IGN: Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time

Sanjiscool · Post by **Sanjiscool** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:31 pm

There are some excellent choices on there, but most of them are in the wrong spots. Goku's a great character, but adult Goku in Z is not as good as his younger self in the previous series. Also putting Naruto, Ichigo, and Kenshin so high up, Luffy and Lupin so far back, and even including Shinji are some bad choices.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:39 pm

They forgot some:

Shoryuken · Post by **Shoryuken** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:05 pm

bkev wrote:
Hellspawn28 wrote:The list also lacks Kenshiro too .
Not popular... IN AMERICA!

Bah! Kenshiro should be on the list. He is after all the quintessential martial arts manga character and came way before the likes of Dragon Ball.
Glad to see Kenshin and Spike Spiegel so high up.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:27 pm

bkev wrote:You can't spell.... wait for it...
IGNorant without IGN! Man, I don't get to use that line enough.

Oh wow, people still say that?
I thought people stopped being that lame a long time ago.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:43 pm

Herms wrote:You could say the same thing about including characters like Goku, Luffy, and Kusanagi, who started out in manga.

Perhaps so... My point has been debunked it seems.

However, I still don't see how you could consider Pikachu one of the best anime characters of all time... He's more of an extension to Ash than his own full-fledged character.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:21 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
Herms wrote:You could say the same thing about including characters like Goku, Luffy, and Kusanagi, who started out in manga.
Perhaps so... My point has been debunked it seems.

However, I still don't see how you could consider Pikachu one of the best anime characters of all time... He's more of an extension to Ash than his own full-fledged character.

Pikachu exsists in all forms of the Pokemon franchise, even the parents know Pikachu. Be it the games, the manga, or the anime, Pikachu is the mascott for the Pokemon franchise. I really think Pokemon would be nothing like the money monster it is today if it wern't for it's cute, yellow mascott.
Besides, Ash is a cunt.

Post by **Herms** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:48 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:Perhaps so... My point has been debunked it seems.

Of course, by my count only 6 of the characters on the list actually originated in anime (Shinji, Totoro, Lelouch, Jubei, Rei, and Spike). The rest appeared first in manga, books, or video games. So maybe I’m being too much of a stickler.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:49 pm

Rory wrote: Besides, Ash is a cunt.

Well, for a 10 year old, I think that he is doing pretty fine, thinking of that his rival is a leap ahead due to his world-famous Pokémon grandpa.
And he eventually defeats this prodigy, inclusive some of the best Pokémon trainers in the world in his journeys.
I don't see how that makes him a cunt. He never backs out from fights and always tries his best.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:10 pm

Considering it's IGN, it's lucky that the list is even this good.

(I don't see the problem with adding Shinji Ikari, unless you're one of those folks who likes to be an internet tough guy and rip into the kid. If he was some loudmouthed badass, it would entirely miss the point of the show. I think he's an interesting character.)

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:40 pm

Godo wrote:
Rory wrote: Besides, Ash is a cunt.
Well, for a 10 year old, I think that he is doing pretty fine, thinking of that his rival is a leap ahead due to his world-famous Pokémon grandpa.
And he eventually defeats this prodigy, inclusive some of the best Pokémon trainers in the world in his journeys.
I don't see how that makes him a cunt. He never backs out from fights and always tries his best.

Red > Ash, one hundred fold. S'all I'm sayin'.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:02 pm

Rory wrote:
Godo wrote:
Rory wrote: Besides, Ash is a cunt.
Well, for a 10 year old, I think that he is doing pretty fine, thinking of that his rival is a leap ahead due to his world-famous Pokémon grandpa.
And he eventually defeats this prodigy, inclusive some of the best Pokémon trainers in the world in his journeys.
I don't see how that makes him a cunt. He never backs out from fights and always tries his best.
Red > Ash, one hundred fold. S'all I'm sayin'.

I prefer Satoshi/Ash. Everything comes too easily to Red. Ash is that dopey special needs kid you want to root for. I feel like Red doesn't need my support.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:29 pm

Ain't they the same person pretty much? Or do folks look at game characters different than their anime selves with different default names?

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:48 pm

They're different characters, as are all the manga character based off the game protagonists.

Then again, given that the game character doesn't really have a personality in the first place, I assume it's one of the other characters named "Red" they're talking about... and since they're writing in English, and the English Internet Pokemon community has, for some reason or other, decided that the only Pokemon manga that exists is Pocket Monsters Special, I would guess they mean the "Red" from that series.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:37 pm

Adamant wrote:I assume it's one of the other characters named "Red" they're talking about... and since they're writing in English, and the English Internet Pokemon community has, for some reason or other, decided that the only Pokemon manga that exists is Pocket Monsters Special, I would guess they mean the "Red" from that series.

Red is also the official name given to the player character from Red Blue and Green, and the male protagonist from the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes.

Rory wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:
Herms wrote:You could say the same thing about including characters like Goku, Luffy, and Kusanagi, who started out in manga.
Perhaps so... My point has been debunked it seems.

However, I still don't see how you could consider Pikachu one of the best anime characters of all time... He's more of an extension to Ash than his own full-fledged character.
Pikachu exsists in all forms of the Pokemon franchise, even the parents know Pikachu. Be it the games, the manga, or the anime, Pikachu is the mascott for the Pokemon franchise. I really think Pokemon would be nothing like the money monster it is today if it wern't for it's cute, yellow mascott.
Besides, Ash is a cunt.

Yes, he's recognizable, popular and memorable, but he isn't really a "character" so much as he is a mascot. The only time he ever showed any personality is in the first episode.

That would be like me saying that Toucan Sam or Tony the Tiger are some of the best animated characters of all time, when they are simply there to sell a product.

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:42 pm

Haruhi (among others) higher than Luffy.

Hmm.

Just let it go Anth. LET IT FUCKING GO.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:53 pm

fps_anth wrote:Haruhi (among others) higher than Luffy.

Hmm.

Just let it go Anth. LET IT FUCKING GO.

I like Haruhi quite a bit, but you have to have a tolerance for her type of character.

Actually, though, Haruhi is more of a parody of that "type".

B · Post by B » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:25 pm

Adamant wrote:and the English Internet Pokemon community has, for some reason or other, decided that the only Pokemon manga that exists is Pocket Monsters Special, I would guess they mean the "Red" from that series.

Well, only three other Pokemon manga besides Special got to the U.S., none of which star any other "Red." There's hardly any solid information on all the other Pokemon manga. I'm sure finding scanlations of them would be a bitch.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:54 am

21. Vegeta
First Appearance: Dragon Ball Z Episode 11, "Trouble on Arlia," 1989

Well, technically it's episode 2. Unless you go by when his first speaking role is, then it's episode 5.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:29 am

Metalwario64 wrote: Red is also the official name given to the player character from Red Blue and Green, and the male protagonist from the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes.

Yes, I mentioned that. One letter before the stuff you quoted. I just assumed they meant the Special guy, since the game guy doesn't really have a personality.

B wrote: Well, only three other Pokemon manga besides Special got to the U.S., none of which star any other "Red." There's hardly any solid information on all the other Pokemon manga. I'm sure finding scanlations of them would be a bitch.

That would make slightly more sense if not for the fact that the game character is also named Red, as mentioned.

Scanslations probably don't exist for most of the other series, but a whole ton of them has been translated into English in Singapore, and can be found on Ebay with extremely little effort.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:32 am

Have to say I never really liked the whole naming characters after the color of the game thing. Especially when you get to generation 3 and 4 as you could only name the girls that seriously.