Anime fans often holding a debate regarding which anime character is the best. Who’s the strongest between Saitama from One Punch Man or Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z? And which one is the smartest, Light Yagami from Death Note or Shikamaru Nara from Naruto series?

Those questions above surely hard to be answered unlike in the Avengers movie, those characters live in their universe. Even in Jump Force video game in which combining those manga characters from Shonen Jump into one game cannot be set as the parameter to decide which one is the strongest.

It’s not like the power and intelligence meter that is hard to set parameters of it, the popularity rank of anime characters is more easier to count. This thing is shown from voting of the most popular anime characters in My Anime List website.

With more than 100 million visitors every month, the voting in this popular anime site is more or less can describe which anime characters are popular. And the result is shocking enough.

Here are 10 most popular anime characters in the world via voting in My Anime List when this article is written;

10. Sakata Gintoki - Gintama (45.668 votes)

This list is opened by Sakata Gintoki, the protagonist of the Gintama series. This anime is known for its absurd senses of humor and gags and parodies to other animes and pop cultures as well. Gintoki himself is known as unpredictable characters and can make audiences laughing in unpredicted circumstances.

9. Uzumaki Naruto - Naruto (49.366 votes)

Half of us may be shocked looking at Naruto in the 9th rank. Fans of this Konoha ninja surely hoping Naruto to get higher rank remembering Naruto is one of the main characters from “ Shonen Jump Big Three” anime in which one shaking the world. But it can’t be denied, after the end of this series a few years ago, this character’s popularity keeps decreasing.

8. Roronoa Zoro - One Piece (53.255 votes)

Roronoa Zoro is proof if a supporting character can be popular among anime fans. Since his debut in One Piece, this swordsman always becomes fans’ favorite. This makes sense because Zoro has immense power and his undying loyalty to Straw Hats Pirates, making audiences always waiting for his arrival in the glass screen.

7. Levi Ackerman - Attack on Titan (57.032 votes)

The mixture of brain and cool appearance makes Levi Ackerman loved by many anime lovers. Levi’s popularity even beating his comrade from the same anime, Eren Yeager.

 
6. Rintarou Okabe - Steins;Gate (57.650 votes)

Close to Levi is Rintarou Okabe from Steins; Gate. This mad scientist who enrolled in Tokyo Denki University can melt audiences with his eccentric behavior and his compassion. As the series progresses, Rin’s arc becomes more complex and more interesting to be followed.

5. Light Yagami - Death Note (59.635 votes)

Death Note anime may end decades ago, but the popularity of Light Yagami is yet to fade. With his intelligence and his “grey” moral compass, audiences cannot do anything aside attached to him. There’s one character from Death Note that included in this list.

 
4. Edward Elric - FullMetal Alchemist (61.295 votes)

Fullmetal Alchemist is one of the best Shonen animes in history. As the main character, it’s common to see Ed Elric on this list. With high fighting prowess and his reckless behaviors, Ed becomes one of many memorable anime characters among fans.

3. Monkey D. Luffy - One Piece (66.409 votes)

Yep, this is very surprising. This character doesn’t need any introduction anymore. One Piece is the best selling anime in history, many of us thinking that Luffy will stay on the top spot on this list, but it turns out Luffy stays in third place. Who’s above Luffy then?

2. L Lawliet - Death Note (81.661 votes)

L Lawliet maybe cannot defeat Light Yagami in Death Note, but in this list, L manages to beat his rival and nemesis. Everything about the best detective in the world is very weird by appearance, starting from his weird walking and his fondness of sweets makes audiences intrigued with him.

1. Lelouch Lamperouge - Code Geass (100.422 votes)

With more than 20.000 points gap between the first place and the second, the main character of 
Code Geass, Lelouch Lamperouge is the most popular anime character in the world. This character is very complex and often dark. Even the anime itself is less popular than One Piece and Naruto, Code Geass which only aired for 2 years, this anime manages to create a fanatic cult.

What do you think about this list, do you agree if Lelouch is the most popular anime characters in the world? If you can put another name into this list, who could that be?

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