Every time there is a discussion, video or a picture of an anime, people will start arguing about who are the best anime character. Now it’s time to settle it and base our interesting rankings with facts. Popularity is not just the only basis but as well as its impact to the people and the gross.
Shinji Ikari
Heroes are stereotyped to be strong, competent, good-looking, self-assured and humble that makes them almost perfect. However, it was the opposite of Shinji. He was a unique kind of hero which is a weak, fearful, whiner, scary and despairing young boy. His piteousness makes him unique from other fantasy anime. The character was inspired by the depressing state of the director which is Hideaki Anno.
Goku
“Kamehameha Waaaaaaaaave!” that is his famous line. Although, he’s not just the famous on the Dragon Ball Z, he was the one who was able to keep the show running. Decades already passed and he’s still popular to teens and even kids from bags, shoes, costumes, parodies and even some countries in the world still airs Dragon Ball Z. Even some of the ideas of famous anime now originated from this anime series.
Astro Boy
Astro Boy was already popular during its first appearance way back in 1963. Do you still remember the story about Pinocchio? It was somewhat similar with this popular fairy tale. Dr. Tenma tried to recreate his done who died in an accident with this robot. However, he didn’t just make a common buy but a robot who have super abilities like x-ray vision, feet filled with rocket boosters and a hundred thousand horse power. His design might be a little bit childish, however, it was a symbol of those Japanese children who were able to experience war just few feet away from them.