The most cool, manly and refined of “oji-san” older guys to grace anime titles with their presence have been ranked, with Lupin III not all that shockingly doing rather well out of it all.
The ranking, boasting the opinions of 10,000 voters:
1. Daisuke Jigen (Lupin III)
2. Ramba Ral (Mobile Suit Gundam)
3. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Tiger & Bunny)
4. Tomomi Masaoka (Psycho-Pass)
5. Shigaraki (Gugure Kokkuri-san)
6. Silvers Rayleigh (One Piece)
7. Matsudaira Katakuriko (Gintama)
8. Kiichi Goto (Patlabor)
9. Hiroshi Nohara (Crayon Shin-chan)
10. Koichi Zenigata (Lupin III)
11. Yupa Miralda (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
12. Shanks (One Piece)
13. Taizou Hasegawa (Gintama)
14. Kagetora Aida (Kuroko’s Basketball)
15. Bunta Fujiwara (Initial D)
16. Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
17. Kiritsugu Emiya (Fate)
18. Joseph Joestar (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
19. Batou (Ghost in the Shell)
20. Master Asia (G Gundam)
I can think of several old guys “cool” and “manly”. Then, when you add “refined” I have a little more trouble…
What?? No Yujiro Hanma or Orochi Doppo??
Some great names made it onto this list. But what about Golgo?
It’s refreshing to see a list like this for once, but the lack of Kenshiro or anyone from HnK… not even in the comments (well, besides one mention)… my jaw is dropped. It just doesn’t make any sense.
The butler guy from they are my noble masters….