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I got this idea from the gundam topic, my anime history is long so some of you may not recognize characters on my lists
Male
1. Dark Schnider-bastard manga
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2. Ashram the black knight-record of lodoss war
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3. Maxamillian Jenius-macross
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4. Jigen Daisuke-lupin the 3rd
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5. Batou-ghost in the shell manga/stand alone complex anime
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Female
1. Pirotess-record of lodoss war
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2. Cima Garahau-Gundam 0083
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3. Priss-bubblegum crisis
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4. Millia Falina Jenius-macross
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5. Kei of the dirty pair anime
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Bonus round-favorite anime mascot/pet/animal
MUGHI also from the dirty pair series
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Now it is your turn
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I think that is true for any starting point with anime.
I started a very long time ago when it was nearly impossible to get outside of japan, i also started with a show that had a more serious setting with a linear story arc (space battleship yamato) so my very selective collection of anime and my attitude towards styles are very different from say somebody who started in the 90s with dragon ball, sailor moon or gundam wing that showed up on US TV for first impressions. As i was already aware of the genres their troupes. by the time many of these shows hit mainstream expose outside of japan i had already watched them or had reviewed and took a pass on them. It is a far cry from today where they basically simultaneously release some shows domestically and internationally.
Akira in particular was shown at my anime club back when it was first released in japan in 1988 and fan subtitled. as with most movie productions it was a spectacle of beauty to behold, even if i was not into the story all that much.
There were quite a few movies back in the 80's and 90's that are still quite impressive to watch-macross do you remember love from 1985, silent mobius 1991, all the myazaki movies of course-nausicca 1984, laputa 1986, totoro 1988, kikis delivery service 1989, porco rosso 1992. dirty pair movie 1987, wings of honneamise 1987 and the list goes on...
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AduroT wrote: Obviously a fan of Kamina, the Manliest Man who ever Manned.
I see you meant to say dark schnider , there is no manlier man....i mean he is a 400 year old evil wizard who's stated goal is to kill all the ugly ape faced men and take all the beautiful women for himself(and reset society while he is at it). And he is the "hero" of the setting.
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AduroT wrote: Obviously a fan of Kamina, the Manliest Man who ever Manned.
I see you meant to say dark schnider , there is no manlier man....i mean he is a 400 year old evil wizard who's stated goal is to kill all the ugly ape faced men and take all the beautiful women for himself(and reset society while he is at it). And he is the "hero" of the setting.
That bastard ain’t got nothing on Kamina! He doesn’t need no 400 year old magic powers, he gets it done with overpowering resolve! Standing face to face with those bigger and stronger than him instead of picking on the weak!
Narrowing to 5 is almost impossible. Part of what makes anime great is the overwhelming volume of fantastic characters both in design and conflict.
The top 2 that spring to mind are probably Spike Spiegel and Vash, the Stampede for me. After that, he's incredibly irritating, but Shinji Ikari needs a nod just for being such a thorough dissection of depression in an extremely engaging package.
Goku really deserves a place. He's not even the best character in his own series, but there are so many characters in anime that are Goku plus this twist, its hard to name any of them without having to mention their forebearer.
Last spot, lets go a little too modern, but I gotta respect Senku Ishigami. He's such a stupidly overpowered beacon of hope in an era where people need a serious reminder of how far basic science as brought us.
And those were just 5 that mean something to me. There's some serious greats overlooked like Light, Lelouch, Eren Yeager, Johan Liebert, Griffith that are truly great, three dimensional characters driven to extremes.
I must approve your choices, been a fan of shirow for a very long time(and GUNNM).
It isn't ghost in the shell without tachikoma/fuchikoima's i would add ana/uni puma to that list
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.....do tachikomas count as pets?
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Hah. I had forgotten that my list is basically all Shirow
I just love his design language.
Amd I don’t know about pets, but they should be mandatory
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Good times
I guess I should add Ifutita to my list
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Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Out of all the stuff they did tenchi is the most famous but i did like the El hazard OVAs better, but hands down the best they ever did in that style was photon
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Let's see-
Himura Kenshin (good call on Vash, there's nothing like a cheerful goofball that is actually death on two legs)
Lord Momonga- from any other perspective, he's amoral and evil as they come, but in the Overlord series he's a shockingly loyal protagonist for his people.
Yomiko Readman- the nerdiest of nerds, that acquired her awesome powers by loving books too much. R.O.D. was her anime.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
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I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
OOF, top 5 is a really tough list. As mentioned above, you could really break it down to top 5 protagonists, top 5 antagonists (like Yoshikage Kira or guys like The Major from Hellsing Ultimate) and top 5 supporting characters because there's just so many good ones tbh.
1. Greed/Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) 2. Joseph Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) 3. Vegeta (Dragonball) 4. Alexander Anderson (Hellsing Ultimate) 5. Kazuma (Konosuba)
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I know it is tough that's why i broke my list down by male/female characters/pets.
It is even worse for me because my list is so large given how long i have been watching anime.
i could easily double my list and many posters here probably would not know what anime they were from.
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