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| Grab your vodka and your fur hat, it's time to decide who's best russian in anime. DISCLAIMER I am a person of GREAT TASTE, if your pick isn't on here then it just means it is trash. |
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Sanya V. Litvyak from Strike Witches. |
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Komako Semenovich and Komiya Yuriya.  |
Irina Luminesk. Zirnitra (the setting of her anime) is essentially an alt-history/alt-world Russia, so it counts. |
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| I remember Tala/Yuriy in Beyblade being pretty cool he also just has a fucking gun in the manga which is hilarious |
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Reply to tchitchouan
Komako Semenovich and Komiya Yuriya.
| @tchitchouan that loli looks generic as fuckm also I accidentally clicked on her in the poll, even though I haven't watched Shoujo Ramune |
Reply to Serafos
Sanya V. Litvyak from Strike Witches.
| @Serafos I support this message. Also: Regarding Balalaika, Black Lagoon series creator Rei Hiroe stated the reason that he made a woman the head of Hotel Moscow: "Simply because I thought it'd be better to see a woman's butt. Her scars are totally my fetish too. I've loved female characters with scars since I drew Grimalkin von Stieber in Hisuikyokitan." |
Reply to Archean-Return
Irina Luminesk. Zirnitra (the setting of her anime) is essentially an alt-history/alt-world Russia, so it counts.
| It's hard to choose between Balalaika, Anya from IMAS and the girls from Girls un Panzer, but I'll go with Balalaika. She has been one of the most meme-worthy Russian/Soviet characters in the Eastern European anime community for many years. @Archean-Return I would say that the show is more likely to perceive her as quasi-Romanian or even gypsy than Russian, given the surname and lore. But why not? |
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| Anastasia "Annya" from Idolmaster Cinderella Girls. Incidentally, the voice actress for Annya also voiced Alisa Mikhailovna "Alya" Kujou So because they share the same VA, for the choices above I'd have to go with Mikhailovna. Uesaka, Sumire actually speaks quite a bit of Russian when voicing Annya from Cinderella Girls, and she sounds cute and cool when speaking in Russian. |
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Reply to Shizuna
@Serafos I support this message.
Also:
Also:
Regarding Balalaika, Black Lagoon series creator Rei Hiroe stated the reason that he made a woman the head of Hotel Moscow: "Simply because I thought it'd be better to see a woman's butt. Her scars are totally my fetish too. I've loved female characters with scars since I drew Grimalkin von Stieber in Hisuikyokitan."
| @Shizuna Well, the female head of the elite Soviet special forces may look quite unbelievable to those familiar with the Soviet gender diversity in the military. Although at a critical hour in the Soviet army there was always a place for many talented and heroic military women (just remember the sniper Pavlyuchenko or the prototype of the already mentioned Litvyak). But she really is one of the most impressive Russian characters in anime. |
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| Any excuse to talk about Golden Kamuy. Russian grandma breaks out of Siberian prison and fights a tiger: |
| Funny enough cause who would have been surprised that I have one of such hats the winter one which covers ears the most famous one [without USRR emblem on it] and vodka already prepared, quoting some randoms on internet whom I've seen somewhere in youtube "Polish people are more Russian than Russian". Russian vodka is only for cleaning, Polish is only for drinking, change my mind - quite a famous saying which I think originates from Dr House My favorite hmmm I think it's Vorona from DRRR |
ZettaikenApr 18, 2024 5:19 PM
| No Vasily from Golden Kamuy, your poll is invalid |
RobertBobert said: I would say that the show is more likely to perceive her as quasi-Romanian or even gypsy than Russian, given the surname and lore. But why not? The country it's set in is clearly a high fantasy/alternate world version of the Soviet Union opposing the United Kingdom of Arnak (stand-in for the U.S./Western world in general) during the late 1950s - early 1960s period of the Space Race. But she herself could belong to an ethnic minority instead of being an ethnic Russian, as you said. I only watched the series all the way through once when it aired back in late 2021, but for some reason I got the impression that the implication was that vampires were being portrayed as a Caucasian minority group like Chechens or Ossetians when it showed the raid on her home village/family. I don't know if vampires were considered like technically a separate species, a subspecies of human or demihuman, or what in the world and lore of the show, and whether if being one is tied to ethnicity apart from that or not, but it just seemed like vampires were being represented as a Russian (Zirnitran in this case) national ethnic minority group. But such a person could still be considered Russian, right (nationality-wise, just not ethnically)? |
WatchTillTandavaApr 18, 2024 5:29 PM
Probably Pepesha "Spirits" Andreianov from Shy. |
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Definitely Hyouga! DIAMOND DUST!❄️ |
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Laura Bodewig https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig Semyon Brezhnev  https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev |
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Reply to phantom346
Laura Bodewig
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
| @phantom346 I was just about to say "that Black guy from Durarara!!". |
Catalano said: DISCLAIMER I am a person of GREAT TASTE, if your pick isn't on here then it just means it is trash. Shame on you when the only character who's ever breathed a single word of Russian tongue is Imagine creating this kind of poll for Best Romanian or Die/Der Beste Deutsche when they don't even practically use the language =)) And Imagine tagging something that's not USSR anthem, lol |
SgtBateManApr 18, 2024 7:28 PM
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Reply to phantom346
Laura Bodewig
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
| @phantom346 I was going to mention Simon too! |
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Reply to WatchTillTandava
RobertBobert said:
I would say that the show is more likely to perceive her as quasi-Romanian or even gypsy than Russian, given the surname and lore. But why not?
I would say that the show is more likely to perceive her as quasi-Romanian or even gypsy than Russian, given the surname and lore. But why not?
The country it's set in is clearly a high fantasy/alternate world version of the Soviet Union opposing the United Kingdom of Arnak (stand-in for the U.S./Western world in general) during the late 1950s - early 1960s period of the Space Race. But she herself could belong to an ethnic minority instead of being an ethnic Russian, as you said. I only watched the series all the way through once when it aired back in late 2021, but for some reason I got the impression that the implication was that vampires were being portrayed as a Caucasian minority group like Chechens or Ossetians when it showed the raid on her home village/family.
I don't know if vampires were considered like technically a separate species, a subspecies of human or demihuman, or what in the world and lore of the show, and whether if being one is tied to ethnicity apart from that or not, but it just seemed like vampires were being represented as a Russian (Zirnitran in this case) national ethnic minority group.
But such a person could still be considered Russian, right (nationality-wise, just not ethnically)?
| @WatchTillTandava Well, Luminescu is clearly a Rumanian, not even a Moldavian, surname. Plus the stereotypical association of vampires with Romania. All the Soviet characters in the show, as far as I remember, have stereotypically Eastern European names. Probably the author got confused in modern disputes about the identity of Romanians and Moldovans, therefore, given the location of Moldova in the USSR, he identified local Romanians with local analogue of the USSR. But yes, although Russians don't tend to confuse ethnicity with nationality so much, I don't think that's a problem. |
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| zoya would be my second pick. first one of course goes to komako |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Anya from The Idolm@ster and Alya from the Roshidere LN are really good. But Komako from Shoujo Ramune is also top tier. |
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| Don’t know about the best but I like Tanya Vishneva from Nodame Cantabile. |
| 777 |
| Semyon from Durarara!! What a charismatic character |
| They just cancelled a highly anticipated movie about Russians. |
| その目だれの目？ |
Vasily Pavlichenko is the only Russian character to me, next. |
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Not sure which one is the best but Katyusha from GuP comes to mind. |
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| Marfa Boretskaya from Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon. Pictures : Powerful Necromancer, mayor and commander the city-fortress of Novgorod, built on a sky floating island, full of undeads serving her, riding a skeleton horse in battle, owner of one of the seven deadly sin armaments. Can't be cooler than that now. |
ZefyrisApr 19, 2024 10:48 AM
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Reply to phantom346
Laura Bodewig
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/35663/Laura_Bodewig
Semyon Brezhnev
https://myanimelist.net/character/27889/Semyon_Brezhnev
| @phantom346 Excuse me, isn't Laura supposed to be German? |
Misha Takanashi. She has a pet ferret which is really nice and now she's my pet loli. |
Catalano said: DISCLAIMER I am a person of GREAT TASTE, if your pick isn't on here then it just means it is trash. For an Orihime fan, you should recognise that when it comes to Russian characters, your knowledge is very lacking. Cryska Barchenowa from Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse would easily win the competition in the female category: |
Reply to Haneken2086
@phantom346 Excuse me, isn't Laura supposed to be German?
| @Haneken2086 oh you're right. I saw her on a Ranker list of Russian characters. They lied to me. |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky in Bungou Stray Dogs, he's so cute. Here his MAL profile |
piroriparopiriraApr 19, 2024 2:23 PM
| How could you overlook Volg from Hajime no Ippo? |
| KATUSHA from Girls und Panzer, cleaaaarly the best russian, no contest |
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