****est Anime Characters of 2010

Anime rag Animedia has compiled a comprehensive set of anime character awards for 2010, covering everything from the sexiest to the clumsiest.

The awards, compiled as a series of top 5 rankings:

Sexiest:

1. Kasuga (Sengoku Basara)

2. Sheryl Nome (Macross Frontier)

3. Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

4. Lala Satalin Deviluke (To Love-Ru)

5. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

Cutest:

1. Nakano Azusa (K-ON!)

2. Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!)

3. Akiyama Mio (K-ON!)

4. Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)

5. Taneshima Poplar (Working!!)

Loveliest:

1. Nakano Azusa (K-ON!)

2. Hirasawa Ui (K-ON!)

3. Yukimura Chizuru (Hakuouki)

4. Chrome Dokuro (Hitman Reborn)

5. Tenshi (Angel Beats!)

Beautifulest:

1. Akiyama Mio (K-ON!)

2. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

3. Sheryl Nome (Macross Frontier)

4. Hijikata Toshizou (Hakuouki)

5. Tenshi (Angel Beats!)

Most “COOL”:

1. Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)

2. Saitou Hajime (Hakuouki)

3. Akiyama Mio (K-ON!)

4. Hibari Kyouya (Hitman Reborn)

5. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

Most “HOT”:

1. Sanada Yukimura (Sengoku Basara)

2. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

3. Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!)

4. Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

5. Kotobuki Tsumugi (K-ON!)

Strongest:

1. Heiwajima Shizuo (Durarara!!)

2. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

3. Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)

4. Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)

5. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

“MVP”:

1. Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!)

2. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

3. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

4. Sawada Tsunayoshi (Hitman Reborn)

5. Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)

Smartest:

1. Edogawa Conan (Meitantei Conan)

2. Orihara Izaya (Durarara!!)

3. Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

4. Takenaka Shigeharu (Sengoku Basara)

5. Katakura Kojuro (Sengoku Basara)

Best new characters:

1. Kousaka Kirino (Ore no Imouto)

2. Tsunashi Takuto (Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto)

3. Moritaka Mashiro (Bakuman.)

4. Nura Rikuo (Nurarihyon no Mago)

5. Ika Musume (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)

Clumsiest:

1. Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!)

2. Italia (Hetalia)

3. Yoshii Akihisa (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)

4. Lambo (Hitman Reborn)

5. Ichinomiya Kou (Arakawa Under the Bridge)

Most cheerful:

1. Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!)

2. Tainaka Ritsu (K-ON!)

3. Kagura (Gintama)

4. Endou Mamoru (Inzuma Eleven)

5. Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

Most self-centered:

1. Alois Trancy (Kuroshitsuji)

2. Lambo (Hitman Reborn)

3. Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji)

4. Kousaka Kirino (Ore no Imouto)

5. Index (To Aru Majutsu no Index)

Gloomiest:

1. Marui Hitoha (Mitsudomoe)

2. Nagato Yuki (Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuuutsu)

3. Sannan Keisuke (Hakuouki)

4. Oichi (Sengoku Basara)

5. Dororo Heichou (Keroro Gunsou)

Unsurprisingly, the rankings overall are dominated by Yui and company, but otherwise there are some quite interesting choices present.