Today’s male and female popularity rankings come from the November 2015 issue of the popular Japanese anime magazine, NewType. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.
Here are the top 10 male characters:
10) Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari)
9) Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
8) Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
7) Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
6) Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
5) Takumi Sakagami (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.)
4) Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
3) Producer (The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls)
2) Archer (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
1) Kirito (Sword Art Online)
and the top 10 female characters:
10) Meiko Honma (AnoHana)
9) Megumi Kato (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)
8) Rin Shibuya (The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls)
7) Haruka Amami (The iDOLM@STER)
6) Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
5) Asuna (Sword Art Online)
4) Umaru Doma (Himouto! Umaru-chan)
3) Tomori Nao (Charlotte)
2) Saber (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
1) Jun Naruse (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.)
