Who is the greatest anime hero ever!?
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I have a lot to list well, probably first would be Ichigo Kurosaki, then Gotta have Kenshin Himura and Sanouske. There's many more but I'd be here all day.
Other than Nausicaa my personal favorite Anime Hero would probably be...
Either Edward Elric or Simon the Driller.
Either Edward Elric or Simon the Driller.
Kaneda from Akira without a doubt, or another vote for Motoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell shes just rofl awesome!
Powerful - SS4 Gogeta (seriously noone can argue with that, if you wanna try just go watch DB)
Awesome - Spike
Arrogant - Alucard
Diabolical - Leolouch
Funny - Allen Walker (its some weird comedy but I found it hillarious)
Insane - Luffy (even though I don't watch one piece much anymore)
lolwut - Naruto
But out of all of the side characters my I have only one favourite and that is Zaraki Kenpachi
Awesome - Spike
Arrogant - Alucard
Diabolical - Leolouch
Funny - Allen Walker (its some weird comedy but I found it hillarious)
Insane - Luffy (even though I don't watch one piece much anymore)
lolwut - Naruto
But out of all of the side characters my I have only one favourite and that is Zaraki Kenpachi
Its been a long time since I've seen the anime, but I say the main character from samurai champloo, mugen, is cool. I like characters that break the steriotypes of their media and he fits the bill. "so, whats your secret?" asks that one peppy girl in one of the last episodes
Mugen, mysteriously: "well, once I met this weird old guy on the road who said 'want to know whats in this box?,' so I killed him."
Mugen, mysteriously: "well, once I met this weird old guy on the road who said 'want to know whats in this box?,' so I killed him."
Most of the main characters from Jump are simply cookies made from the dough of friendship, determination, and being inexplicably caught up in events that will destroy the school/town/nation/world/universe without their intervention. If you want good characters look at the bit players who serve warm-up for the villains/heros. A good example is Shikamaru from Naruto. All three main characters are various degrees of emo and "determination" (aka they won't just shut up and die) while Shikamaru is a lazy SOB who is super smart (he also doesn't have super flashy moves to spam). His fights were the only ones I actually enjoyed because it is not just spamming clones or constantly breaking out the "actual ultimate attack." Whenever crazy shit happens in his fights it doesn't seem like a contrived plot device to make sure he wins. The explanations are plausible without having to believe that the last ultimate attack failed because the villain was wearing green asbestos socks. Unfortunately it seems that writing those parts of the story is like over locking a computer: you get better results, but you can only do for so long before you fry something. Also, doing this again and again will devolve into less flashy versions of spamming ultimates.
Luffy, at the very least, dosen't have giant anti-gravity hair or, tomy knowledge, a powered-up form.
I'd say someone from FLCL, but it's too hard to say who is after what.
Luffy, at the very least, dosen't have giant anti-gravity hair or, tomy knowledge, a powered-up form.
I'd say someone from FLCL, but it's too hard to say who is after what.
*ducks anime hate nukes, just in case* >>;
I adore Luffy, too, but my favorite has to be Princess Tutu. ...YES I KNOW THAT'S LIKE THE GIRLIEST NAME EVER BUT BEAR WITH ME. She's a transforming duck with stunning character development who always finds a creative way around fighting by helping bad guys realize their problems and work things out. I'd have to say I love her because she's an idealized cross between a hero and a fairy-tale princess...although that's kind of the premise of the show.
And she's so goddamn cute.
Oh, and Sailor Moon, because she set the market up for more female characters.
I adore Luffy, too, but my favorite has to be Princess Tutu. ...YES I KNOW THAT'S LIKE THE GIRLIEST NAME EVER BUT BEAR WITH ME. She's a transforming duck with stunning character development who always finds a creative way around fighting by helping bad guys realize their problems and work things out. I'd have to say I love her because she's an idealized cross between a hero and a fairy-tale princess...although that's kind of the premise of the show.
And she's so goddamn cute.
Oh, and Sailor Moon, because she set the market up for more female characters.
Luffy is my favorite "Stupid Hero" in anime. Despite my loathing of Long Series's I still haven't been able to turn against One Piece, I find the cast, the stories and everything just too damn lovable to hate.
Pretty much, definatly the most powerful... but as a single character I think Goku for the win.Aardvark said:
also a very good choice!crimson5pheonix said:
Light Yagami isn't so much a hero as a psychopathic self righteous mass murderer who masquerades as a "hero" which makes him pretty asskick awesome. was gonna pick up a hard cover death note 1 from borders but it was $35 (AU) so i thought screw that.
I'd have to say the male lead from Grave of the Fireflies. But if you're talking about a TYPICAL anime, then I'd have to say...hmm...gotta think of something not totally cliche...how about Lina Inverse of Slayers? ^.^
