Japanese Top 10 Anime Lists

The current August issue of Newtype Magazine includes a list of current Japanese fan favorite anime picks. As usual with these type of Japanese lists, the selections are a mix of traditional classics and the current batch of popular shows on Japanese TV.

Favorite Series
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Noir
3. Startup Angel Angelic Layer
4. Kidou Senshi Gundam
5. Inu Yasha
6. Ah! My Goddess!
7. Card Captor Sakura
8. Sister Princess
9. Gensomaden Saiyuki
10. You’re Under Arrest!

Favorite Male Character
1. Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
2. Inu Yasha (Inu Yasha)
3. Louie (Maho Senshi Riui)
4. Conan Edogawa (Detective Conan)
5. It-chan (Angelic Layer)
6. Genjo Sanzo (Gensomaden Saiyuki)
7. Bit Cloud (Zoids Shinseiki Zero)
8. Char Aznable (Kidou Senshi Gundam)
9 Amuro Rei (Kidou Senshi Gundam)
10. Claude C. Kenny (Star Ocean EX)

Favorite Female Character
1. Misaki Suzuhara (Angelic Layer)
2. Belldandy (Ah! My Goddess)
3. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
4. Sakura Kinomoto (Card Captor Sakura)
5. Kagome Higure (Inu Yasha)
6. Ruri Hoshino (Kidou Senkan Nadesico)
7. Kiriki Yuumura (Noir)
8. Mireille Bouquet (Noir)
9. Guu (Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu)
10. Miyuki Kobayakawa (You’re Under Arrest!)