The Killer Question...

[Palance]

Ok, so this is it. There you are, sweating away in that all important interview as Miyazaki's next apprentice, having fought tooth and nail to prove your worth. It all seems to be going well, he's even offered you a bowl of Ramen, and suddenly out of nowhere he stuns you with this little gem:

"If you were a character in any Anime, who would it be and why?"

*gulp*. You polish off your ramen, confidently look him in the eye, smile that charming grin you have, and retort with....




Well, for me it would probably be Snorlax from Pokemon. Yes it probably wouldn't get me the job, but i love eating and sleeping just as much as the rest of us, and i can't think of anyone else who does it more.

How about you guys?

[Cloud]

And then what happened.

[RoboFlonne]

I'd be honey-sempai, because he gets all you can eat cake!

[Not Sir Phobos]

I choose Kintaro Oe

Because Life is study!

[Mara]

I would definitely choose to be Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle. She's married to a bishounen magician and gets to keep house in a flying castle. How cool is that?

[kizu]

Shoot... Who else but Saitou? Why? I like the grin.
There goes my future with Miyazaki-sensei...

[miz ducky]

I would be (drum rolllllll)

Haruhi Fujioka!

Yes that's right, there isn't any other girl who has it as good as she does.

[EternityOfPain]

Tough Call, so instead i simply list all the ones that came to my head.

Ryo Saeba (City Hunter) - Hes badass, he gets all the girls he wants, and is the best marksmen in the business.

Kintarou Oe (Golden Boy) - He gets to stroll around on his bike, live free, and all the hot girls fall for him.

Onizuka (GTO) - Badass, when things need to get done, he gets them done.

Captain Tylor (Irresponsible Captain Tylor) - Captain of a ship, personality is similar to mine (carefree) and is a cool dude

Luffy (One Piece) - He can stretch, hes going to become the pirate king, and he is the captain of his ship.

Takumi Fujiwara (Initial D) - This dudes driving skill is sick, and unparalleled with anyone. Awesomeness

Goku (DBZ) - Any person who has watched DBZ has thought of having super powers, this show like no other drives you into wanting it. Having the power to fly, throw energy beams, you name it.

[crackpot27]

Hiyono (Spiral) Girl's got dirt on everyone, and she uses it so well

[Keropi]

I think I'd like to be the guy that the twelve girls from "Sentimental Journey" are reminiscing about.

But seriously...

Since I can't think of any obvious big GAR characters I'd like to be, I'll name:

1. Wataru from Doukyuusei or...

2. Makoto from Doukyuusei 2

They were both fairly smooth and could handle themselves well in fistfights.

They were the type of respectable lead characters we used to get in games before the mostly "clean, milquetoast, bland nice guy" types we have around today.

EDIT:

Oh yeah. I forgot:

"Jotaro Kujo" from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure would be a great choice.

[graymouser]

That's a hard question. There are so many I like.

On the female side I would have to pick Sir Integra Hellsing (from Hellsing). Tied for second would be Molly or Mommy Fortuna (from The Last Unicorn). I like them all because they are all strong mature women. They know who and what they are. They accept who they are and face the world head on.

On the male side I would have to ditto Kizu and say Saito (from Rurouni Kenshin). The why is similar. He is a strong mature man. When I say strong, I don't really mean his physical strength. Like the women above, he knows who and what he is. He has a great personal philosophy and again uses it to do what he believes is right. He doesn't put up with a lot of non-sense either.

Honorable mention has to go to Dilandau (Escaflowne). How can I resist the polar opposite of the above characters. Gotta love someone as messed up as he is. Petty, selfish, destructive, violent and identity issues - what a combination!!!

[Caroline]

#1 bai-niang "hakujaden". which is also one of miyazaki-sensei's fav characters. i win. pass the ramen. lol...

#2 nausicaa. she comes in at a close second.

[JWR]

My wife told me recenty that she finally found an anime character that when watching was a "dead ringer" for me.

Hiroyuki Fujita from To Heart.

She told me we both are quiet , reserved & relaxed but extreamly observant even when it seems I'm not paying attention and bored, Always willing to step in and help friends and take on jobs that someone has to do but other are not willing to volunteer for.

[GuyvarIII]

I’d like to be … maybe …

Freeman (from Crying Freeman)
I’d be the ultimate assassin; head of the world’s most powerful crime syndicate; my enemies would come up with great plans to destroy me by forcing me to sleep with beautiful women; and I’d have loads of personalized, cool, cheesy stuff like my own island, Dragon Boat, and Dragon Sub. But I’d also have to jump around in the nude, listen to mystic Asian sex mumbo-jumbo, and be strangely emo all the time.

Guy (from Guy: Awakening of the Devil)
I’d get to travel across the universe kicking ass and stealing stuff. And whenever someone really ticked me off, I could transform into a giant monster and rip their head off. Unfortunately, I’d also be a constantly POed jerk.

Alex Ryger (from Dallos)
I wouldn’t be completely emotional, or mad all the time, but I’d still be cool; I’d have an important position, even if it would be running an oppressive police state; and my fiancée would be very pretty. Moon radicals, and my own backstabbing advisers, would try to kill me, but I’d be able to handle them, so far.

Mephisto (from Demon City)
I’d be cool, and I’d never have enough character development to have any flaws.


However, in reality, I don’t think I’m like any of these characters.

[Cloud]

Does that happen often?