When East Meets West
Two cultures celebrating their differences and similarities is a beautiful thing, nowhere more so than in anime. Not only is it pretty awesome to see so many diversities represented in such a fundamentally Japanese art-form, but it often gives us a whole host of lovable characters that we can immediately latch onto.
Not to mention the glory that is Engrish…
Recently, according to an article on Crunchyroll, anime fans in Japan were asked to vote for who they believed to be the most awesome foreign character.
Who came out on top? Was it another win for ‘Murica? Did England take home the gold? Any love for Canada? Check out the final results below!
Through the middle of September, Japanese site Charapedia asked readers to consider the blonde hair, the blue eyes (they threw those in here) and often limited grasp of the Japanese language and name which anime or manga character they’re most drawn to. A top 10 was reported from suggestions made by a pool of voters that was 53% male, 69.5% in their teens or 20s.
10. Kuroko’s Basketball’s Alexandra Garcia – 128 votes
9. Black Butler’s Ciel Phantomhive – 135 votes
8. Case Closed’s Jodie Starling – 151 votes
7. Yuri!!! on Ice’s Yuri Plisetsky – 172 votes
6. Monogatari’s Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade – 185 votes
5. Case Closed’s Vermouth – 217 votes
4. Uta no Prince-sama’s Camus – 255
3. Assassination Classroom’s Irina Jelavić – 294 votes
2. Yuri!!! on Ice’s Victor Nikiforov – 400 votes
1. Kinmoza’s Alice Cartelet – 453 votes
Seems like a win for the Brits this time around! Though we can’t for the life of us understand why no one went with Bandit Keith…
Do you agree with the poll? Who do you think stands tall as the best foreign character in an anime? Just so the rest of the U.S isn’t feeling too left out, be sure to check out our original list on the Top 10 Americans in Anime!