Newtype's Top 30 Anime Characters of Decade and Gender

[Mr. Tines]

Yes, they're whiny brats but Shinji is awkward because of his social retardation while Amuro is whiny because he's a civilian in a war.

You know, "a civilian in war" is a good fit for Shinji too -- he's just this random civilian who's been in effect drafted because of what his father has built exactly as Amuro. The similarities are such that there's a tongue in cheek "Gundam ripped off Evangelion" comparison floating around here somewhere.

[Taekmkm]

But their result ultimately makes them different characters, same as Lelouch ahd Light.

[Gamer_2k4]

You know, "a civilian in war" is a good fit for Shinji too -- he's just this random civilian who's been in effect drafted because of what his father has built exactly as Amuro. The similarities are such that there's a tongue in cheek "Gundam ripped off Evangelion" comparison floating around here somewhere.

I was going to say something similar, but I doubt Shinji's condition is the same as Amuro's (though I can't say for sure, having never heard of the latter). The important thing about Shinji is that the only thing keeping him fighting is himself. He doesn't have to be there; he only pilots because that's the only way he knows to make himself feel needed. Shinji's looking for respect and validation, and many of the battles he fights in could be fought just as well with Rei, a dummy plug, etc.

[DevRei17]

I found another poll that seems to be an offshoot of this one.

Newtype's Top Favorite Male and Female Characters of the Last 25 Years

Top 10 Males
1. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
2. Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
3. Athrun Zala (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
4. Arsene Lupin the lll (Lupin the lll)
5. Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)
6. Shinji Ikari (Evangelion)
7. Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
8. Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion)
9. Edward Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)
10. Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya)

Top 10 Females
1. Cagalli Yula Athna (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
2. Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind)
3. Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)
4. Lacus Clynne (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
5. Asuka Langly Soryu (Evangelion)
6. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
7. Lynn Minmay (Macross)
8. Sheryl Nome (Macross)
9. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
10. Kyoko Otonashi (Maison Ikkoku)


EDIT: My take on the list.

Males
1. Arsene Lupin the lll (Lupin the lll)
2. Shinji Ikari (Evangelion)
3. Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)
4. Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura)
5. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
6. Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam)
7. Edward Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)
8. Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion)
9. Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
10. Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya)

Females
1. Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind)
2. Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)
3. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
4. Asuka Langly Soryuu (Evangelion)
5. Fujiko Mine (Lupin the lll)
6. Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)
7. Lynn Minmay (Macross)
8. Haruhi Suzimiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya)
9. Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
TIE
10. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
10. Kyoko Otonashi (Maison Ikkoku)

[Xard]

the fuck happened to Newtype?

Their yearly polls have usually indicated a good taste for decades

goddamn SEED in Code Gayass newfags ruining all :(

[DevRei17]

the fuck happened to Newtype?

Their yearly polls have usually indicated a good taste for decades

goddamn SEED in Code Gayass newfags ruining all :(

True.
Char loses to his inferior SEED counterparts? To quote Shinji in the english dub of episode 5: "Bullshit."

[Twin Drive Sigma Aquarion]

I think you're over reacting Xard, some CG and SEED characters are quite awesome.

7. Lynn Minmay (Macross)
8. Sheryl Nome (Macross)

Boo.

[Xard]

Inferior modern copies of original characters with extra fanservice and homolust is what you mean, I take

True.
Char loses to his inferior SEED counterparts? To quote Shinji in the english dub of episode 5: "Bullshit."

There's nothing fujoshis can't do

[Mr. Tines]

Inferior modern copies

Those summary lists start off exactly as the 2000's lists at the start of this thread -- the older series are just being forgotten.

[Twin Drive Sigma Aquarion]

Inferior modern copies of original characters with extra fanservice and homolust is what you mean, I take

Most of them aren't inferior and I am not seeing fanservice/homolust for most of them.

[Xard]

Those summary lists start off exactly as the 2000's lists at the start of this thread -- the older series are just being forgotten.

The thing is that traditionally Japanese fans have had far better & approvable sense of history than the western counterparts: this can be seen for example in the annual "top 300 anime songs" votings 2ch does every year. There're tracks from bizarre, old "never heard of" sources as far as westerners are considered and plenty of classic tunes from classic old anime. Fujiko Mine is still voted the hottest anime character in medium's history, classic shows like Evangelion etc. dominate "best anime ever" lists etc.

Yes, it is true that Japanese people don't like to look back much these days and they have endless obsession with "new" but I'm sure that prior to last couple of years results so strongly dominated by this decade's stuff wouldn't exist.

Meh. Just more reasons to be irritated with CG and this millenium's Gundam series.