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Your favourite Anime character

  • 05-06-2010 11:54am
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    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,132 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Not necessarily the hottest, but which Anime characters strike you as the most interesting creations?

    There's plenty of favourites for me. Spike has gotta be there

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    The coolest of the cool :cool:


    Hei from Dark than Black
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    I love his attitude and the softness that's revealed inside. Awesome fighting style too :P


    Rei from NGE
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    Never came across anyone who didn't like her


    Zero and CC from Code Geass
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    Lelouch and CC, both provacative in their own way, love them both to death


    Osaka from Azumanga Daioh
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    One of the funnies characters ever created. Never stopped laughing whenever Osaka was on screen :D


    Death the Kid from Soul Eater
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    I love his attitude and his obsession with symmetry :P


    I have plenty more, but those are what springs to mind


    So.... how about you?


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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭dacookie


    I agree with Hei, zero and CC but why does everyone like Spike?I dont get it.His face is always expressionless, he doesnt stand out and hes not one to hate either...enlighten me?

    I liked aisha from outlaw star and the red haired guys name...damn cant remember his name, probably cause when I last saw that anime I was 12.

    Most the people in gurenn lagann are cool too, especially kittan at the end...


  • Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭gearoidof


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  • Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭Burkie.EXE


    Ushiromiya Battler from Umineko is ridiculously awesome. Some of the stuff he comes out with is hilarious despite being a fairly serious character.
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    Ryuuguu Rena from Higurashi because she's so completely bi-polar. Like the best combination of adorable and psychotic possible. It's like two characters that are both completely win in one body.
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    Firo Prochainezo from Baccano! He's an awesome-gangster type who always wears an amazing hat (that I want) and is pretty damn slick in a fight.
    Example-


  • Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cy_Revenant




    Rei from NGE
    Never came across anyone who didn't like her

    I don't like Rei. She has no likeable qualities.

    I honestly can't think of a single character in any anime who seriously stands out as a favourite character to me.

    I did quite like Taiso from Giant Robo.
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    The third Jojo was also pretty cool.
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    Marco from Porco Rosso was also pretty great.
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    Shouko from Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu. Hot and interesting!


    Kanon & Beatrice from Umineko no Naku Koro ni...


    Kakashi & Haku from Naruto.


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,989 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Jubei from ninja scroll

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  • Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭Kitty-kitty


    I don't like Rei. She has no likeable qualities.

    I honestly can't think of a single character in any anime who seriously stands out as a favourite character to me.

    I thought the point of Rei was that she has no qualities whatsoever? That said, everyone but Misato bothered me in that anime so I can't talk.

    Mine's obscure - my favourite is Matsuda from Death Note. The loveable idiot.


  • Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cy_Revenant


    I thought the point of Rei was that she has no qualities whatsoever? That said, everyone but Misato bothered me in that anime so I can't talk.

    Mine's obscure - my favourite is Matsuda from Death Note. The loveable idiot.
    That's pretty damn mainstream.

    Pretty much everyone in Eva got on my nerves. I didn't like a single character in that show.


  • Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭Kitty-kitty


    Oh, sorry, brain blip, by obscure I meant the character - he's easy to forget if you're focusing on the main characters, and most people draw a blank when I mention him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭FyeaG


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    Even tho he wasnt in DBZ for long, hes awsome, i like his character


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 coolguy68


    boku from boku no pico :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Funky


    coolguy68 wrote: »
    boku from boku no pico :)

    Sure is /a/ in here


  • Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭Butterscotch


    I guess I am one of the very few who sees Rei as her favourite character. Bite me. She is my favourite fictional character in fact. I never came across an interesting and alluring character as her. I love C.C. too the way she is sarcastic and flirtious. As for male characters I love Lelouch too and Alucard from Hellsing they are so twisted. I also like Rip van Winkle and Seras Victoria in the Hellsing OVA. I could go on forever. :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭Butterscotch


    darren263 wrote: »
    thumps up for your article, great post...

    Sorry I am abit confused. Where you talking to me?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,259 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Lina Inverse, no questions asked. You can't go wrong with someone throwing a Dragon slave blowing up the village paying you to kill the dragon or throws fireballs at common bandits :D

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    vegeta
    Goku
    Zaraki Kenpachi
    Kisuke Urahara
    Byakuya Kuchiki
    Kyouraku Shunsui
    Maes Hughs
    Edward Elric
    L
    Light Yagami/Kira
    Alucard
    Mugen
    Jin

    :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭BlandKitten


    Aside from those already mentioned;
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    And yes, I mean both of them :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 997 ✭✭✭tread_softly


    Hmmmmm, I have a few!

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    Kurogane from Tsubasa, love that guy!

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    Kanu Unchou from Ikki Tousen

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    Wolfwood from Trigun

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    Gamma Akutabi from the unfortunately shortlived Zombie Powder :(

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    Lavi from D. Gray Man


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 celia19O5


    I like the Sailor Moon :) a little chidish...she is lovely!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27 dazza_480


    naruto rules


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 StarShineX


    gotta be Vampire Hunter D for me :D:D:D or Vincent from final fantasy if he counts lol


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


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    Bokutō no Ryū

    From "Shaman King"


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Funky


    A couple of my favourites:

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    Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari

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    Guts from Berserk


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,482 ✭✭✭✭Varik


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭HereNorThere




  • Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭Icarian


    it seems like most anime characters are pretty shallow to me, designed to be the token cool character (Spike - cowboy bebop), zany/wacky (Kon - bleach), bumbling fat guy (choji - naruto), or fanservice (at least one female character in every anime ever made), cold, silent warrior (Sasuke - Naruto, Byakuya - Bleach).

    Full Metal Alchemist has a small bit of these, but in general, is mercifully free of these archetypes.

    Ed Elric for being such a well developed, believable character, strength, weakness, stubborness, guilt, funny, serious, he's just symphatetic, likable, and believable. I like Naruto too, but he's rather obviously your typical gutsy youngster with a can do attitude who doesn't afraid of nothin' (see Ichigo), though he has had some decent development in Shippuden. Quite like Shikimaru too for shallow reasons, though he had significant development too, particularly after Asuma...


  • Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cy_Revenant


    While you're right that almost every character ever is a ball of cliches to one degree or another, you're way off the mark comparing Naruto (the character) to Ichigo. They really have nothing in common.

    Ichigo is an entirely different ball of cliches.


  • Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭Icarian


    eh... take away Naruto's goofiness, add a little angst and self doubt and Naruto practically is Ichigo, both underdogs who surprisingly happen to have hidden power making them potentially the strongest in their universe... Then again, thats also a very common anime theme.


  • Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cy_Revenant


    Icarian wrote: »
    eh... take away Naruto's goofiness, add a little angst and self doubt and Naruto practically is Ichigo, both underdogs who surprisingly happen to have hidden power making them potentially the strongest in their universe... Then again, thats also a very common anime theme.
    So you're saying that I should take the shounen hero archetype, take away any of Naruto's identifying features and replace them with Ichigo's identifying features?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Coeurdepirate


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    L - Death Note. My absolute favourite character.

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    Sebastian - Kuroshitsuji. Also remarkable awesome.


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