Balsa (Seirei no Moribito) is the most heroic character in anime according to visitors to this site, followed by Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann), Homura Akemi (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica), Kenshin Himura (Samurai X; Rurouni Kenshin) and Vash the Stampede (Trigun). Others receiving votes are Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist), Nanoha Takamachi (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha), Nausicäa (Nausicäa), Rem Saverem (Trigun), Togusa (Ghost in the Shell), Allen Schezar (Vision of Escaflowne), Yoshika Miyafuji (Strike Witches), Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann), Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist), Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke), Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) and Eboshi Gozen (Princess Mononoke).
There is a now poll up: which is the outstanding romantic couple in anime? I’m doing this one in two stages. Vote for up to three in the first round. The top ten will advance to the final round.
I regret that I had to disqualify a few of the nominees for not being old enough. In a few years Syaoran and Sakura, Hayama and Sana, and Haraken and Yasako will be good candidates, but ten and eleven is a little young for serious romance, no matter what CLAMP thinks.
(You’ve got the Toradora couple in there twice.)
Thanks for noticing.
Am I doing something wrong? I can’t make it work. All I get is a busy-loading icon.
Probably not. I would guess that there’s a surge of traffic on the server. Try again later, perhaps with a different browser.
Is anyone else having trouble?
Second thought: there have been a few weirdnesses with the most recent update of WordPress, and it might be that the poll plugin isn’t entirely compatible with it. If you can’t register your votes, email them to me and I’ll enter them myself.
I’m disqualify any all those who dance around each other for the entire series without ever becoming an official couple except perhaps at the very end. Based on the current tracking results it looks like some other people share my view.