Newtype Male Character Poll – Kyon, Lelouch & Shinji
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jul 11, 2009 16:54 JST
- Tags: Code Geass, Evangelion, Gundam, Haruhi, NewType, Rankings
The masculine half of the regular monthly character rankings poll results from the August issue of Newtype have become available along with the female version, with Kyon returning to the #1 spot with other otaku icons Lelouch and Shinji close behind.
Newtype August 2009 Male Character Rankings
1. Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
2. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)
3. Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
4. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
5. Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED)
6. Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
7. Gintoki Sakata (Gin Tama)
8. Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
9. Setsuna F. Seiei (Gundam 00)
10. Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)
Sarcastic protagonist Kyon moving up the rankings some spots is of course unsurprising given that the second series has fully begun. Lelouch and Edward have both remained consistently popular characters for quite some time now, so their high placements are also typical.
Shinji does not normally come up this high onto these sort of character rankings, much unlike his two female co-stars that have been making frequent visits to these lists for well over a decade now, but the new Evangelion movie has propelled him and Kaworu to the the #3 and #6 spots, respectively.
If you’re wondering about Kira’s high ranking, even higher than his more recent Gundam 00 counterpart Setsuna, the sight of the main Gundam SEED characters is actually not surprising as Kira and Lacus have both remained consistently popular for some years now.
Here are last month’s Male character rankings:
Newtype July 2009 Male Character Rankings
In case you prefer your character rankings with less manly spirit and more moe, the Newtype August 2009 Female Rankings will likely make for a better read.
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FIRST :P
seriously...
Kyon is the winnah? Oh shi-... It's gonna be a spear raining tomorrow!!
what the first poster should have done was put Kyon in the name field
no, he should cut off his useless tiny dick!!
die
on a sidenote: i thought gintoki would be near 4 or 5, given his awesomeness
You do realize that the only reason people make generic "OMG I'M FIRST!!" posts is so they can get stupid responses like that, right?
no, i just have the urge to kill stupid people like that, like a force of habit you can say
These guys better watch out, Gintoki would do anything to gain the #1 spot in a poll (read chapters 265 to 268 - if I am correct - to get what I am talking about ... FUNNIESST chapters ever, it's about the recent character poll they just had and how people are killing each other to get a higher ranking)
fktard
all hail lelouch
You must say it with enthusiasm!!!
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
(yeah?)
ALL HAIL LE- ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD
ALL POWER TO THE HYPNOTOAD
lol so now kyon's the hottest? :D
Yesh.
If Kyonko was a official character from suzumiya haruhi no yuutsu.He...i mean she,will get TOP 1 for male[Kyon] and female[Kyonko].
Lelouch is so gay...
said anon 69 with a giant penis in his mouth...
yes.. while lelouch is munching my ass
there is nothing manly about lelouch. may i remind fabulous?
Lelouch is fabulous, alright. Theatrics in every appearance and he's a leader of a rebellion to boot!
Japanese female otaku have no taste
Forgot to add. The only people who deserve to be up there is Gintoki and Masamune, Lelouch maybe a 10th.
Pssh, Kyon totally deserved a spot on there. Surprising he's in first though.
And.. Kyonko with a lemon...
Quite surprised that Kyon got to the 1st place, even if he's quite cool and he's probably the best character in the anime... also Kyonko = Pure hawtness...
Ps: ALL HAIL LELOUCH \o/
I concur; All Hail Lelouch! =)
Gintoki is awesome! :D
yea for Gin san!!!
surprisingly speaking , male jap are also concluded to the survey too if you didn't know =P
Actually it make perfect sense. If you try think from "fujyoshi" perspective...Shinji is a good 'submissive' character in their BL/yaoi delusions.
And I think with Kaworu Nagisa up there as well being 'not far behind' Shinji, that's pretty much confirmed it lol
I'll never understand why people like Shinji. He is one of the most annoying, spinless, wussy and mentaly garbaged characters Ive ever seen.
Apparently many otakus can relate.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...
Actually, because of the new movie...in witch he's NOT the emo-bag he was in the anime...at least not nearly as much.
You know, I will watch the new movie if Shinji in there isn't such a spineless wuss who couldn't get over his deficiencies!
You'd be surprised.
He turned GAR in the new movie.
Kamina-style.
i lol'd shinji the only faggot main character
That's because the personality, setting and attitude of the characters got change quite a bit in the new movie, so don't bash until you see the movie.
that's exactly the reason why. Tell me , how many Shinji out there can you possibly name as the main char ? can't recall any yeah? and that's how he got the spot!
Amuro Ray, Kamille Bidan and Uso Evin for starters, but the main difference is that they were slapped into MANLINESS.
For fucks sake, watch Eva 2.0 THEN talk.
9. Setsuna F. Seiei (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Think you screwed something up there Quen
Oops - my mistake doing some copy/pasting. Thanks.
from the first picture, i cant tell if its actually Setsuna. O.O'
Setsuna F. Seiei (Fullmetal Alchemist)
gundam plus summon equals 2.
I don't know what is in the eyes of those who cast their votes. Clearly there were better male character out there that worth more than the ones in the ranking. Why would that no good Shinji Ikari even fall in the list? Jeez...
Animes that are obviously more popular will have larger followings which correlates to a larger fanbase. There may be more diehard fans for other charas, but while the level of individual support may be higher, the quantity of supporters is most likely lacking.
All Hail Lelouch
setsuna is deff not from fma
yes, hes the 8th unknown deadly sin: Homuculus Patricidia
This list is clearly faulty.
Hosaka isnt on it.
QFT
Finally they bumped tomoya off. I've been waiting for ages.
WHERE THE FUCK IS KAMINA????
He's listed as number zero because his epicness pierced through the ranking polls and into the heavens!
LOL
Oh Kyon you're soooo tight.Mmmmm
o_0
Kira Yamato!
He really deserves to be on that poll. He's smart AND he's handsome! xD
Get the fuck out.
+1
Kira Yamato!
He really deserves to be on that poll. He’s smart [in taking and doing fiances AND he’s [does the] handsome [Athrun up the asshole]! xD
*fixed*
But seriously, he fails in Gundam Seed Destiny
Kyon...
Gintoki
need to be higher at least 2 or 3
Moroboshi Ataru for the win! Only he has enough love for all in his harem.
The number one place was made for Ataru, but since he put everyone else to shame for so long, he decided to dedicate more time to his harem.
Hell yeah! PUT YA GUNS ON !
i believe on kyonko~~~~
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oops . . wrong topic
xD
No sebastian? I thought he'd be one of the top 5 at least..
Where's L?
Dead, right?
Just like Lelouch, right?
lies
no u
First 2 agreed. The rest, yeah...
kyo true man 8)
This list is even worse than the female one. At least, Lelouch compensates the levels of faggotry on it.
all hail lelouch
Kyon~!
This list is much better than the Best Husband list from a while back. Even if losers like Shinji and Kira are on it.
Can't believe Gintoki beats Setsuna. Gintama FTW!
Kyon is the champ 'cause he turn into Kyonko...
What, can Zero turn into little Rei-chan?
Nope, didn't think so
Wish I could gender swap, I'd molest myself all the damn time
Ranma!
Speaking of Ranma, if he could time it right, he could Blast up in the air, throw some water on himself and take it girl-type to the face. I'm just saying if he was so inclined.
Ah yes, Ranma, the originator of many multi-gender, self-molesting, arts.
A pioneer in the field...
I'm disappointed Tomoya is out. He is probably the only harem protagonist (aside from Shinji Ikari) I would ever call an excellent, developed, complex character.
kyon should be #1 in the female poll too
Lelouch FTW!
http://img403.imageshack.us/i/2012sg5.jpg/
Shinji?
Really?
lelouch is a faggot. then again, thats probably why hes so popular in this poll.
i think lelouch should have been in the female character poll
And Ed dropped from 1st, to 4th.
Interesting... well, I'm all for Lelouch so I don't really care.
Top 2 sucks. One's a dumbass who repeats the same month over 9000 times because he doesn't want to do homework. The other one is a faggot who puts his hand in front of his face 90% of the time. Not surprising since the voters are probably all female otaku with no taste in men.
Maybe if Kyon would ask Haruhi to help him with his homework, he could end the time loop then and there.
gintoki should be number one. he's the only character who will like shatter a child's dream
LOL, Kyon looks like he's wondering 'just what the heck am I doing here?'
That's Kyon's default face. He is always wondering ‘just what the heck am I doing here?’.
I wonder how long that will last when all those ditzy otaku girls who must endure EIGHT FUCKING episodes in a row dealing with ONE MOTHERFUCKING story being repeated for SEVEN and a HALF episodes?!
I hope that Quen will keep abreast on this because now I'm truly interested in the next two months' results.
Well duh Kyon is fucking hot.
all hail etc etc.
What? No Onizuka? Thats a shame ==,
In my heart Date is always number 1 for his poor english :D
Why the hell zura is not there
Shinji...are you fuckin serious!
How is Shinji even in this list.