Top 10 Male Characters of the Decade
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 11, 2010 08:49 JST
- Tags: Code Geass, Darker Than Black, Gintama, NewType, Rankings, Statistics
A ranking of the most popular male anime characters for the years 2000-2010 compiled by anime rag Newtype puts Lelouch Lamperouge squarely at the top of the list.
The ranking:
1. Lelouch vi Britannia / Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
2. Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED)
3. Athrun Zala (Gundam SEED)
4. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
6. Echizen Ryoma (Prince of Tennis)
7. Shibuya Yuuri (Kyou Kara Maou)
8. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)
9. Sagara Sousuke (Full Metal Panic)
10. Hei (Darker Than Black)




















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Lack of Kamina or Vino saddens me :(
No Akagi nor Kaiji...
This list is so full of FAIL
Nice to see Kamui on the list, oh wait it's Lelouch. Thanks again Clamp for reusing character designs. Apparently thats what makes great characters these days.
Lol, many people mistake this list for Top 10 Manly Characters.
I think everyone earned their places on this list,(except 6,7,8,10, I don't know them, so I can't judge them).
Glad there's no Naruto/Bleach/One Piece.
Hei is there; Sebastian isn't.
I instantly turn into the happiest person on earth.
Why Kyon? He just complains about everything except Asahina...
Kiraaaaaa ☆ 3^_~
no wait, different one
You know there is little hope for the future of the anime industry when a poorly constructed plot device like Ledouch and a whiny emo like Kira gets the two top spot.
Deplorable.
ZETSUBOUSHITA! THE LACK OF ZETSUBOU SENSEI IN THIS LIST HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR.
Has anyone else noticed in both lists that both in the top 2 are off animes by Sunshine, thought I would just put that out there
Sunwhat?
I totally agree, Anon 21:31!
And by the way, Johann Liebert from Monster should be number 1.
I APPROVE OF LELOUCH.
Na Kamina? what the hell
i have to say that i agree more to this ranking than the females one, and finally a decent first place
>no spike spiegel
list is wrong if ladouche is number one, theres no kamina, and the full metal panic loser made it.
At least better results than the female counterpart. I'm particularly pleased to see Lelouch on top. What disappoints me is the absence of Yagami Light and Okazaki Tomoya.
What about Light from Death note? Or Mugen from Samurai Champloo!???
Light!? C´mon.
Mugen in other hand is cool.
WHERE'S KEN FROM HOKUTO NO KEN?!!?!?!?!?!?
Gintoki!!
Sakata~!!
Where's Kamen Rider DECADE?
Sousuke made the list! YES! Maybe given his popularity companies will think about turning the rest of the light novels into a fucking anime. I want to see Crossbow beat a mother fucking M-9.
"I FIND YOUR LACK OF KIRA DIRTURBING"
LaLouche owns, the rest of this list is fail.
And where the fuck is Kamina/Simon?
If Newtype readers are mostly Mecha fans, and Mecha fans' top choice of Male Characters includes Yamafag and Assrun, then I don't think I want to be conisidered a Mecha fan any longer.
They probably don't know anyone else.
What fail list. Sousuke and Kyon are fine, but the rest...
This list is lacking GARness. Seriously. Needs more Kenshiro, more Archer, more Kamina, more NaGARsumi, more K1 from Higurashi, more Yuichi from Kanon and more Ozma from Macross Frontier.
You talk about the list lacking in GARness but Kyon is fine for you? That's kinda ironic...
Kyon has earned my respect. Nuff said.
#10 is cool, 9 through 2 suck but all is well because the King is numbaaah ONE! All hail Lelouch!
It'd be hilarious if someone somehow rigged the vote so that Abe from Kuso Miso Technique came in #1.
All Hail Lelouch Vi Britannia. Haters hate and whiners may whine. In the end there can be only one. Why no Light Yagami? Because he sucks too bad to be there and they had the better Kira.
Let me also respond to the Kamina issue. He is not here because he didn't last long enough and Gurren Laggan was not good enough to make the list more like a parody of good mecha anime, get over it. Others I am glad to see, Sousuke Sagara, Hei and Edward Elric. Kyon is a really..why is he here? However it's fine.
No One Piece..or Naruto is good. No one likes those long drawn out garbage series that never end. At any rate a higher power has spoken. Before anyone complains about the view of the Elevens. Do remember where your anime comes from. Is it a monopoly..hell yeah. Mecha is the dominant genre like it or not.
Fuck yeah! Yes to Gintoki and Hei!!
I fuggin hate Lelouch, I would put him at 11 and replace him with maybe Kamina, even maybe Naruto.
LOL TOP 10 FAGGOTS
Thanks to this poll I am reminded of the horror Kyou Kara Maou was. FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Kyon being on the list? Apparently they didn't take the Endless Eight fiasco...
Lelouch needs the double-geass for his eyes...lol..
No TTGL characters? I can think of at least 3 TTGL characters that are over 9000 times more awesome than anyone from Gundam! Also Kyon and Sousuke should be higher on the poll dammit. Screw Newtype!
The list is Just! All hail the list!
Kamina is too manly for this faggot list.
yes!! no naruto :D
WTF NO EIKICHI ONIZUKA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
GTO made it into 2000 right?
This list is top 10 popular men, not top 10 manly men.
Wohoooooo lelouch is no 1
Why Lelouch is number 1! Because is smarter than Light/Kira and knows how to pilot a badass mecha and unlike Kira, lelouch acomplished all his objectives while Kira died like a little bitch begging for his life... That's why Lelouch is number 1 while the other faggots are not even on the list. Why isn't Kamina not in the list? ... That's a good question.
where the hell is kamina?
I only vote for Kyon xD
I concur, everyone else in this list is just meh
More interested on the 11th to 20th, but yes, Hei and Sousuke were there, justice is served.
lol at you people sucking kamina dick, kamina is not even badass, he's a joke!! wanna know who's badass? the motherfucking kenshiro from fist of the blue sky manga
Where's Kamina and why is Hei last.
So, I'm the only one happy because SuperTennis! Kid is this list.
Here's my list
1.Kamina & Simon as well as the spirit they represent, a true inspiration for all men!
2.Lelouch vi britannia : I destroy worlds to create worlds. A true king
3.Edward Elric quite a character he can rally all of us to believe in him strongly.
5.He transformed his failures into trials to overcome and learned form them to grow stronger and never gave up.
6.Okazaki tomoya, CLANNAD one of the most touching stories I have yet to see.
7.Kira yamato he's from my fav gundam show after G-gundam
8.Hei A real badass but also conflicted and shrouded in mysteries.
9.Touma from index, he may lack power so to speak but it never stopped him from stepping up to do the right thing and make a diffrence to help others evry chance he get's! when you are in the wrong he'll let you know with his awesome monologues and he's so unlcky too LMAO
10.Allen fm D.grayman gentlness truly is strengh and he demonstrates this beautifully time and again with his chivalrous attitude
WHERE'S ICHIGOOOOOOOOOOOO?????!!!!!!
WHERE'S TOSHIROOOOOOOOOO??????!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE THE FUCK IS KAMINA??? He invented the word GAR. the way Mikuru Invented the word Moe.
Also why are the top boys really GIRLS? These aren't Men they are Skinny Jean wearing PUSSIES.
No kamina, no list.....
Yang Wenli number 1 tbh
Wheres Damon Gant? ; (
Has anyone translated the rest of the list, like they did with the female lineup?
Booooo!!! My fav's not in there, It's Luffy from One Piece :D & I dont give a damn about the list cuz i dont want to, nor it matter even billion of people vote for it. Here my top 10:
1. Monkey.D.Luffy
2. Rock Lee
3 Munsu (Shin Angyo Onshi)
4. Doraemon
5. Songoku
6. Gintama
7. Tony Tony Chopper
8. Me hahaha!!! :D
9. Uryu Ishida (Bleach)
10.Kon (Bleach) not that i care, just fill in the list ^^v
What are you, 10?
This list is better than the female list. At least there are two guys that deserve their place up there. Edward Elric and Gintoki.
... The 3 first characters look so gayish. Are they really ....men? Or they are traps?
This list is full of fail.
Gintaman~!! Gin Gin Gin Gin Gin Gintaman~!!
This list isn't about 'Gar' or manliness, it's about male characters people liked the most. On that note, I'm not surprised at all that Lelouch is first. Beyond what he did in the series, it's how well his character is thought-out that impressed me.
On that note, Archer should be on the list as well for his fantastic character depth, but Kamina should not be on here due to how simplistic his character is.
Eventhough this isn't the top 10 manliest male characters of the decade list, male characters, no matter how well written and thought out of, should not be so high on the list if they don't even look like male characters.
Oi where are the Death Note guys!
I only recognized about 4 of them. The rest are total strangers to me.
Lelouchu vi britania ga mejire.. SEKAYO WARE NI SHITAGAU !
Where is Onizuka ? L ? and Kamina ?
Where are the REAL men like Jotaro Kujo or Joseph Joestar, Kenshiro or Giorno Giovanna.
This list fails, it's full of nancy boys.
8-10 are fine the top ones I'm not so sure about
well guess every character has there strong and weak points
Leluche ain't bad but best in a decade ehh...
Epic list. I agree with Lelouch, Sagara and Hei.
Hahaha, nice list, ... and where is a serious one?
SHIBUYA YUURI?! I was not expecting that, but I am pleased.
No L? Or Kamina? Or Inspector Wizer? What happened to you Japan? You used to be cool.
NO KAMINA?!!!!
Mmmm Rurush, Hei and Sousoke. This is a list I can approve of.
i didn't expect hei and no suzaku.
wheres yagami light @@"
where's Harry Mckenzie... i mean Harima Kenji??
Harima's popularity is killed by the crappy season 2 and the fake season 3. Fans were just disgusted by the story that goes nowhere. The ending in the manga was just lame.
Sorry, Harima, you were screwed by your mangaka.
Surprised to see Gintoki on there, awesome as he is.
Buu Buu .. Madao should be inside. Or Shinpachi, without whom Gintoki's jokes would fall flat.
Never underestimate his fangirl gathering.
yay for hei
Kyon should be #1 and Athrun shouldn't be anywhere near it. Other than that, not too bad.
I guess only women voted for this ridiculous survey. The only one I could agree on is Gintoki. Where the hell are Guts and Luffy?
Not necessarily, it's an overall thing. I'm a woman and I disagree with the majority as well.
Plus if it was a women-only only, there would be Reborn! characters.
Well, at least Lulu is on top.
In more ways than one.
For a moment I think that Suzaku was the second one. :D
Where the fuck is Kaiji or Akagi?
List is missing
* L
* Light
* GArcher
* Kamina
Also these guys should rank higher:
* Edward
* Sousuke
* Kyon
But I'm glad the emperor is where he belongs.
Death Note I agree with and I'm slightly surprised Kyon was so low. He's definitely a top three or a no show I would have thought.
It's really strange Light/L never appeared since 98% of Death Note's audience is shared with Code Geass.
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