Forum - View topicINTEREST: One Piece's Luffy, DB's Goku Top Fuji TV's Anime/Tokusatsu Hero Poll
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Kutsu
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Nice. 
Indeed. In fact Doraemon apparently isn't even in the top 50, where as you can bet he would be near if not at the top if it was a 'favorite protagonist' poll. ^^ Last edited by Kutsu on Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:12 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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penguintruth
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Exactly. I think a lot of people followed the dub and thought Goku was some Japanese Superman. |
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MasterKingJC
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Luffy's not really a hero himself. He's more of an anti-hero.
He even said it himself that he doesn't like being a hero.
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Megiddo
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Glad to see that Minami continues to thrive in these sort of polls.
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Gyt Kaliba
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Definitely pleased to see Goku and Luffy at the top, with Lupin following after (even if his 'hero' status is very questionable), but I'm saddened that Kenshin is so low on the list. And no Yusuke Urameshi?
That and, while Goku and Luffy may do the right thing for not always the right reason, I'm not really sure that stops them from being called 'heroes', personally. It just makes them a more interesting kind of hero rather than the squeaky clean kind that a lot of you seem to think of. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Do I sense a condescending tone here? I think the terms hero and heroine might not work well in these kind of polls. Like several of you have pointed one, the term protagonist would have worked better. |
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TitanXL
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"You can destroy planets, but you can never destroy what I am. I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer for all living things which cry out for peace. I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am.. truth. Ally to good, nightmare to you!" I guess it depends how people define 'hero'. Luffy still saves villages from bad pirates, and Goku still hates seeing people suffer under Freiza's wrath. Some might say that's good enough. |
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penguintruth
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This speech is such bullshit. It's nowhere near what he originally said in Japanese in that scene and it's way out of character for Goku. "Hope of the universe"? Goku doesn't know what the universe is! Goku isn't sophisticated enough to make a speech like that. |
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ArsenicSteel
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Top 50 Animated and Live-Action Special-Effects Protagonists
What a stuffy and drab title for a Television poll about cartoons and grown men dressing up in tights. A bunch of People really need to get that stick out of their butts. |
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sainta
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No Inuyasha? No Gintoki Sakata? No Tsubasa Oozora? No Yusuke Urameshi? No Pegasus Seiya? No Ichigo Kurosaki? No Sakura Kinomoto? No way!
Note: Added more Last edited by sainta on Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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vallum
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I think you're all giving too much emphasis on the word 'hero'. In Japanese, 'hero' actually means protagonist. There's no distinction between hero and protagonist when you say the word in Japanese, be the character evil or not.
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Thatguy3331
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Nice to see Luffy score so high, though I am dissapointed that yuske urimeshi isn't on the list, he was a awesome 90's "hero" oh well, at least edward elcric is on, I just thought he'd be a bit higher. random spiderman FTW.
As far as the whole hero thing its not really meant to be taken literally, heck alot of main characters I've seen sofar have had nothing to do with seeking justice, but doing what THEY feel is right. thus I take "hero" as a grain of dust spoiler[ BTW why isn't kamijou touma on the list? ] JK 
well, fun is fun after all, and thats really what the poll is, I suppose |
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vapwaazu
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The Spiderman they are talking about is probably the 70s Tokusatsu Spiderman considering the list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MxGtH-2duM |
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enurtsol
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Haha, Shinji Ikari that high!
And after all these years, still Heidi and Anne Shirley. And Snow White, really?
"With great power comes great responsibility." Guess people everywhere just like a least-superpowered superhero.
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TitanXL
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I like how he pulls out a machine gun and shoots up the bad guys. Simple and straight forward. |
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