Darklady’s Top 5 Hottest Anime Characters

There are some who think that cartoons are only for kids. These people lack imagination. Contrary to popular belief, some cartoons are very much for adults and many of them are to be found in Japanese anime and its associated anime-influenced mediums.

Like every other form of entertainment, anime inspires a percentage of its fans to have unwholesome thoughts about the characters that populate its various movies and television series. I do not consider myself an expert on anime, but I have seen a bit – and I know several people who qualify within that underground community of lovable perverts who look for tentacles, demons, robots, colorful hair, and enormous eyes when they want to wax their tadpoles.

But who is the sexiest? Can cartoon sexiness be quantified or is it too individual or maybe even just too weird? Who cares? I’m going to take a stab at it and propose my Top 5 Hottest Anime Characters. To keep it simple, we’ll limit it to the dudes this time around. Remember that these are in no particular order of hotness, in spite of the fact they’re in numerical order.

Darklady's Top 5 Hottest Anime Characters:

5) Ranmura Samejima (Kizuna: Bonds of Love)

The slender and fair-haired kendo prodigy doesn’t make friends easily, but once he does, he’s serious about his devotion. Or maybe that’s just when he’s in love and dives in front of a speeding Yakuza vehicle to save his boyfriend. He winds up paralyzed on one side, but love works wonders! Their tale of resistance and romance was first told in a yaoi manga, meaning a homoerotic male graphic novel. Interesting aside: yaoi is primarily created by and for females. The Sisterhood of the Fruit Fly is international.

4) Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

The captain of a bounty hunting spaceship called the Bebop, Jet Black is a Top whose heart is secretly made of gold. The 36-year-old jazz and blues aficionado is the heart and soul of smooth. He can also kick ass with the best of them. Voiced in American releases by black performers, the scarred existentialist is a tall muscle daddy to be respected, feared, and desired. The frequent appearance of a gravity-defying cigarette burning… something precariously close to his beard, adds to his sizzling coolness. Oh, and he has a mechanical arm.

3) Mike Flanagan (My Brother’s Husband)

Canada may not be famous for its humpable gay cartoon characters, but if you like hairy muscle bears with a poor sense of social boundaries, you’re going to love Mike Flanagan. The Canadian widower of a gay Japanese twin, Mike travels to the Land of the Rising Sun to meet his dead husband’s homophobic and thus estranged brother and adorable daughter. Unlike yaoi, this example of what some call bara features a more masculine and physically developed character. It is also by men, for men. Just like Mike.

2) Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

This one may seem especially strange, but I’ve never pretended to be normal and I’m not going to start now. I love eccentric illustrations and Angel is one weird-ass looking dude. Or demon, as is the case. Dead since 1947, Angel was a mostly gay junkie who knows how to vogue even in Hell. I’m a sucker for the combination of suit, sarcasm, and flirting. Flamboyant as fuck, Angel has four arms and likes his paint and powder. Fans of fur will thrill at the fluffy tuft on his chest. Would he fuck us? Yes. Yes, he would. Fun fact: Angel has a set of retractable emergency arms.

1) Big Gay Al (South Park)

Admit it! You’d do Big Gay Al in a heartbeat. It might take a cocktail or two. Maybe some old-school amyl nitrite. But if we owe any cartoon character a good time for being out and proud, it’s Big Gay Al. Sure, he’s a mincing, swishing, lisping stereotype, but you just know that “I’m super! Thanks for asking!” attitude makes him a power bottom in the boudoir even if he is married to Mr. Slave. He’s kind and compassionate, loving both animals and Scouts, but not too much. While his taste in Hawaiian shirts may be questionable, the meaning of that exposed nipple and whisper-thin mustache are all too clear. Also: he’s flagging for oral with that light blue bandana around his neck, so what are you waiting for?