What is the Anime Hero of Your Country?

[Kura Ookami]

What anime characters represent your country? I'm curious about how many countries have a representative anime character.

I'll start it off. I live in England.


Seres Victoria from Hellsing.

She's the most major English character I think. Integra Hellsing again from Hellsing is another example. In fact i think ALL the characters from Hellsing are from England.

Post where you're from and what anime hero your country has.

[Photosoph]

Eep! Being very poorly represented, I think the closest New Zealand would get would be an Australian anime character. Or perhaps a slice of kiwi fruit that may briefly appear in some scene...

[RedMage]

The United States is more often than not represented by obnoxious second or third-tier villains an antagonists.

I guess the most major one I can think of would be...um...was Duo from Gundam Wing supposed to be an American, technically?

[Fish and Chips]

She's the most major English character I think. Integra Hellsing again from Hellsing is another example. In fact i think ALL the characters from Hellsing are from England.

Alucard himself is Turkish, and the Manga's antagonists are German. Rest of Hellsing headquarters is proudly British, however. Then again, you guys also get Joker from Read or Die. No fair.

And me? I'm American.



Side Note: Joseph Joestar's another American, and as is the entire cast of Baccano. Guess we get a fair bit of coverage.

[Raiden no Kishi]

How about this, Photosoph: you can have Lavi from D.Gray-Man. IIRC, his heritage is unknown, so we'll just say he's from NZ and call it good. Besides, Lavi's awesome.

Hmm . . . I suppose an American anime hero would be . . . Chibodee Crocket from Mobile Fighter G Gundam? XD

.rai//

[Photosoph]

Aw, that's so kind. Although, I don't know who Lavi from D.Gray-Man is... I haven't watch that. Neither do I know IRRC. But it's nice to be assigned some characters. Thank you!
*glomps Rai*

[Fish and Chips]

If a Japanese person posts in this thread, I will die.

[Nikolai Melodie]

Go Italy. Little Girls; Big Guns... aulthough I'm in America nowadays. Dx

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Go Italy. Little Girls; Big Guns... aulthough I'm in America nowadays. Dx

Aha! Henrietta rocks with her FN-P90 (Which isn't shown in that picture XD)

Uh... as for Korea... wow... I can't think of anything (Manhwa or Korean animation doesn't count XD).

As for America, I will proudly say that the entire cast of Baccano fits.

[Tenshi no Ai]

America actually DOES get it's amount of chars. Yes, some do fight vampires and are nuns with guns, but there's still TONS.

Did Canadians ever get an appearance in anime? As far as I remember, only briefly mentioned :/ Yup, everyone forgets about us, even Japan Unless someone can think of one... I was trying to think about the international Chosen Children arc in Digimon, but I don't think there was anything there either :/

No, not here neither :/ Every country cept us, so it seems :/

[EricTheFred]

The United States is more often than not represented by obnoxious second or third-tier villains an antagonists.

I guess the most major one I can think of would be...um...was Duo from Gundam Wing supposed to be an American, technically?

There are a few American good-guys in Anime. For example, Kanuka Clancy in Patlabor, and Teletha Testarossa in Full Metal Panic (which also has the German Kurz Weber, the Chinese Melissa Mao, the British Commander Mardukas, the Russian Captain Kalinin, etc. etc.)

There are also occasionally characters which seem to be Americans, but not specifically stated. For example, in Blood+ Saya's adoptive father, George Miyagusuku, is apparently an American Vietnam war vet. Or, in Silent Moebius, both Lebia Maverick and Rally Cheyenne may or may not be American ex-pats.

[Fish and Chips]

Wait, is this thread for country of origin/residence, or heritage? Because if we take geneology into this, Alexander Anderson for us Scots. Baccano is probably the best catch-all for Americans, though.

[bigsleepj]

As far as I know there are no South African anime characters (not if you count the only example of local animation).

[EricTheFred]

Well, heritage wise, we Scandinavians keep getting our old gods hijacked by mangaka. Best known examples probably being the various gods in "Mythical Detective Loki" and "Oh, My Goddess" (Belldandy, Skuld and Urd, for example are the three Norns. Verthanthi got mangled by Kana-zation into Berudandi, which the Mangaka then chose to Anglicize into 'Belldandy' rather than 'Verthanthi' when she presented her business card. In the transfer from Kana to Englsih, Skuld came out correct, but Urdu became Urd.)

Can't think of any human Skansk characters in Anime.

[EricTheFred]

America actually DOES get it's amount of chars. Yes, some do fight vampires and are nuns with guns, but there's still TONS.

Did Canadians ever get an appearance in anime? As far as I remember, only briefly mentioned :/ Yup, everyone forgets about us, even Japan Unless someone can think of one... I was trying to think about the international Chosen Children arc in Digimon, but I don't think there was anything there either :/

No, not here neither :/ Every country cept us, so it seems :/

Well, Canadians are just like Americans anyway right?

(Desperately dodges immediate large, potentially lethal barrage of snowballs)

Don't worry about it. Sometimes it's better to get no notice. I cringe to think of what they would do to us Texans! (Just think of how badly Hollywood mangles us, and they're supposedly from the same country!)

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Here's the US anime hero--Goku!



Strong, kinda cool, yet at times can be really dense and dumb.

[the_wolfs_howl]

I'm from the United States of America.

The one time when watching anime that I gasped and said, "He is SO from the US!!" was in Samurai Champloo, in the baseball episode, when the American team comes to Japan and challenges the Japanese to baseball. The translator, with his horribly obvious accent, was a true-blue American.

*goes off to vomit*

[Fish and Chips]

Here's the US anime hero--Goku!

Goku is an American citizen?

You learn something new everyday.

[Maledicte]

And me? I'm American.

Aww, you took mine.
Wait, he's Canadian now. You Canadians better nab him fast!

[Puguni]

Aha! Henrietta rocks with her FN-P90 (Which isn't shown in that picture XD)

Uh... as for Korea... wow... I can't think of anything (Manhwa or Korean animation doesn't count XD).

As for America, I will proudly say that the entire cast of Baccano fits.

Just recently, I found out about this minor character who's a friend of a major character from this anime Kamichama Karin and apparently Korean.

Ionno.

There's a few in CLAMP manga, the legend of hyun something, but they're all manga characters so...

[mitsuki lover]

Silent Mobius:Rally Cheyenne,Lebia Maverick and Katsumi Liqueur are all
American.In fact Katsumi was originally from Hawaii.
For those who are Aussie out there you got Kiddy Phenil.
I'm not sure where Roy and Ralph come from.

[EricTheFred]

Silent Mobius:Rally Cheyenne,Lebia Maverick and Katsumi Liqueur are all
American.In fact Katsumi was originally from Hawaii.
For those who are Aussie out there you got Kiddy Phenil.
I'm not sure where Roy and Ralph come from.

Is that given in the Anime? It was never really specified in the Manga that I recall (haven't seen the Anime for it, yet.)

I do recall having the impression that Katsumi's father was foreign, but Katsumi was from Japan. That could have been an assumption on my part, derived from her given name, though.

[Alexander]

Something tells me...



There aren't many representatives for Iowa...

[RedMage]

I guess Drake from R.O.D. is American.

[Mr. Rogers]

Any characters from Ireland? o.o

[Roy Mustang]

We give off carbon dixide emission...American carbon dixide emission....In America!



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[Fish and Chips]

Any characters from Ireland? o.o

Bazett Fraga McRemitz.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Made by me.

[Alexander]

You forgot to add, "In America". But otherwise...

Roy and Mr. SP have ruled this topic. Thank you thank you.

[Roy Mustang]

Every time read the title of this thread, makes me think about the song Cartoon Heroes by Aqua

We are the Cartoon Heroes - oh-oh-oh
We are the ones who're gonna last forever
We came out of a crazy mind - oh-oh-oh
And walked out on a piece of paper


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