Rei Ayanami

[redder88]

Every time I flip a page of a anime/manga magazine it always seems that there is some story or picture of Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion). Why does everyone thing she is all that, all she did was speak like ten words in the story and then she died. Whats up with this character that makes her so cool.

[DARK OSAMU]

Her Hair is blue.

Think about it. Anyone with blue hair is destined to be MEGA popular. Did you know that in Japan, Sailor Mercury is the most popular Sailor Scout? And guess what ...HER HAIR IS BLUE!!! You can also stress the color blue in general....Like why is Gohan the star of the second part of DBZ??? His outfit is covered in blue! Why was Vegeta the main villain during the Saiyajin stuff??? He wore blue! Luna is also the most popular cat in tv history cause her hair is DARK BLUE!!! So there you go.

[kakoi_sugoi_yama]

I think people liked her so much because she was the only character in the show that didn't whine like a little bitch.

[Vicious]

She is one of the most popular characters over in Japan. Not sure why though. Maybe they like the obedient silent type?

[Shinn Asuka]

Originally posted by kakoi_sugoi_yama
I think people liked her so much because she was the only character in the show that didn't whine like a little bitch.

Gendo didn't whine like a bitch. He *made* people his bitch. :P

[justin]

i dont know from what i remember only shinji whined a lot. he reminded me of those retarded gundam wing characters.

[DARK OSAMU]

Hahahahaha!!! That was funny. Wing was a whiney show because it's Shojo. I guess a whiney little baby is a selling point for Japan.

[Shinn Asuka]

Originally posted by DARK OSAMU
Hahahahaha!!! That was funny. Wing was a whiney show because it's Shojo. I guess a whiney little baby is a selling point for Japan.

Uh, Wing is Shounen. Gundam in general is Shounen.

Genres: Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen

[DARK OSAMU]

It's mecha for girls. All the guys are practically women. The way the talk and act. The whole show is preachy and even the main authorities are mostly women. And the main guy and girl are pretty much living in "Days of Our Lives" ... It's a long soap opera with robots....it's shojo.
It might not be labled on the box -Shojo- but it is.

[Shinn Asuka]

Gundam 0079 - Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam 08th MS Team - Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Shounen
Gundam 0080 - Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam 0083 - Adventure, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Zeta Gundam - Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
ZZ Gundam - Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Char's Counterattack - Drama, Mecha, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam F91 - Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Victory Gundam - Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam X - Adventure, Mecha, Romance, Science Fiction, Shounen
G Gundam - Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mecha, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam SEED - Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
Gundam Wing - Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen

Shounen: This word is an adjective used to refer to the genre of anime aimed at young teenage boys, usually stories involving action and adventure.

The entire Gundam series itself is a Shounen anime series. It is aimed at boys. It always has been. Wing's drawing style was edited so that it would appeal to girls, to bring in a larger female audience, but it was still a Shounen series at heart.

[DARK OSAMU]

Wow man. I didn't know there was so much Gundam. I have only seen like 5 of those. Here is my list of it's categories, for what I've seen.

Gundam 0079-Shonen
Gundam 0080-Shonen
Gundam Stardust memory-Shonen
Gundam Wing-Shojo
G Gundam-Pokemon Mecha style
SD Gundam-Hamtaro Mecha style
Gundam 8th MS Team-Shonen

[Shinn Asuka]

G Gundam would technically be "Super Robot War" style anime, if you've ever played the games. It's not really based off the "true" Gundam series namesake, and it plays a lot more off the SRW universe.

However, we're way off topic now.

Ayanami... You know, I don't know what's so great about her either.

[DARK OSAMU]

Me either.....except for the blue hair theory.

[redder88]

How can bright colored hair make someone so popular though, various characters in other stories have even more eccentric colored hair than Rei. Kanami Chidori from Full Metal Panic! is another character with blue hair and heck you only see her because she's the main character of the story, other than that no one cares about her. Other characters from other animes even have wilder hair colors like bright pink, green, or some wild streaks in their hair and they're no where near as popular as Rei is. So whats up with this character that makes her have like 100+ wallscrolls of her and companies pumping statues out the wazzu of her.

[kakomu]

Originally posted by redder88
Whats up with this character that makes her so cool.

I think it's the H Doujins and the VA that the Japanese fans are gaga over, not to mention the Gainax created Rei porn figurines.