CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Since most shows tend to center around characters who are in their teens or pre-teens, I was wondering about your favorite anime character(s) over the age of twenty, and why do you think highly of them?


I have a tie between Nobue Itou (20) from the Strawberry Marshmallow anime, and Reki (who looks around her early twenties) in Haibane Renmei.

I guess my reason for picking Reki would be because of her mature, caring personality. Even though she has endured much given her situation in the anime, Reki retains a strong sense of maturity that I find very admirable, especially with regard to Rakka. Nobue is similar, but less so in that she doesn't outwardly show it as much. In fact, whenever one of the girls (Miu) in the show gets her angry, Nobue can get into some pretty hilarious fits (which I find both funny and cute).

Coincidentally both happen to be casual smokers...

Ichinomiya Kantarou from Tactics is a university graduate, so that places him in the 20+ demographic. :3 The guy is just the coolest anime protagonist ever - he's got the sort of conniving personality you rarely see in the hero.

In second would be Tyki Mick from D.Gray-man. Because he steals peoples internal organs and feeds them to flesh eating butterflies. Yummeh. 8D

Favorite: Haruka Suzumiya -- Rumbling Hearts

Minor spoiler alert -- Spoiler for Volume 1 of Rumbling Hearts
[spoiler=Rumbling Hearts]Haruka demonstrates forgiveness, forgiving Narumi for his constant blunders during the first two episodes of Rumbling Hearts. When she wakes from her coma in episode 4, one can't help but pity her for everything she has lost...[/spoiler]

Which brings me to ...

MAJOR spoiler alert -- This will spoil the ENDING for RUMBLING HEARTS -- which hasn't been completely released in the USA. You have been warned.
[spoiler=Rumbling Hearts]Haruka demonstrates great wisdom and maturity in the final episode of Rumbling Hearts, recognizing that both she and Takayuki have changed immensely in the time since the accident, and essentially 'letting go' of her relationship. The scene where she and Takayuki part for the very last time brings me to tears every time I have watched it -- which is 14 times.[/spoiler]

Of course, the validity of that selection is questionable. Haruka's age is somewhat indeterminate. For the majority of the show, her age I would presume to be anywhere from 19-21.

Reki -- Haibane Renmei -- Somehow I feel I can relate to Reki far too well.

Hakuoro -- Utawarerumono -- He kills people ... with a FAN. How can you not like him?

Admiral Spoor -- Banner of the Stars -- Her sarcastic attitude amuses me far more than it probably should.

Sai Nanohana -- Jubei-chan -- He's just cool like that.

Minamo Kurosawa -- Azumanga Daioh -- I deal regularly with a girl a lot like Yukari, so I guess I just pity her in a lot of ways.

Yomiko Readman -- Read Or Die -- Cute. Paper master. What more reason do I need?

Morita Shinobu -- Honey and Clover -- If I acted on my impulses, I might act a whole lot like this guy. (Un)fortunately, I have too much self-control for that.

Mullen Shetland -- Last Exile -- Mullen's self-sacrificial nature and bravery exemplify qualities that I wish I had more of.

Hibiki Amawa -- Strawberry Eggs -- A man with many flaws fighting for sexual equality in an oppressed school -- even if his methods are a bit unorthodox.

Mullen Shetland - for his selflessness and interesting persona
Alex Rowe - for his attitude and overall coolness

Always beena fan of Reki and her tale (just noticed know I've been typing in "Reiki" for her name lately... think I've been watching too many anime with similar sounding names, alot^^)

I also quite like Shitow Haruka from RahXephon. It's just... a great story of her and Ayato and she's a good character^^

Oh! And who could forget xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa's Yuuko?? She's so amusing!^^

Chichiri from Fushigi Yuugi's also a good one, no da!=^.^=

Haruka Naru's Yasuaki too... I don't know why, I just like his character (and design).

Assuming that Touka from Uta is over 20 too (sometime's it's just hard to tell...) I quite like her character too...

Think that's about it that I can think of at the moment...

Male: Dark Mousy (D.N.Angel)
Female: Evangeline A.K. MacDowell (Negima)

You know, all of the cast of Honey and Clover are college age or middle-aged; you might give it a try sometime. Having said that, I think Morita from that series would be a close tie with Yamada for favorite.

Hajime Saitou from Rurouni Kenshin. He's like forty (which is ANCIENT in anime) and he still explodes heads and impales stuff. I just think he's totally cool.

Kyoko Otonashi from Maison Ikkoku. She's been through a lot of pain in her early life. However, she continues to be a caring individual with a lot of strength.

Ok here goes:
1.Silent Mobius:Katsumi Liqueur
2.Inuyasha:Kikyo,hey technically she and Inuyasha are both over 50 but one's dead and the other was pinned to a tree for over 50 years..but if you don't accept that then Kagome's mom
3.Dual:Mitsuki Rara,she's around 22,also Yayoi
4.Banner of the Stars:Spoor
5.Cowboy Bebop:Spike
6.Betterman:Asami
7.RahXephon:Maya,Ayato's stepmom
8.Neon Genesis Evangelion:Misato
9.Bubblegum Crisis:Tokyo 2040:Priss
10.Tenchi Moyu:Ayeka(technically over 700 years old)and Ryoko
11.Naruto:Kakashi
12.Fullmetal Alchemist:Mustang and Hawkeye
13.Trinity Blood:Father Abel
14.Trigun:Rem
15.Gundam Seed:Captain Murrue Ramius
16.Robotech:Lisa

I'll go with:

1) Morita-- his personality is quirky and hilarious, but he's also has a very intense and serious side.

2) Hatori Sohma-- He's a doctor. He's soft spoken. And he has a tragic background. Need I say more?

3) Yamada-- Any woman who has magical unicorns to protect her chastity deserves mad props.

I'm surprised I haven't seen more mention of Kenshin Himura. He is about 28, you know.

Other than Kenshin, I like Nicholas D. Wolfwood from Trigun, as well as Maes Hughes and Alex Louis Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist.

.rai//

Meijin Eguchi of Mega Man heh that guy's awesome "-San wa iranai!"

I vote Roy from Robotech/Macross.

Kenshin was born June 1849.To be precise.

I'll try to keep this short.

Hatori Sohma
Himura Kenshin
The Third Hokage
Shouka Kou - Saiunkoku Monogatari; gentle librarian, dedicated father, best assassin alive. Oh yeah!

Spike Spiegal - Cowboy Bebop
Akabane Kurodo - Getbackers
Kenpachi - Bleach
Jin - Samurai Champloo
Dr. Kenzo Tenma - Monster

Belldandy looks like she's in her early 20's.

She's probably older than that,but it's hard to tell.
And the information about Kenshin was from the results of a Rurouni Kenshin personality quiz I took.I got Kenshin so that's where I got the info' on his age as it was part of the character's stats.His real name btw is actually:Himura Shinta.
As far as it goes if you want to get really technical Washu,Sasami,Ryoko and
Ayeka are all well over 20.Sasami's actual age is around 709 well Washu is over
25,000 years old and Ryoko around 5,000.

mitsuki lover wrote:As far as it goes if you want to get really technical Washu,Sasami,Ryoko and Ayeka are all well over 20.Sasami's actual age is around 709 well Washu is over 25,000 years old and Ryoko around 5,000.

Just as long as the character's age is relative to the average human lifespan, then it could work without being too technical. In anime it isn't impossible to have some mystical child character with triple digit ages. And of course there are those ageless vampire characters...

One of my favorites is Okina, from Rurouni Kenshin. He just made me laugh a whole lot. XD But, if I had to choose a bishi character too, then I'd have to say Aoshi, from the same series. Yep. XD

Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell Stand alone.

mechana2015 wrote:Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell Stand alone.

Good one!

Hiko from Rurouni Kenshin for his cool arrogance. (come to think of it, that's why I like Hajime Saitoh as well)
Dr. Tenma from Monster for his willingness to sacrifice his career to try to right a wrong.
Maes Hughes from FMA because he's just so darned cute the way he dotes on his little girl.
Kyouraku Shunsui from Bleach because it takes a real man to be able to wear a pink cloak and a silly straw hat and still be able to flirt with a straight face.

There are a few that I can't believe I've forgotten to mention.

Takuto, Meroko, and Izumi, from Full Moon wo Sagashite.

Well...I'm really not sure if Ta-kun is over 20. XD But Meroko and Izumi definitely are. XD

jon_jinn wrote:Spike Spiegal - Cowboy Bebop
Akabane Kurodo - Getbackers
Kenpachi - Bleach
Jin - Samurai Champloo
Dr. Kenzo Tenma - Monster

Kenji - 20th Century Boys
Gutts - Berserk

Anime exclusively, yes? Or are Manga characters allowed?

Samurai Champloo - Jin, Detective Manzou "The Saw," Sakonshougen Nagamitsu, Okuru, Bundai, Kagemaru, Kariya Kagetoki.
Read or Die OVA - Nancy Makuhari, Drake Anderson, Gennai Hiraga, Ikkyuu Soujun
FullMetal Alchemist - Izumi Curtis, Alex Louis Armstrong, Vato Falman, Maria Ross, Frank Archer (running joke), Tim Marcoh
Trigun - Vash the Stampede, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Rai-Dei the Blade
The Slayers - Prince Philionel

Hmm. Most of my show must have an age gap quota to fill. Failed to mention Death Note and Monster because they're pretty much direct Manga-to-Animes, so...my fingers were tired.

Fish and Chips wrote:Anime exclusively, yes? Or are Manga characters allowed?

Both anime and manga characters are allowed, unless there is a discrepancy of ages in one of them.

(in my case, Nobue happens to be 16 in the manga and 20 in the anime).

It's quite possible that Major Kusunagi on GITS:SAC is actually over 30.The cyber body that houses her ghost is that of a 25-30 year old woman,though we can't be sure wheter or not that is her real age.
Though it seems that in the episode that deals with her background that cybernization was still in it's infancy when she got her first cyberbody.Note how
rudimentary it appears compared to her later and more familiar cyberbody.
It's also clear in the episode that deals with Saito's past that she has actually had
a lot more military expierence.Again this leads me to conclude she might in fact be over 30 despite the fact she uses the cyberbody of someone 25-30.My guess as to her actually age is probably around 35 or maybe a few years older.

Stiletto wrote:Both anime and manga characters are allowed, unless there is a discrepancy of ages in one of them.

(in my case, Nobue happens to be 16 in the manga and 20 in the anime).

Alright then.

20th Century Boys - Because of the timeskips, I'm just going to round it off at "Everyone," except I don't think Kanna hits 20.
Monster - Kenzo Tenma, Wolfgang Grimmer
FullMetal Alchemist - Fuhrer King Bradley
Death Note - Soichiro Yagami