ANIMAGE'S TOP ANIME CHARACTERS IN JAPAN

Last February, Animage, one of the leading anime publications in Japan, conducted a poll among their readers to determine who are the 100 Most Popular Anime Characters in Japan today. Here are the Top 20 Most Popular Anime Characters…

1. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)

2. Kira Yamato (Gundam Seed)

3. Arthrun Zala (Gundam Seed)

4. Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

5. Allen Walker (D. Gray-man)

6. Suou Tamaki (Ouran High School Host Club)

7. Hitsugaya Toushirou (Bleach)

8. Lacus Clyne (Gundam Seed)

9. Edward Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)

10. Kallen Stadtfeld (Code Geass)

11. Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam Seed)

12. Kinomoto Sakura (Card Captor Sakura)

13. Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicles/Chronicles of the Wings)

14. Kanda Yu (D. Gray-man)

15. Fujioka Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club)

16. C.C. (Code Geass)

17. Miyazaki Nodoka (Mahou Sensei Negima!)

18. Abe No Yasuaki (Harukanaru Toki No Naka De)

19. Okita Sougou (Gintama)

20. L (Death Note) Tied w/ Kotarou Katsura (Gintama)

If you want to know how your other favorite anime characters fared, here are the rankings of the more popular ones….

25. Bell Dandy (Oh My Goddess!)

27. Edogawa Conan (Detective Conan) Tied W/ Hagi (Blood+)

34. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

36. Shibuya Yuuri (Kyou Kara Maou)

39. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo)

40. Solomon Goldsmith (Blood+)

41. Saya (Blood+)

43. Kuchiki Byakuya (Bleach)

46. Ootori Kyouya (Ouran High School Host Club)

47. Kaoru Futachiin (Ouran High School Host Club)

50. Li Shaoran (Tsubasa Chronicles) Tied w/ Hijikata Toushiro (Gintama)

54. Ichimaru Gin (Bleach)

64. Gunter von Christ/Wolfram von Bielefelt (Kyou Kara Maou)

70. Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach) Tied w/ Futachiin Hikaru (Ouran High School Host Club)

77. Keroro (Keroro Gunso) Tied w/ Fye Flowright (Tsubasa Chronicles)

84. Kurogane (Tsubasa Chronicles) Tied W/ Black Jack (Black Jack)

90. Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto)