Top 25 Character Designers
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 18, 2013 21:31 JST
- Tags: Artists, Character Design, Evangelion, K-ON!, Rankings, Strike Witches, Tales Series
Anime fans have been busily voting on who their favourite character designer of all time is, leading to a powerhouse ranking of esteemed artistic greats – for once providing an artist ranking entirely free of Tony…
4. Kishida Mel
7. Noizi Ito
10. Kenichi Sonoda
11. Nishida Asako
12. Hisashi Hirai
13. Mariko Fujita
14. Mutsumi Sasaki
15. Ibe Yukiko
16. Yuriko Chiba
17. Akemi Takada
18. Toshihiro Hirano
20. Shingo Araki
21. Hiro Kanzaki
23. Kanami Sekiguchi
24. Nobuteru Yuki
25. Toyoo Ashida
See also the Sankaku Channel rankings for a more comprehensive and sophisticated look at which artists enjoy general popularity, with both none too surprisingly sharing some common ground.
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Expected K-ON
Confirmed K-ON
Dim dissatisfaction feeling.
At least same face hori's not on the list.
Well I am surprise two of my favorite characters designers were up on the list that everyone forgot yet they manage to get on the list.
Damn moetards!
Well makes sence, Just look at K-ON!, sweet FA happens plot wise in it but still insanley popular, why? coz of great characters.
That's not what character design is though. It's what they look like - which is generic, normal, KyoAni-style girls.
Doubt that.
Clannad came out before K-on.
It too is from KyoAni.
Do some research before spouting bullcrap.
well, if look at things clearly, k-on was the one that set the "standard" on KyoAni's character designs everything before k-on looked quite different.
THAT!? No Yabuki!?
I know, what a blasphemy...
BRING BACK KISHIDA MEL!
WHY SHOULD I ?
hisashi hirai
are you shitting me?
fuck this list
Sorry but some people like Gundam Seed, Kurogane no Linebarrels,Fafner of the Azure,Scryed,Heroic Age its sad he is at number 12.
I am shock that Kenichi Sonoda is at #10 and Haruhiko Mikimoto is at #8 without them their wouldn't be many Anime titles to watch around the 1980's through the 1990's.
Inorite, also why is K-On, Lucky Star person so high up in the list neways.
Because it's a good style. Sorry it irks you so much.
Not a thing.
Just a butt-hurt K-on fan-boy.
Besides, Kouske Fujishima is WAY better than that, LOL.
what does K-On have to do with hisashit hirai?
this guy is hella hurt
STFU moetard! REPENT
Kentaro Yabuki.
Kouske Fijishima
(Ah! My Goddess, You're Under Arrest!)
Cool art, average characters.
His characters in Black Cat were pretty awesome though
1. Shingo Araki
at least he's on the list
I'll never forget him... T_T
Fujishima is there, so I'm satisfied, although I didn't expect swimwear.
Why not?
Ah! My Goddess had a good share of innocent fan-service. Besides, he's pretty good, IMHO.
Glad he's in the top 5 ^_^
Beat that, K-on moe-tard fanboys.
why not, his legacy is well known enough even after more than 20 years.
He should be third, Mutsumi Inomata ruined the tales series for me.
How, by making characters that don't look like past designs?
I'm okay with this list, for the most part.
so am i
WHERE THE FUK IS EIICHIRO ODA?
no akira toriyama? we wouldnt have bikini armor & slime in games & anime because of him!
How about
Kōji Kumeta for SZS
Juri Miyabi for Ef
Your list is upside down
yea sadamoto in last place....
you make me laugh...
Could someone please list which anime these characters belong too, I would much appreciate it thanks.
No love for Kunihiko Tanaka... :(
Where is Kantoku ? where's Sayori Neko ? Where's Tinkle?
obviously they're still too young and just can't beat those who well known enough.
No Keiji Gotoh? For a while it seemed like every other high profile show had his designs on it. Ruri Hoshino rated even higher than Rei Ayanami for a while. I guess his style became unfashionable quite quickly.
More importantly though, where the flying fak is Go Nagai?
yeah, he just not survived long enough
It makes me so happy to the Knights Sabers on this list. But seriously, Yamada Masaki did a much better job in BGC 2040.
Rei is so cute.
And where is Masakazu Katsura??!!!
No Huke? His character design work on the Steins Gate game was God Tier.
Yoshitoshi Abe? (Serial Experiments Lain) Very disappointed.
personally i prefer Kazuma Kamachi's chatacters.