Revered anime magazine Newtype has unleashed its latest issue, naturally providing the next iteration of its fascinating character rankings – with Sword Art Online still holding fast to its pole position place as expected, although some unusually strong showings from the anime of yesteryear may hold some surprises.
Newtype’s top 10 male characters:
1. Kirito (Sword Art Online)2. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahou Koukou no Rettousei)
3. Jotaro Kujo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
4. Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED)
5. Makoto Tachibana (Free!)
6. Rin Matsuoka (Free!)
7. Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
8. Shinya Kogami (Psycho-Pass)
9. Yu Narukami (Persona 4 The Animation)
10. Umetarou Nozaki (Monthly Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
Newtype’s top 10 female characters:
1. Asuna (Sword Art Online)2. Sinon (Sword Art Online)
3. Miyuki Shiba (Mahou Koukou no Rettousei)
4. Gou Matsuoka (Free!)
5. Lacus Clyne (Gundam SEED)
6. Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia (Aldnoah.Zero)
7. Chiyo Sakura (Monthly Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
8. Saber (Fate)
9. Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle)
10. Chaika Trabant (Hitsugi no Chaika)
Sadly Shiroe and Akatsuki are more appealing as characters than the characters from SAO. SAO character developement is flat anime-wise. And Luffy has annoyed me for a while now. Why are all the characters on this list, flat characters with no character growth.
Except for maybe Shiba Tatsuya and Chaika…but really, this is a horrible list. Hell put Kaneki Ken on the list and I’d be happy. Now that character is someone who’s gone through character development…even though the characters life turns to hell in the process of his development.
How did a boring gary stu like Makoto get higher than Rin? Rin is hot as all hell and his personality is a million times more interesting.
And how did Shinon get anywhere near the top of the list? She’s weak-minded and her so-called quirk is more annoying than interesting. So many better girls on that list. Even Gou, who doesn’t take part in the action is both more attractive and a better character.
Watch more anime, kids. There are better ones just in the last few seasons of anime.
Yay Asuna #1!
The dumb bitch has about 3 token lines of dialogue and a minute of screen time in each episode of this series..
Shitty self-insert Mary Sues sure are popular with nips.