2008 Top Character Rankings – Megami Magazine
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 29, 2008 00:49 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Megami Magazine, Rankings, Statistics
Megami Magazine, well known for being the source of many of the finest ero posters available, has revealed its 2008 female character popularity ranking in its latest issue.
These results are taken from the February 2008 issue of Megami Magazine:
Notes:
- The Monthly Aggregate ranking is determined by the combined points accumulated from all the monthly rankings for 2008.
- The December Poll was a special poll held in December where votes were cast directly for favorite overall character.
2008 Overall Character Ranking (Monthly Aggregate)
1. Nanoha Takamachi (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
2. Fate T. Harlaown (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
3. Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad After Story)
4. Shana (Shakugan no Shana II)
5. Konata Izumi (Lucky Star OVA)
6. Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
7. Louise (Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo)
8. Kagami Hiiragi (Lucky Star OVA)
9. Otome Asakura (Da Capo II)
10. C.C. (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)
The Nanoha girls continue their domination of the Megami popularity charts, while Clannad’s Nagisa-chan takes the number three spot.
It is surprising to see Konata beat Kagami…
2008 Overall Character Ranking (December Poll)
1. Haruka Nogizaka (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu)
2. Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad After Story)
3. Louise (Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo)
4. Yoshika Miyafuji (Strike Witches)
5. Konata Izumi (Lucky Star OVA)
6. Tomoyo Sakagami (Clannad After Story)
7. Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)
8. Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire Capu2)
9. Amu Hinamori (Shugo Chara!)
10. Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Fujoshi Haruka’s 1# position is a huge surprise…
In case you’re wondering,the Megami editors themselves express surprise at the wildly differing results from the December Poll and the Monthly Aggregate.
The disparity can likely be explained by characters with shows airing in the second half of 2008 taking over the December poll, whereas the 2008 aggregate poll takes into account votes cast before the two most recent anime seasons were broadcast.
Additional Character Type Rankings:
Tsundere:
1. Louise (Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo)
2. Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)
3. Shana (Shakugan no Shana II)
4. Kagami Hiiragi (Lucky Star OVA)
5. Yume Asakura (Da Capo II)
Mystery-chan:
1. Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad After Story)
2. C.C. (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)
3. Nagomi Shiraishi (Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka)
4. Nagi-sama (Kannagi)
5. Sanya V. Litvyak (Strike Witches)
Sexy:
1. Chizuru Minamoto (Kanokon)
2. Lala (To Love-Ru)
3. Moka Akashiya (Rosario+Vampire)
4. Charlotte Yeager (Strike Witches)
5. Yoko (Gurren Lagann)
Imouto:
1. Sunohara Mei (Clannad After Story)
2. Nogizaka Mika (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu)
3. Nagase Minato (Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka)
4. Asakura Yume (Da Capo II)
5. Ranka Lee (Macross Frontier)
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No kallen in the tsundere ranking? Blasphemy!
Exactly! My favourite character gets no recognition whatsoever? How can this be?
Also, there's Index but no Mikoto?
Index is love.
Since when Kallen fell into the fabricated tsundere category?? @___@
FUCK YEAH TAIGA, HARUKA, NANOHA, MEI, KOTOMI, SHANA, and IMOUTITS!
FUCK YEAH C.C.
Suck that Kallen fans.
seconded
FUCK YES NAGISA YOU ARE THE BEST WAIFU EVER
100% true. Tomoyo is overrated. Nagisa is pure <3333
Nagisa is nice certainly but I would rather have some depth to their character.
Nagisa grows in the story but not compared to the others. Ryou grows more and she's a bad end.
I'm so sorry, I just can't approve the tsundere rankings. I don't find Louise and Taiga that good.
I do find Louise ''that good'', but not Taiga.
I'd rather have seen Shana be second, or even first.
Seems like everyone has his preferences^^
I personally don't like Nanoha and Fate at all...
Anyone remember the Kaname Chidori and Eri Sawachika type tsunderes? Whatever happened to girls like those? Those were the tsunderes I fell in love with, not these loud petanko types
True. I remember the times when Soryuu Asuka type Tsundere was the best. Loud, brash, and yet they are confident, can hold their own. That's why IMO chars like Chidori, Eri, Tousaka Rin, Kallen, etc are better. Healthier as well :D.
For me these "new" loli type Tsunderes are more annoying than the ones that have dominated the anime worlds of yonder. They are too loud, uncertain, clumsy and too bitchy for words.
They were also real tsundere, who is Kagami dere for? Konata maybe, the spell to wake up in the OVA was sublime
because they are flat...
GODDAMIT GIVE ME MAH KALLEN!
Congrats Fate and Nanoha. <3
Where is Mikoto </3
Yeah, where is BiriBiri?
just wondering, what's Imouto?
Your sister.
This poll shows the fact.
Rie rules tsunderes.
"little sister" = imouto
"big sister" = onee-chan
How do u vote for that ?
I'm not incredibly familiar with Megami's voting system and I didn't have a spare issue lying nearby to consult.
These otaku magazine ballots are all pretty much inaccessible to gaijin, if that's what you're wondering about.
Ah! My Kona-chan is consistent no.5 on 2 Top 5. rankings! It moves me in tears.
I don't know what to say but I'm somewhat relieved that Kallen isn't in the tsundere top. She doesn't really belong there, it's not like she is in serious denial about her feelings, it was more that she didn't realize she had them for him.
I'm mader at the fact that she isn't in the Sexy ranking, O well at least C.C isn't in it as well :p
Her just being in the top 10 of the 2008 Overall Character Ranking (Monthly Aggregate) says enough as well IMO :p
No Lucchini makes me sad.
MOKA-CHAN FTW
No Ranka?
She made the February Imouto category...
I was moved T^T
WTF minato is only 3rd for imouto?!
Agreed, Minato was by far the best imouto of the past year.
Wait... no KURUMU in the Sexy Category?!
Blasphemy! :x
I do agree with the decision about Kotomi and Mei though. Can't believe Lucky Star characters are still in the running though. I think I underestimated them o_0.
Well what's weird was Konata is higher than Kagamin. Altho Kona-chan is famous, nobody can beat Kagamin in Raki Suta's ranking IIRC. She always won with a healthy lead. Which lead me think that this is more of an internal ranking than fan based one
Nice to see Konata and Index up there!
I still think the bat is the best character in Rosario + vampire
whoa, Haruka got more than twice of Nagisa?
what happened? was the game that good?
It is pretty surprising, as some on 2ch were also saying.
Nagisa number 3? World is just wrong.
Ranka Lee imouto #5?! LIES!
i do agree, what's so appealing abt nagisa!
Nice to see Shana rank high in the overall rankings, though I'm not too fond of her coming third for tsundere and even more so that it was pretty much a complete landslide.
Shana in my eyes is the best tsundere. A very nice balance of tsun and dere with both a fiery side and an extremely cute side.
Louise's brand of tsundere rarely appeased me. It was cute at times, but more often than not had me facepalming at the overall stupidity of it. I guess they just prefere the dere set to high in their tsunderes.
Taiga on the other hand, I do enjoy, but she doesn't make me go moe the way Shana does.
10000 rate means 10000 votes?
Well as long as it's over 9000
There fandom is over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND!
WHAT nine THOUsand?!
As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm not very familiar with Megami Magazine's voting system, so I won't give an answer lest I give incorrect info...
>Tsundere:
>1. Louise (Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo)
>2. Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)
>3. Shana (Shakugan no Shana II)
lol Kugimiya is invincible
lol no kidding, she does get cast that role often though, wonder if she particularly loves voicing tsundere?
No complaints though
Something is seriously wrong if they chose Moka over Mizore.
I agree, Moka's just kinda...there, her vampire form has it's charms that stand apart, but sealed just doesn't really appeal to me or have much charm except just being cute, however Mizore...shimapan, kneesocks, stalking, and her general personality... delicious...
Now having said that, I could maybe agree with some of the other girls getting that spot instead of Moka or Mizore....maybe...
what? no ranking for onee-sama type characters?
This is exactly what they said on 2ch...
No Nagi? What faggotry is this?
How does Mikan not show up for the Imouto list?
I was kinda wondering that myself. They left a small margin for selection. They *should've* made it ten slots or even twenty.
Karen from Onegai Twins would also make a nice Imouto list addition too.
Go Nagisa!!!!
I'm just lmao at everybody who is RAGING over their favorite characters not make the list.
WTF
Where is Horo?!!
Em português:
QPE²
Cadê a Horo?!!
Nanoha? Fate? Ptui. Horo is #1 in a gaijin ranking and #17 on this list. Yep, I must be a gaijin. Although I do like Nagisa, I must say.
Louise is annoying. The lack of Yuuki Mikan in the Imouto list has left me in despair. Also, I didn't expect D.C. II S.S. to be so popular. I mean, the Asakura sisters actually making into top 20 is rather good.
Tomoyo is over-rated. Nagisa = <3
Also wtf @ Hinamori Amu.
I would like to petition that Chizuru from shitty Kanokon should not be #1 in Smexy category.
No Nankyoku Sakura... PHAIL.
Nagisa is MASSIVLY overated
Can't STAND HER!
Ruined clannad and second season.
NAGISA=FAIL!
I fucking hate annoying bitches like shana,...this poll is shit! strong powerful normal voiced types are better. fuck those flat bitches
Fuck yes! Haruka is my goddess and she deserves that spot!
Charlotte is in Top 5 sexiest characters
IN AMERICA!