.]

the 80's list is good stuff

 

[bernardobri]

"13. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy Vll)"

Huh?

 

[InfiniteNine]

the 80's list is good stuff

As are most things from the 80's.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

"13. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy Vll)"

Huh?

I was going to say that perhaps they counted her appearance in Advent Children, but after double checking, I see that she is in the 90's list, so that really doesn't make sense.

I guess if its on a wall scroll at your local game or hobby shop, it counts as anime.

 

[MCD]

19. Adalbert von Fahrenheit (Galactic Heroes)

Must be some mistake in here.

 

[genjiZERO]

As someone who would really like to get into anime for some reason, I really should watch more anime. Nausicaa sounds like a cool name - Maybe I should watch that.

I see that Eva series wins though, lol.

I'd read the manga first. The two are sorta, but not really related. I agree though - Nausicaa - may be the best female character ever.

What the fuck balls?!? Shinji Ikari is at #1 for the 90s?!? That's horrific. I mean, that series is terrible to begin with, but he's the worst character in it. Every episode I just wanted to bitch slap him.

You and I think alike. Shinji is a bitch.

 

[watatatow]

Why is Code Geass popular? I thought the series sucked.

T&A, ambiguously gay pretty boys, giant robots, non-generic protagonist (by anime "standards"), sheer unpredictability, shitloads of cheap thrills, and a huge train wreck appeal.

Why wouldn't it be popular?