
Fans have given deserved credit to original anime (as opposed to adaptations) with this latest ranking, listing those most deserving a sequel or other continuation – though the fact that 80% of the votes were cast by women has caused some to question the validity of the ranking, more so with the gratifying absence of fujoshi titles…
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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.
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Several rounds of voting and tens of thousands of (presumably fujoshi) votes have finally yielded the nearest thing to a definitive ranking of the popularity of 2011’s crop of male characters, a class of character which seems to have received quite a boost in 2011.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 23, 2011 07:09 JST
- Tags: Ika Musume, K-ON!, Marketing, Mass Media, Nichijou, Otaku, Rankings, Tiger & Bunny, TV

Anime fans have been lamenting the wastefulness of anime which the mainstream might accept being broadcast at 3AM instead of at “golden time” in the early evening – and with their number one choice, they may have a point…
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Demand for original anime seems to be at an all time high – and considering the quality of recent originals, it is not hard to see why.
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