Today’s male and female popularity rankings come from the May 2015 issue of the popular Japanese anime magazine, NewType. You can view the posters that came with this issue here.
Here are the top 10 male characters:
10. Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
9. Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)
8. Kaizuka Inaho (Aldnoah.Zero)
7. Bellri Zenam (Gundam: G no Reconguista)
6. Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai)
5. Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari series)
4. Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
3. Archer (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
2. Producer (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
1. Kirito (Sword Art Online)
and the top 10 female characters:
10. Lachesis Fatima (Five Star Monogatari)
9. Aoi Miyamori (Shirobako)
8. Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
7. Rin Shibuya (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
6. Ange (Cross Ange)
5. Sheryl Nome (Macross Frontier)
4. Uzuki Shimamura (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
3. Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
2. Saber (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
1. Asuna (Sword Art Online)
