IGN Doesn't Understand Anime Characters...

I mean, it's slightly better than their last list at least.
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[@bigmaxdxko]

I always said ignorance can’t be spelled without IGN.

[@EvangelionFan-ru7ri]

You and like 7 million other people.

[@geeguy7429]

"I always said" yeah you're not the only one lmao

[@tranjimmy]

He agreed with a majority of them still lmao

[@scottpilgrim2]

Yea me too but i forgot about it entirely because relevance of ign LMAO

[@requiemforameme1]

I guess not.

[@ShreyasGaneshs]

Tanjiro being in the list let alone being above guts is absolutely batshit insane

[@layton6202]

Luffy being above guts is bat shit insane

[@skylarsimes8]

​@@layton6202At least for Luffy you can actually make a coherent arguement of iconic status vs Guts. Can't do that for Tahiro

[@ShreyasGaneshs]

@@layton6202 luffy has character at least and goes through some development tanjiro is a shell

[@layton6202]

@@skylarsimes8 yeah yo can look at the number and burst in popularity in just a short time, it even over took one piece

[@layton6202]

@@ShreyasGaneshs what development? He acts the same way he did at the beginning till now

[@Heaven41]

Not a single bleach character Aizen : "It was all a part of my plan."

[@AStixMatism]

When I saw Johan, My hope in IGN was restored, Then I saw Naruto in 3rd place and that hope was all lost. I was expecting Gintoki, Okabe, Mob, Thorfinn, Violet Evergarden anything of the sort. But IGN never fails to disappoint

[@YashRaj-ub2sw]

They also miss ichigo

[@WJeezus]

I mean we all knew he was gonna be 3

[@Dayz671]

​​@@YashRaj-ub2swNot as big as Naruto, I am surprised Madara didnt make the list.

[@sheyarjames4904]

They picked Kakashi and Naruto from the anime when we have the likes of Pain and Itachi, heck even Sasuke is alot more interesting and complex compared to Naruto, it's clear as day that they went with popularity not with the better writing.

[@YashRaj-ub2sw]

@@sheyarjames4904 they literally picked the most famous character instead of most iconic character

[@Speeds_Gaming_Corner]

Would be interesting to see Garnt reorgnaize this list using only the characters on the list.

[@thomasffrench3639]

I would watch people rearrange lists like these.

[@pointyheadYT]

Just take out all the shounen garbage out and it'd make for a decent list. #1Johan, #2Spike, #3Lupin, #4Guts, #5Motoko, #6Lelouch

[@flanerqstro3531]

@@pointyheadYT light is a shonen protagonist

[@pointyheadYT]

@@flanerqstro3531 You're right, my bad, its kinda hard to keep track of what was serialized where. DN doesn't feel like a shounen though.

[@adityannair3278]

​@@pointyheadYTlight is still better than 95 percentage of mc who The hell is motoko?? Light and lelouch are top 5 greatest mc of all time

[@user-jk7ev4qu2o]

The fact Eren wasn’t on this list and Tanjiro was is criminal 😭😭

[@WillieG-jh6jz]

Even tho I don’t like AoT, I still thought tanjiro being here and Eren not is a BLASPHEMY. Wtf ign

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen320]

@@WillieG-jh6jzIMO neither should be

[@WillieG-jh6jz]

@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen320 true. Eren’s character went to shit by the end of aot so yea I agree hahahah it’s just one HAD TO be in. It shouldn’t have been tanjiro haha

[@ddm1912]

​@@WillieG-jh6jz eren's character didn't go to shit at the end wtf

[@reihiroken2886]

@@WillieG-jh6jz bros just mad that his mc died

[@toristeunebrink5705]

I love Demon Slayer a whole lot but Tanjiro is like an unsalted stick of butter. Sweet, pure, and absolutely nothing else to him

[@its_me.6902]

Ya, theres not a lot to his character. If they were to put someone from Demon Slayer on that list, me personally I think it should've been one of the top 3 uppermoons. Although their not really the most iconic, their still a whole lot more interesting than Tanjiro is

[@minzblatt]

The animation and the modern iconography is top notch though. Even as a seasoned anime enthusiast that doesnt hop on every trend there is, I pretty much liked the setting of this one. And I disagree with the premise that a good character design for a protagonist has to be one way or another. As long as the character is believable and undergoes difficulties that changes that character in a manner that is similarly believable for the recipient, it is a good fictional character. Life is a long long process and you dont start out with the old cynical anti-hero or the smooth OP character that wants his/her revenge. I mean you could, but you would at least need to give him/her some backstory at some point. In Demon Slayer, the audience is younger (duh!), so the backstory is where the story begins. No foul, no harm - as long as the character gets those critical adjustments along the journey. I saw that happening with Naruto and a little with Goku. These characters dont have to be one-size that fits all.

[@kochoshinobu_poisonqueen]

these is a lot of depth to his character and I do feel like he should be on this list but not at 12 maybe at 21 or something. But what u said i absolutely don't agree with.

[@B00nater]

Same can be said for Edward Elrich

[@carnilino.m]

All of Demon Slayer is that - simple, nothing new, but done very well.

[@whybetrayerispoison5413]

Johan is perfectly placed. When I watched Monster and saw Johan in like episode 4, I was like, how can they possibly make this villain interesting for 74 episodes, and they just did so well

[@Dominion_Hawks]

What a rollercoaster of a list, when it looked that they could be saved, they doubled, tripled AND quadrupled down into being dumb

[@Mathmachine]

This is just gonna be a new recurring genre of video on this channel. Garnt going through horrible anime takes so we don't have to. I'm all for it, here's hoping his sanity can last through a few more.

[@LuisSierra42]

IGN as a company makes me suffer so much

[@ssarellas]

It's more like him complaining about anime he didn't like. The recurring theme in his recent videos is him bashing Demon Slayer. I get it, it's cool to trash popular anime, but it's not as bad as he makes it out to be

[@LuisSierra42]

@@ssarellas He doesn't hate DS, he just thinks it's overrated. You see he does the same with DBZ

[@ssarellas]

@@LuisSierra42 Yes i know, he keeps saying that in almost every video. It's almost like he hates it

[@shyguy5473]

​@@ssarellasHe doesn't hate it though. He even put Demon Slayer S2 in his best of year list. He wasn't a fan of the latest season and he is right about Tanjirou. Putting him in this list does not seem justified especially over characters like Light, Lelouch and Guts.

[@BlueCrimson10]

Mob would be a good pick, but Reigan would be a perfect pick! How many anime characters do you know that can BS their way into a stronghold of dangerous psychics and make it all the way to the final boss without a single scratch??? And he just got better and better from there, from normal-guy punching the second strongest Claw member into submission (though that was admittedly circumstantial) to trying to pull one over on the number one, and even struggling through a tantrum from the actual strongest psychic around Mob just to have a heart to heart with him! Not to mention how great he is outside of battles, with his many talents and his own relatable as heck flaws!

[@oguzcanoguz5977]

I think it is very different to have a Iconic character list and a best character list. And even though they kind of made a "most iconic" list, they also put Johan from Monster in 4th place, and that is no where near as iconic, even though a very good character. And in a list where it is Iconic characters, Kirito actually deserves to be there. He might be the most hated character in anime history, not for being despicable like the Bitch from Shield Hero, but you get an immediate negative reaction when seeing Kirito. He reminds everyone of how good SOA could have been and how it turned into a harem anime with the most uninteresting OP protagonist. Kirito alone made so many people quit anime, he is infamous.

[@minzblatt]

You must be reaaally young to quit Anime because of a single anime. Let alone, who the actual f quits Anime for real? :)

[@Kjernekar]

I did. Now I only go for the manga. The animes are too stretched out, or they miss cruicial parts of the main story or frame layout. Not worth. I read Demon Slayer for like 20 chapters and decided that it's absolute trash, like bottom 5 manga I've ever read in my life, so I never even bothered watching the anime.@@minzblatt

[@Krptic_]

Guts being 16 is outrageous

[@rishabnalawadi7960]

tanjiro over guts is outrageous

[@Quinnsula5]

And also Lelouch being at 23 is also a war crime. Like guts and lelouch are both in my like 5 favorite anime/manga characters.

[@shyguy5473]

Putting Tanjirou above them should be considered a war crime.

[@adityannair3278]

​@@Quinnsula5yeah man both are top 5 greatest ever light yagami itself his character writing isn't normal anime he is a very rare character and putting him

[@Quinnsula5]

@shyguy5473 Yes like the fact that he has literally no character development compared to anyone above him and especially lelouch and guts who again are arguably the best protagonist of there respective medium, manga guts and Lelouch anime. I don't see how anyone can logically but him above character like that who not only are super well written but also super influential. Like there are so many lelouch clones now a days, heck you can even count eren as one. Well guts has influenced so many characters. It's actually mind-boggling someone can think Tanjiro is better.

[@toufusoup]

IGN can barely even understand the “G” in “IGN” I have and have had negative faith in their ability to understand anything anime

[@Mirage475]

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[@sifibruh7055]

Too much water

[@littleboss2006]

Should rename to Lgn

[@zzcc3790]

I am so sad to not see any ippo dud bc they are so well written

[@Kiryuu_2434]

Now I wanna see Garnt make his own list out of all the lists he has reviewed.

[@neondarkcro697]

To be fair, Guts is number 16 as an ANIME character, not a manga character. Anime didn't do Guts justice.

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

Yeah if only there is a good anime studio that can adapt the manga...then we can see that ANIME-ONLY fans could see how frickin great Guts is

[@fnh123]

That's where you're wrong. Guts from the 97 anime is amazing. I never would've been a Berserk fan without that anime. Also without the anime, we would never have gotten the equally amazing Guts' Theme

[@peterdisabella2156]

@@fnh123 Guts theme is awesome and behliet is fantastic too

[@Yodalemos]

​@@fnh123I also think the Golden Arc Movies were very good. They actually used CGI very well. For some reason the newer anime was so incredibly poorly done, despite them having nailed the movies and that is truly tragic.

[@neondarkcro697]

@@fnh123 But you still can't really compare it to the manga. As just an anime character, he's not THE BEST.

[@Swu1863]

Its almost like this list was made by two people, one with good anime taste, and another who only watches shonen

[@Ellaliluleloka]

More like only WATCHED shounen 10 years ago

[@Plaprad]

"Hey, anyone here know anything about this.... Ani...Ane...Anime?" "I watched Fox kids twenty years ago!" "Cool. I need to write a top 25 list to keep the weebs happy for a week or two."

[@zaftnotameni]

even if you _only_ watch shounen, a lot of these picks wouldn't make into a shounen-only top 25

[@FFKonoko]

Loving the subtitles on this one. Good old Ron Kenshin. And Shinji from AA.

[@davidbrooks9134]

As a massive One Piece fan it’s funny to see how mainstream perception of the series and Luffy has changed so quickly, a few years ago he would be on this list for sure but I know he would never be that high. I’m not mad at it though because he’s my favorite and I’m biased😂

[@lets_do_rumbling]

Yup I'm also bised for luffy.

[@heisenberg9595]

I too like Luffy but he doesn't deserve the top spot

[@samitmishra627]

Luffy is yet to have massive character development. Once his dream gets revealed and he becomes pirate king there will be no debate to who is the greatest anime character. I mean he is the face of the greatest anime ever!

[@heisenberg9595]

@@samitmishra627 One of the greatest*

[@zineprixmenu4373]

The fact that gintoki isn’t here is a crime

[@bahamutaxiomx8706]

Terrible spoiler. That sounds like a L.

[@foodpartyinc2779]

Gintoki is one of my favorite anime characters and my favorite shonen mc BUT I wouldn't put him as #1 but I at least think he should of been in the list throughout the series we learn more and more depth about him

[@hokutology1718]

He's easily one of the best shonen protagonists. No mention of Raoh either.

[@adityannair3278]

​@@hokutology1718who??raoh

[@adityannair3278]

​@@foodpartyinc2779I think he should be atleast in top 17

[@therranolleo468]

Johan being no.4 must've had IGN digging through their back closet for DAYS man like HOLY SHIT I wasn't even expecting Monster to be on the list!

[@zillva]

My guess is they don't know who he is, but they chose to put him on the list because his name is thrown around a lot despite the series not being super popular at the time

[@-Headlesshorseman]

Lmao me too, I was like how did they even came up with him

[@VampireA1056]

The worst thing about this list is that Alucard, Kenshiro, Yusuke and Ichigo weren't on it.

[@MoonXSan]

even Sakata Gintoki wasn't there

[@Hiraishin247]

I feel the same about all but Ichigo, he is kinda bland.

[@OMNIhydra1]

Lelouch should definitely be above Light, IMO. Light is a very interesting character and is used masterfully to explore the mind of a narcissist with a God complex. Lelouch is so fascinating though. I love seeing him grow from a vengeful monster, to calous leader of men, to a God damn monster who is secretly the only person prepared to sacrifice himself to heal the wounds he and his family have inflicted on the world for generations. Also he kind reinforces my worldview but ya know we can't truly be objective about this stuff.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

This list needs Char Aznable, Joe/Rikiishi, Thorfinn/Askeladd

[@thomasffrench3639]

Facts. Some of the best characters in all of anime. Although I think that their choices are very good.

[@adityannair3278]

Rikishi don't know about that He wasn't that much of a interesting character compared to what was the one who got permanent damage by cocksrew punch forgot his name His journey felt more impactful And Joe is just top 3 greatest mc Thorfinn at top10 though

[@johnreniel]

Yang wenli ofc

[@seraby7151]

Thorfinn wont because legacy is said to be important and Vinland saga is still new-ish. Char is the best character in Gundam, but the Gundams themselves are more iconic than the characters.

[@adityannair3278]

@@seraby7151 i mean it didn't Mark itself as a greater anime

[@Levolpehh]

Every character in top 10 that wasnt Deku was making me more and more nervous as we got closer to 1. Totally expected IGN to put him in there lmfao

[@kangurukaiser9395]

The biggest plot twist was having Johan not only on the list, but that high up

[@Esajas11]

4:34 wait until the day Garnt finally reads or watches Ashita no Joe

[@heliotropeskies5918]

vash the stampede is like an incredible character in my opinion. his dichotomy against knives and nicholas is an incredible inspection of religion and morality and it's like way more high concept than most shonen themes ive encountered. 24 if anything is low

[@adityannair3278]

Isn't he a pacifist from what I heard I don't know anything about the show

[@mei9048]

PREACH!! MANGA READER HERE. VASH THE STAMPEDE (IN MANGA) IS INCREDIBLE CHARACTER. 24TH PLACE IS A JOKE. DEFINITELY TOO LOW.

[@armaanb.6566]

"an incredible inspection of religion and morality" can you explain that further i found it interesting, i am thinking about watching trigun

[@heliotropeskies5918]

@@armaanb.6566 vash is a pacifist in a world where violence is law. its a wild west type gunslinging world, and trouble follows vash because of the massive bounty on his head. sitting opposite him thematically are 2 forces, the villains who use violence and attempt to make vash do the same, and nicholas d wolfwood, a supposedly religious man who's taken up his own form of vigilante justice. i don't want to spoil anything because trigun is like def worth watching imo but the show loves to inspect what it means to be "godly" and how different kinds of people attempt to become such, whether it be through religion, power, upright morality, etc. there's also some attempts at criticizing good old money hoarding capitalists but this is largely contained within 1 arc. vash is like. maybe my favorite shonen mc and i am not shy about my hard biases towards trigun but trigun as a series is an incredibly engaging character study on him. plus the show is super charming, all the characters r super fun to watch be together, and the english dub is really good which is good for someone like me who struggles with subtitles bc of dyslexia lol

[@jase276]

Like Kenshin, Vash is a pacifist. Mainly due to his upbringing, he adopted the ideology to not hurt others from his surrogate. Another big reason why he refuses to be violent is a pretty big plot point surrounding his very being @@adityannair3278

[@kiiturii]

after they started putting dupes I for sure thought that Eren was gonna be in there, even though I absolutely love levi it's insane that they put him instead of Eren or even Erwin or Armin

[@RGC_animation]

Should've replaced Kakashi with Naruto and Naruto with Eren to be honest.

[@xamzafi]

​@@RGC_animationnot after that aot ending

[@warm-heartedreaction6191]

​@@xamzafiending not mean anything for eren to be off on the list

[@jase276]

Not too surprised. Most people either only watched the first 2 seasons and think Eren is an annoying weakling or only watched the latest and think he's 'literally hitler'. We're a rare number who's been here the whole ride

[@xamzafi]

@@jase276 yumir loved king

[@rafiiajana2610]

having tanjiro ahead of guts should literally be a jailable offense.

[@ryanbagley3293]

What a roller coaster this was

[@bizzless2308]

bro they decided an anime could have more than one character representative and STILL didn't put Eren on here. INSANE

[@pointyheadYT]

To be fair, even MAL has Levi ranked 11 spots ahead of Eren.

[@bizzless2308]

@@pointyheadYT in terms of popularity. Nobody would argue Levi has fewer fans.

[@davidrojas8210]

@@bizzless2308 i think you underestimate how many females cream their panties over levi even without watching or reading aot. my little sister also liked levi just from seeing him on tiktok and having never consumed aot. levi is probably far more popular if you extend the search beyond just aot fans. edit: i think i misread your comment.

[@joshawatt3604]

Petition to make Garnt create a tierlist of the top 50 most favorited characters on MAL

[@megapixzel]

Idk when this list was written but monster is randomly having a resurgence right now. Most of my friends went from me begging them to check it out (for years) to having seen in it in the last 12 months

[@metalandmagi6486]

I dare whoever is writing these articles to make a list that includes a balanced number of female characters and shoujo series.

[@tokolo9279]

The fact kagura bachi isn't number one is absolutely criminal and the FACT he's not even on here is insane the best well written character of all time isn't even on this list

[@deenman23]

lol

[@shyguy5473]

I loved when he said it's Kagura Bachi time and Kagura Bachid all over the place. Best series of the decade.

[@chipsalancienne3080]

Lmaooo

[@doge_69]

Out of every kaguras, there is always 1 bachi - kagura bachi

[@royalfun1031]

Tru

[@nightsabre6425]

You need to make your own list Grant

[@xx99Username99xx]

I think there should be a rule for top X list reviews that you have to make your own top X list before you're allowed to say any entry on the list you're reviewing is too low. It seems like these kinds of reviews always have the reviewer saying that half of the first 10 to 15 entries belong in the top 5 to 10 and it's like, bruh, these twelve things you think are top fivers can't all fit in the top five cuz there's twelve of them. No shade intended toward Garnt in particular; I feel like every list review does this.

[@pointyheadYT]

Nah, he's got terrible taste in anime. Half of his list would just be Domestic Girlfriend and Mushoku Tensei characters.

[@qttOW]

​@@pointyheadYTamazing list

[@velnoa]

I was going through this whole list the entire time thinking “Holy shit are we really not getting Edward Elric here?! I mean we’ve already got Guts this low down so I doubt he made the list” but then he showed up and I was so surprised. I love him to pieces but with the way they were ranking it, and with people like Tanjiro showing up (I like Demon Slayer but he’s not that great of a character imo) I wasn’t sure he’d actually be here

[@WieldMyWord]

Edward is pretty generic when it comes to shonen characters there are 100 others who can fill the same spot.

[@lexiusugrymius9392]

​@@WieldMyWord Edward isn't generic character in spite of Luffy and Naruto.

[@kaya2644]

​@@WieldMyWord L take

[@WieldMyWord]

​@@lexiusugrymius9392 Edward is better than luffy yes, and probably on par with Naruto. However compared to other well written characters he is not going to be in the top 20 of all time. Luffy and Naruto shouldn't be in that list, and if we go by not popularity then it would be a lot of obscured anime shows that will take those spots.

[@hovsep56]

this list was just a rollercoaster of emotions.

[@VyxelOP]

Having dupes on a list like this makes me think the author hasn't seen very much anime, just a few that are super popular or considered classics.

[@inktea256]

I’ve even seen an anime list like this from a financial website on my Microsoft homepage. I think it must be a new trend to grab some quick money from the kids.

[@RidanDeba]

@@inktea256 Why does a financial website need to grab some quick money from the kids?

[@inktea256]

@@RidanDeba Corporate overlords will order weird things to boost revenue for a few quarters. They must have been like, "How can we get young people who have given up hope on saving money to engage with our website? What's that trendy animation style from China again? People like One Piece, right?"

[@akirayuki6275]

Oh my god I can't believe Johan made it that far. I can't believe he managed to beat Goku, I got so happy after having my hopes completely destroyed by Tanjiro and (to some extent) Vegita. I would personally give him a higher placement even, but that's my personal opinion as someone who absolutely loves villains like Johan, Griffith and Makishima, but I'm absolutely happy with that after seeing the rest of the list.

[@lucygirl1111]

guess Johan must have convinced some of the other dragon ball characters to take out goku while he was getting a drink

[@oliver-04]

Johan is constantly mentioned as the best villain of all time, not suprised he made it that high

[@akirayuki6275]

@@oliver-04 I wouldn't be surprised either if IGN didn't have such a bad track record in making these anime related rankings, but yeah, you're right. Still surprised by how low Guts was and by the fact that Griffith wasn't even there since they did 2 character per series for some of them

[@oliver-04]

@@akirayuki6275 yeah the list was a bit weird, like it was made by ChatGPT

[@rax1899]

Bro Luffy no.1 hurts

[@shadowshark97]

I wasn’t able to find gigguk’s video related to gameranx and was where i can find it

[@niklasepp4089]

I watched this video before i swear Like last time it was basically the same list, he fell for "more than 1 char per series" and the list goes on

[@DrJones0801]

Lelouch is one of the greatest anime protagonists and having him anywhere below top 5 is crazy. Edit: Having Guts that low is even more sacrilegious

[@adityannair3278]

Him and light too they are the rarest mc in anime itself man

[@Ash_Wen-li]

I think he's a bit overrated but I'm fine with him being on the list

[@thomasffrench3639]

Light is a Char Clone. And calling something a clone is not a bad thing, but he’s not the best character in anime.

[@Vicky-ln7lp]

​@@thomasffrench3639he is for me atleast

[@adityannair3278]

@@Ash_Wen-li overrated wtf are u on He is better than 95 percentage of mc in anime manga and seinen itself who believes in talk no jutsu bullshit

[@VicDienekes]

It’s 2205 here in the U.K and I’m up at 5 tomorrow. I remember the last “IGN doesn’t understand” video. It was great. I should watch this in the morning. Boys, I’m going in

[@_adonisk]

Some that come to mind that weren't mentioned: Gintoki, Onizuka, Johannes Krauser II, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Tanya Degurechaff.

[@florianpaulet2261]

My most important character is Hanekawa Tsubasa because I resonated a lot with her arc of not having any place to call home So at the end of her arc when she said "Tadaima" when entering her new room i cried like crazy

[@CaveyMoth]

She is a fantastic character, even being too good for Araragi. But I'm going to have to cop out and choose Shinobu. She is the most widely touted character in the series. She's all over the interwebs in memes and such.

[@PessiTheFraud]

you like children

[@TheRikudouDragon]

Yusuke Urameshi not making the list is crazy.

[@agakane4421]

The fact there were no bleach characters like aizen or ichigo is crazy😭

[@za-ir5ni]

It's really not

[@naivedyasahu3945]

Aizen was purposely not here so that he doesn’t gather attention to himself as according to the plan

[@pointyheadYT]

Nah, no Bleach character deserve to be on the list. The problem was that no shounen characters in general deserved to be on the list...

[@layton6202]

@@pointyheadYTAizen definitely does and if luffy is on here than Ichigo definitely does.

[@cocoroach_ok]

True, I wish they put more interesting villain, I mean they put Johan in here, so surely anyone who made this top 25 know someone like Aizen or instead of Guts, Griffith

[@ergoproxy5773]

the double entries prolly took the spot of Violet evergarden, Yusuke Urameshi, Gintoki Sakata, Sinichi Kudo, Hanamichi Sakarugi, Askeladd, Rintaro Okabé etc

[@grantonator3884]

There is exactly one person at IGN who watches anime, and they told whoever was writing this list to put Johan in the top 5.

[@abdulhaleemsidheeg7198]

IGN never fails to deliver....... EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

[@Yurgin764]

IGN knows the One Piece is Real. With this list im surprised the author didnt put Kirito into it

[@seraby7151]

Thank god for that. If Kirito was here I wouldn't be able to finish the video. This list is decent, pretty normie and needs rearranging but it's fine.

[@alexchorel-campanozzi8275]

I recently watch psycho-pass and I honetsly think Makishima Shougo should be on lists like these. He is such a complex and well written character - he is the vilain but you understand his goals as if he was totaly right he uses philosophy to completely destroy the current society Also, where the f is Thorfinn??

[@Abbaschand]

I love Makishima, but he's basically Johann 2.0. Both are still amazing characters, tho.

[@kayadone7297]

They got us in the first half not goona lie

[@mhx5071]

Eren not even being on the list is outrageous

[@seraby7151]

Ending hater probably?

[@nguyenthanhhai6725]

Eren the simp, the hypocrite, the liar?

[@lanyardodo]

@@nguyenthanhhai6725all things that make a good character lol… wait who did he simp?

[@akashdatta5149]

​@@nguyenthanhhai6725List isn't based on good personality, it's based on great characters.....which Eren definitely is

[@nguyenthanhhai6725]

@@akashdatta5149 Go ahead and prove to me he is a great character. To me, he is just the same cry baby from ep 1. He did not accomplish anything. He promised to Yeagerist that he would save Paradiise he failed. He said " I want to you live long" to Sasha whom he sent to die at Marley. Even after his death, Mikasa and Armin weren't saved by him, they saved themselves. There is nothing to be learned from a quitter, loser that Eren is.

[@mystery_mike23]

If we’re talking about compelling anime characters Reigen Arataka and Askeladd should be on this list

[@lisace5916]

Yea how the hell did they not include Askeladd?

[@pointyheadYT]

Its cause Vinland Saga isn't nearly as popular as some of the other anime the characters on this list are from.

[@KCAssassin98]

How can they be iconic if most people dont know them

[@mystery_mike23]

@@KCAssassin98 “compelling”

[@lisace5916]

@@KCAssassin98 who said anything about iconic? its a list of "25 greatest anime characters of all time" and they don't include reigen from mob psycho or thorfinn/askeladd from vinland saga

[@majutsu_8811]

28:30 what is that anime Ost

[@HiDup_Di_InDonesia]

Can we get so much higher

[@brickstonesonn9276]

The old Trigun is hit or miss for me. There’s a lot of eps I found boring, but when it’s good, it’s really good. Like, ep 18 was such amazing storytelling; it’s one of the best episodes of anime I’ve ever seen.

[@lemonitsu]

Try reading the manga, the old anime barely scratches the surface of how good Trigun can get.

[@InTheDeepEnd.]

Putting Naruto above Johan on this list was the biggest L that could ever be taken in existence. But in general this entire list was the biggest L too.

[@asandax6]

Who The F is Johan?

[@angelgomez7081]

@@asandax6the best manga villian imo he’s from monster

[@shyguy5473]

​@@angelgomez7081Best anime villain too.

[@pointyheadYT]

Oh wow! Didn't even notice Naturo was on the list, let alone above Johan. My brain just skipped over all terrible shounen protagonists and left the spot blank.

[@argy7526]

@@asandax6 Johan is the best anime villain he is from the anime called monster

[@increasegas2221]

when i think about eva i only picture that one doujin, its canon in my mind

[@Crystal_Dylan]

Out of context that first bit with “GUTS IS 16?!?!” Could take very different meanings

[@akumuryuu]

Gon? He was pretty much one of the worst if not the worst character in HxH. Killua, Hisoka, Leorio, Meruem, Kurapika. I'd understand if it was "top 25 most iconic characters", but the best? Where's Onizuka? Probably the #1 spot for me. Where's Okarin? Where are Akagi and Kaiji? Where's Gintoki? If we're talking about iconic, where's Ranma? They really dropped the ball with the whole "more than one per series", as well as failed to define what the list is about.

[@adityannair3278]

Bruh thinks gon is a worst mc My guy is a 3 year old girl who hasn't reached puberty

[@akumuryuu]

@@adityannair3278 Have you not seen how he acted during the ant arc? Act like a restless hero, have everyone, especially Killua, clean up after him, take it out on them for taking care of what was supposed to be his responsibility. His whole character archetype pretty much fell apart when faced with things that don't magically get solved by blindly rushing into battle. EDIT: To clarify, I understand he was intentionally bad there. So him being bad was well-written... when you're lampshading how bad a character is, and do it really well, do they count as "best" or "worst"? Which once again ties back to my original statement that they failed to define what the list is about.

[@peterdisabella2156]

Lol happy to see Onizuka mentioned

[@adityannair3278]

@@akumuryuu oh man wtf are u on Are u a 3 year old kid Gon is supposed to be a hypocrital character He was raised in a fucking jungle with no interaction other than mito and the grandma And kite His respected person died brutally infront of him What he must laugh or use talk no jutsu like oh yeah let's be friends This arc gives u a perfect idea that If u are at good terms with gon he will remain good if u try to fuck with him he will kill u And killua cleaning up his mess?? What mess Gon is the one who destroyed pitou By cornering her psychologically Taking the king women as a hostage, pressuring her Have u forgotten the episode where pouf was trying to manipulate knuckle with words That he is clone but in reality he was the orginal one and gon mentions that Even the beginning of the infiltration when gon and killua,morel , knuckle,shoot meets yopui And the dragon dive attack lads on the palace The only person who was calm was gon itself Others were confused as fuck espically shoot And when did gon blindly rush into battlefield He was just being calm the entire time unless pitou Started to talk

[@akumuryuu]

@@adityannair3278 One of many - when he almost killed Morel and Killua had to stop him. Which kinda contradicts the whole "If you're on good terms with Gon, he will remain good". Or the whole quest after that arc to get Alluka to heal Gon. Sure, he defeated Pitou... but did he really need to? It didn't really accomplish anything other than his personal revenge.

[@Finalras]

I think how iconic an anime is should NOT be considered when picking the characters. It's about the characters themselves, so animes like Astro boy DBZ, Naruto and freaking Saiilor Moon shouldn't be anywhere near this list

[@thomasffrench3639]

But the impact the character had on the medium is about the characters themselves

[@OneeUp1]

On the other hand, just because they're popular and mainstream, people who haven't read or watched these series often think no characters from those anime deserve to be there, which is straight up wrong, like you're saying

[@natalimoina]

Fat L IGN, how is Tanjiro so low? Bro needs to be no. 1

[@olsen204]

You said “let’s talk about this list” I was like they missed okabe from steins gate and you said it within a second. In my top 3 personal favorite anime.

[@cydthemanic]

Tanjiro being above many of the characters below him should be a felony because WTF!!???

[@natalimoina]

Cuz he's peak, should've been above all the rest too

[@Ray-rz8hb]

@@natalimoinajoke right?😂😂😂

[@natalimoina]

@@Ray-rz8hb no why would I be joking? Tanjiro clears everyone else on that list ez

[@canwegetmuchhigher729]

​@@Ray-rz8hbDon't worry he's probably 5 yr old

[@rinkyouma2320]

A moment of silence for Garnt's sanity.

[@mosubekore78]

In asia, the most iconic should be Naruto, because even parents would say "it's Naruto movie" for all kind of anime.

[@tommy.eklund]

Throughout the entire video I was just thinking "man, whoever made this list has probably seen even less anime than me..", then OUT OF NOWHERE comes #4... ....And after that we were right back at it.. What a ride

[@Sukenus]

Seeing some of their picks, I expected a Legend of Galactic Heroes character (I'll let you decide which one) somewhere in the top 10.

[@zeroyuki92]

Characters like Reinhard and Reuenthal are all great characters, yes. But in aspect of the best character I don't think anyone in LoGH could beat Yang Wen Li. While Reinhard drive the plot of the show, all LoGH characters (especially Reinhard) are pretty much driven by Yang.

[@Rough_Estimates]

IGN doesn't understand anything

[@Gigawolf1]

Realized the other day that Luffy's a sunny monkey journeying west

[@SaturnSnapple]

Holy shit the deepest cut. That music at the beginning the editor used is from Drakengard.

[@trevorgrover5619]

Goku being the perfect anime protag for children is probably the most accurate thing ever lol

[@zaftnotameni]

I think the goku and roshi mentality is a great life guide for men IRL

[@yammoto148]

I got brain damage from looking at this list. But in the same breath everyone has an opinion. Even if its not the best one, although I am happy to see Luffy and Edward being highly rated.

[@TheUbberman]

How in hells name has Garnt STILL not seen FMA! STILL!

[@EarthoM11]

Yo I was finding my boy "okabe rentaru" thanks for mentioning him

[@ISeeYa]

I’m baffled that list doesn’t have Gintoki or Onizuka in this list.

[@angelgomez7081]

Yo facts

[@pointyheadYT]

I'm guessing Gintama isn't as popular in the west. Same with Onizuka, though, I personally prefer the manga to Onizuka way more.

[@MoonXSan]

W take my man

[@Dummy226]

This is actually two lists, the first one ends with 16, being the first place the best one of all time and the rest are honorable mentions

[@OK-mv4ih]

Poor Gintoki and Gintama, a perfect show full of top tier character writing and no one ever mentions it

[@SpaceFava]

5:19 Lelouch should 1,000% be above light 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adityannair3278]

I don't think so both should be equal since both aren't typical talk no jutsu mc Both deserve in top 5 mc of all time Not a fucking on 25

[@andyaweebphysicist]

Where was Ash Ketchum on this list? How is he not iconic enough? I mean Sailor Moon is on this list.

[@peterdisabella2156]

They keep going back and forth between best written and most iconic and it confuses everyone.

[@thomasffrench3639]

I mean him being iconic is just because the video games are popular, so the show is too.

[@sow_scout4989]

To be fair, the list wasnt that bad other than order and dupes from an anime. Re-order the characters and replace the dupes with some he mentioned in the end, and the actual content would have been pretty decent.

[@lucasoliva243]

If we are talking about iconic characters I feel like ash ketchum should’ve been not only on the list, but at least top 10 Edit: maybe pikachu instead of ash

[@soumyadeepmukherjee]

Well Pikachu is the most iconic but he is not exactly treated as a character that's why he isn't in the list.

[@greyborg3846]

Given that this is an anime list and not a manga list I can understand some of these rankings. The repeats were just annoying though. But especially the Guts ranking, I can kind of see it if we're only looking at the anime. I only wish that Vash had been higher on the list. Vash and Kenshin played a big role in shaping my personality and who I wanted to be when I was watching these shows when I was younger.

[@Ryanface]

As a Bleach fan, thank you for remembering us.

[@bleach1408]

I love how his editor keeps using the drakengard ost lol

[@clydewilliams271]

I'm so pissed my girl Revy did not get a mention. I think part of it is that Black Lagoon doesn't get the attention that show deserved. But Revy is my bad-ass girl, and her going head to head with Roberta and they beat the crap out of one another...that his one of my chef's kiss moments in all of anime. Also, Guts for sure is a top five. I will give IGN a little credit though...One Punch Man didn't make the list, and I thought he would be there somewhere.

[@soumyadeepmukherjee]

One punch man is unbeatable and that already makes him a bad character. It's not right even for a gag anime.

[@cyshtoph]

Best video I have not even watched yet, 7/10.

[@e-manr.486]

Luffy crossed over to the main stream pop culture so i think he deserved his spot in the list.

[@layton6202]

No he hasn’t…none outside of anime marchers knows what a luffy is or one piece.

[@emmanueladekunle3088]

​@@layton6202 you have cried in like 4 comments about Luffy ..rest g😂

[@layton6202]

@@emmanueladekunle3088 sure

[@squeezyjibbz7407]

​@@layton6202"Because I don't like him, that makes him less iconic than he is." That's your braindead fanboy logic. Lol

[@layton6202]

@@squeezyjibbz7407 he isn’t iconic…iconic means he suppressed his own medium yet he hasn’t

[@CastielMichael88]

Hey guys what do you think about manga Claymore? Im asking because in my country this manga will by published for the first time and its looks really good.

[@Riftwalker_]

Thought i was triping over here. Just relized this is a reupload.

[@iDreu]

This is definitely the anime list of all time

[@tman1669]

He says "we can't get much higher" but I have come to realize... The newest opening is literally called "The Peak".

[@PetrifiedOnion]

Tryna pull me back into Persona 4 with that music now eh....

[@Cawkyu]

Huh, musics from Dragengard, I played some of it when I was 10 and I feel like no-one ever knows about it. Thanks for the nostalgia ~~

[@Blackhart-7]

I'm just gonna say it, Goku is a better dad than Naruto because he actually trained his son 🤣

[@thomasffrench3639]

Goku isn’t even a bad dad.

[@jacksonsherewil6985]

Piccolo trained gohan

[@pointyheadYT]

Thats like arguing which restaurant has better burgers, Burger King or Arby's. They're both trash.

[@gojothehonouredone]

Naruto is far better thab goku boruto was just being a brat he doesnt want naruto to train him😂