The best way to phrase this question is like this. If anime characters were Disney characters, who would be Micky Mouse?
Mickey Mouse symbolizes Disney. He's the mascot, the most popular and recognizable character, He's happy, upbeat, he cares for others, and he's just overall a jolly character. He represents everything Disney is...
Actually, Mickey represents everything Disney WAS
If you were to take a character from anime, and put them up on the same pedastool that Mickey Mouse has in relation to Disney, who would it be?
Personally... it has to be Haruhi... Haruhi Suzumiya, in my opinion, is the perfect anime character. She's the best executed character in being silly, upbeat and childish... and there's so many characters like that in anime, but she's the best example of one. She's obsessed with shit like Aliens, time travel, espers, the concept of "moe"... She drools over Mikuru because she's what Haruhi considers "moe".... Haruhi is basically the personification of all hyperactive, otakus with poor socal skills. I like her more than her actual show. Melancholy was great, but it had problems (although that movie was amazing)... and the best thing about her Melancholy of Haruhi suzumiya... is haruhi suzumiya.. hell the cameo she made in Lucky Star was better than the show itsef.
but what really stands out is her individuality. Can you name another character equal to her? I mean, there's plenty of characters with some of her same traits, but she's made in such a way to where her personality is irreplaceable. Yet even though nobody is quite like her, she's still relatable. She wants to escape a boring reality, by indulging in fantasies (which she doesn't know are actually real)
Isn't that why we watch anime? To do exactly what Haruhi is doing when she founded the SOS? To escape reality? She even gives us yuri fanservice... that means the creators truly understood what anime is all about.
Now, I'm not saying this just because she's my favorite character, but because she's who I feel "embodies anime".... She represents what anime means to me.
Of course that's just me, and anime means different things to everyone. Who embodies the "true meaning of anime" in your eyes |