| Which character has the most influence world wide on all viewers? |
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| Astro Boy and Sailormoon...maybe |
| Goku from Dragonball perhaps |
| lol Haruhi of course >.> she has infatuated too many minds... |
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| I'd put my money on Char or Goku. |
| Naruto |
| Well on the infamous ones: Shinji. Definitely influenced a whole generation of emoness in animation that we are still recovering from. Made convenient the use of angst in place of realism and genuine development. Whereas before, leads deal with dilemmas and continually grow and move forward, now we just have to hope the lead doesn't self-destruct at the end. |
| Haruhi Suzumiya |
| Pikachu is pretty popular throughout the world, though astoboy was influencial too. |
| Luffy's endless dying will. |
| I'd say Goku. Virtually every shounen main character shares some kind of connection to him. |
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fisher_88 said: Well on the infamous ones: Shinji. Definitely influenced a whole generation of emoness in animation that we are still recovering from. Made convenient the use of angst in place of realism and genuine development. Whereas before, leads deal with dilemmas and continually grow and move forward, now we just have to hope the lead doesn't self-destruct at the end. shinji put emo to a whole new level...for a time there it lead my to ask of his sexuality anyways, influential chara on MAL: whilst for the world, it'd have to be this guy: |
| I'd agree with probably Goku, as well as Astro Boy and Char. |
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| Goku everybody knows him. |
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| Goku (Dragon Ball) L Light Haruhi (?) |
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| I'd have to go with Pikachu..I don't know anyone that won't recognize that name. |
| Astro Boy and Doraemon. These are 2 of the most influential anime/manga characters in history. Enough said. |
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| I'll go ahead and add Ayanami Rei for largely starting off the moe trend. |
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YaYERZ said: I'd say Goku. Virtually every shounen main character shares some kind of connection to him. Go back in time and you'll get to Kenshiro. Hokuto no Ken is pretty much the most influential shounen I can remember. Gundam for the mechas. |
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ladyxzeus said: YaYERZ said: I'd say Goku. Virtually every shounen main character shares some kind of connection to him. Go back in time and you'll get to Kenshiro. Hokuto no Ken is pretty much the most influential shounen I can remember. And Kenshiro was inspired by Ogami Itto who was in turn inspired by Golgo 13, the paragon of the Japanese concept of male toughness and stoicism. However...I'd say Lupin was even more influential. Direct inspiration for Spike and half the One Piece characters, as well as all the fun, easy-going male leads in future generations. |
| Goku, Astro Boy and Lupin. |
MomoHime125 said: Astro Boy and Doraemon. These are 2 of the most influential anime/manga characters in history. Enough said. You beat me to it :/. I'll throw in Sazae-san as well. |
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mirichan00 said: Goku, Astro Boy and Lupin. not lupin |
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