The Daily Yomiuri (an English language newspaper in Japan) ran a story in its April 10th edition, entitled “Boys will be Lupin III, girls will be Fujiko”, about an anime survey taken by Nikkei Entertainment Magazine. According to the survey of 10,000 Japanese adults, the most popular male anime characters were:<\/p>\n
1. Lupin III (Lupin III)
\n2. Char Aznable (Kido Senshi Gundam)
\n3. Doraemon (Doraemon)
\n4. Conan (Meitantei Conan)
\n5. Joe Yabuki (Ashita no Joe)<\/p>\n
The most popular female characters were<\/p>\n
1. Nausicaa (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa)
\n2. Minami Asakura (Touch)
\n3. Fujiko Mine (Lupin III)
\n4. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
\n5. Kyoko Otonashi (Maison Ikkoku)<\/p>\n
The article also included the results to the question “Which anime character would you most like to be?”, with Lupin and Fujiko taking first place and Minami Asakura and Doraemon taking second. The most hated characters according to the survey were, female: Ocho-fujin (Ace o Narae), male: Shinnosuke Nohara (Crayon Shin-chan).<\/p>\n
The article continued with a very negative editorial on Crayon Shin-chan, blaming the show for “introducing cynicism and sarcasm to small children.” It then moved on to reviewing a few of the new animated shows that started this month, with D.N.Angel, Kaleidostar, and Tantei Gakuen being it’s picks for “most likely prospects this quarter.”<\/p>\n