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Almost Otaku: Who is Anime's #1 Character?

Topic started by No_name_here on Sept. 5, 2010. Last post by bbally81 1 year, 4 months ago.
Post by Gaff (213 posts) See mini bio Level 11
@Kelleth:

Musti is a cartoon character, created by Flemish graphic artist Ray Goossens in 1945    

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musti_(character)  
 

  Miffy was created in 1955 after Bruna had been telling his one-year-old son Sierk stories about a little rabbit they had seen earlier in the dunes,  while on holiday at  Egmond aan Zee


  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miffy 
 
:P
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Kelleth (7,728 posts) See mini bio Level 20
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@Gaff: 
1 Musti only got to holland in 1980, Nijntje was already popular then.
2 Have you read my post? because you act like i did not notice what you meant lol
Edited 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by RadiantTheLight (733 posts) See mini bio Level 7
Astro Boy and Goku... tie.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by TimothyWessel (3 posts) See mini bio Level 9
Agreed..
 http://mikemaluk.deviantart.com/art/Superman-VS-Goku-80679445

 Alternatively
 http://wessel.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d295jbi
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by mrfluke (11 posts) See mini bio Level 5
goku is definitely number 1, but sadly his time has been eclipsed by shows like bakugan and pikachu :(
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Gaff (213 posts) See mini bio Level 11
@Kelleth: Whoops. Sorry! My point was that Musti is quite a bit older than Nijntje / Miffy. Just like Dick Bruna, you could say that Nijntje was a copy of Musti :P
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Grambyte (1 posts) See mini bio Level 12
Goku hands down for me. Not saying rest isn't cool. Just growing up with Goku and the DB & DBZ series makes me not even have much of a choice. Also not saying it was the only anime I watched during my childhood just that none could grab me like Goku did. From baby Goku till Dead/Risen Goku... it's Goku that's anime's #1 char.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Kelleth (7,728 posts) See mini bio Level 20
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@Gaff:  i know that's what you meant and i also said @Kelleth said:
" @Gaff:  1 Musti only got to holland in 1980, Nijntje was already popular then.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by YotaruVegeta (353 posts) See mini bio Level 9
@TimothyWessel: 
 
This is a much better Vs 


  http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/463/266913-blud_shot_hulk_vs_vegeta_super.jpg
 
Edited 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by agila61 (87 posts) See mini bio Level 4
@sotyfan16 said:
"

Sorry that I keep asking questions for this segment but I have another:  
Sports anime/manga: good, bad, or just plain ugly?

"
Giant Killing is a fine (association) football anime. But 90% of everything is crud, and I am sure that bad and just plain ugly sports manga and anime that will only be appreciated by hard core fans of sports manga and anime can be found.  
 
Who is this Goku that you speak of, by the way? I assume that it must be one of those tedious long running shonen platforms, an endless succession of fights with ever escalating powers.
Edited 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by daikari (8 posts) See mini bio Level 8
I think it is hard to pick a #1 character when it comes to anime. The best way would be to cut it into categories of #1's.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by hitsusatsu11 (9,455 posts) See mini bio Level 20
Goku for sure.
 
But nowadays Naruto and Ichigo are not far off.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by YotaruVegeta (353 posts) See mini bio Level 9
I think Naruto will have more staying power as a character than Ichigo.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Lady_Nightmare (2,787 posts) See mini bio Level 13
I vote Goku
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Caligula (75 posts) See mini bio Level 11
i have to say Kakarot.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by EganTheVile1 (1,507 posts) See mini bio Level 20
50's/60's Astro Boy, 70's Speed Racer, Voltron owned the 80's with Robotech as the under-appreciated red-headed step-child of the time, 90's is a bit arguable Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Pokemon were all pretty big among different demographics, Yu-Gi-Oh for late 90's early 2000, One Piece (hate to admit it) was the mid 2K's inexplicable juggernaut, and overall success you HAVE TO give to Transformers just hands down unstoppable franchise that spanks even Dragon Ball worldwide.
Edited 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by YotaruVegeta (353 posts) See mini bio Level 9
One Piece's success is not inexplicable. It's a fun shounen action/adventure
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by Bigandtasty (3 posts) See mini bio Level 6
It is interesting to think about; characters are a bit too generational.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by DavidHochoy (2 posts) See mini bio Level 4

Goku!Who doesn't know what "KA-ME-HA-ME-HA" is?Pikachu can't be the choice because it's such a vague approach since everyone considers the fact that Pokemon has been running for 10 years therefore it's the most popular but it's not relavent anymore,& DBZ has been done for how many years,Yet it's still relavent.Goku is the Japanese equivelent of Superman while Astro Boy comes second.
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Post by pawsoffury (3 posts) See mini bio Level 5
Here in the UK I think you'd get a lot more name recognition out of PIkachu then you would out of Goku (providing you're asking a regular member of the public). Probably due to Dragonball or DBZ never having been shown on a main channel outside satellite or cable. 
 
Anything else forget it! I doubt kids here even remember who Tai and Yugi are anymore, the only thing that seems to air is ancient Naruto episodes on 'Disney XD'. It's no wonder Anime coventions here are so bland and uninspiring when those less internet savvy fans have next to no exposure of anything modern (or indeed the classics predating 2000).
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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