one question?????

[metal_addict4life]

hey everyone can some one tell me who the best anime character is???

[stormy001_M1A2]

Best in what? You have to be more specific.

[boneyjellyfish]

The answer is obviously EBICHU.

[whatever123]

no its either hamba yujiro or hiko seijiro 13th

or hey it could be plue

this is really a pointless question

[Thany]

Guu from Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu of course!

[Hannah's_Knight]

Dias from Star Ocean EX, he is the coolest character in all Animes, ever ^^

[ChibiDusk]

Guu all the way!!
[from Jungle wa itsumo hale nochi Guu!]

[GreyArea]

Osaka from Azumanga Daioh !!!!

All you dirty blasphemers bow down

[kj1980]

The top ten in "The Top 100 Anime Characters" from the Japanese TV show "kore ga nihon no best 100" that aired on July 7, 2002:

1. Doraemon (Doraemon)
2. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
3. Totoro (Tonari no Totoro)
4. Lupin III (Lupin III)
5. Char Aznable (Kidousenshi Gundam)
6. Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken)
7. Asakura Minami (Touch)
8. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
9. Bakabon's Father (Tensai Bakabon)
10. Norimaki Arare (Dr. Slump Arare-chan)

Though, I have many reasons to dispute this ranking due to two reasons:

A. It is from a standpoint of Japanese "popular" view rather than Japanese "otaku" view (if it was, it would be Char Aznable, as in Newtype magazine)

B. Though I do not dispute that Doraemon will be number one anyway on any other poll, but I have a little doubt that the TV studio may have selected a sample size to skew the vote towards Doraemon rather than Sazae-san or Chibi Marukochan due to the fact that this show was aired on TV Asahi, and Doraemon is also shown on TV Asahi.

For reference purposes, I have included this link so that someone will take the time to translate these (and I am not going to take my own time do them) so these topics don't appear again (as I am aware these topics will recur time and time again). That is, of course, they would want to use such a reference in the above mentioned skews that I perceive...

Favorite Anime Top 100: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/co...ing/index.html

Anime Characters Top 100: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/co...ing/index.html

Anime Songs Top 100: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/co...ing/index.html

Anime Memorable Scenes Top 100: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/co...ing/index.html

Anime Top 50 btwn young and old: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/co...ing/index.html

And for those fanatics who would want to go the extreme:
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best/top.html

[Gaara11]

Pikachu.

[RavenChild]

MENCHI!!!!
from excel saga

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[7thMethuselah]

hey everyone can some one tell me who the best anime character is???

try to be a little more specific but if you really wanna know


Aoyama Motoko (Love Hina)


who else ...

[I-Am-The-Ghost]

Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter

[babbito2k]

Originally Posted by kj1980

The top ten in "The Top 100 Anime Characters" from the Japanese TV show "kore ga nihon no best 100" that aired on July 7, 2002:...

Wow, I am looking through these lists. I am not familiar with some of these shows or characters, but I do know quite a few. A lot of old shows are highly regarded by the people who were polled.

Thanks for the links.

[Sailordareone2300]

Guu and the best not counting the rest sailor mercury/Mizuno Ami

[kj1980]

Originally Posted by babbito2k

Wow, I am looking through these lists. I am not familiar with some of these shows or characters, but I do know quite a few. A lot of old shows are highly regarded by the people who were polled.

Thanks for the links.

Well you have to think from the perspective differences btwn Japanese and Americans watching anime:

Our country has been watching anime (or back then called "TV manga") since the mid 1960s. That means we have approximately two-and-a-half generations worth of anime watchers (whether they stopped watching as they grew older, or not, in addition to current Japanese youngsters).

In comparison, in America, anime is still a new "form of entertainment." The majority of the people watching anime in the States are only one generation. But let's be reasonable that I add those people who have watched Speed Racer and Yamato without realizing that they were anime from Japan. That's about 1.5 generations.

So you see, it is inevitable that in Japan, most anime characters and shows that you see in the Top 100 will be skewed towards anime that were shown in the 1970s. That is exactly around the time those baby-boomers in 1960s were watching anime as children and youngsters. And with the majority of Japanese being in the age group of 30-60 years old, the animes that are on those top 100 will be skewed towards animes in the 1970s.

But then again, those shows are now deemed classics. Some of those animes, like the "World Masterpiece Theater" shows were made by the makers who would later go on to found Studio Ghibli (Takahata Isao and Miyazaki Hayao)

[Kamui4356]

Clearly it's Osaka. She owns all.

[Lst2touchdasky]

Alucard from shingumi tsu show- Her red eyes
then comes Love hina's motoko, its a samurai girl- asking for more would be greedy

[Superchop]

Sesshoumaru - words can't even describe him

Iria - Defeated the "Immortal Monster" Zeiram

Zeiram - Nearly Immortal...and caused tons of destruction...need i say more?

Goku and Vegeta - they can destroy planets/galaxies/etc etc...

btw...this is clearly my idea of the best anime chars...

[sperry]

I think people might kill me for thinking this, but my vote goes to Natarle from Gundam Seed. She was just... a great character. ^^;;

Honorable mentions:

The entire cast of Nadesico
Washu(Tenchi)
Athrun(Gundam Seed)