Poll Asks Which Anime Characters Should Never Change Voice Actors

Joseph Luster March 12, 2012

Change is good sometimes, but when it comes to an iconic voice, it can be more than a little jarring. With that in mind, Japanese website MyNavi asked its users what anime characters they would never want to change voice actors, and of course a handful of well-known roles topped the lists.

The poll results come in two forms: one shows responses from female users, and the other shows males. Momoko Sakura of Chibi Maruko-chan made the number one spot on the former list, in which 603 females cast their votes, and Son Goku of Dragon Ball Z rocketed to the top of the latter, taking 35.9% of the votes cast by 373 males. Here’s the top five for both:

Female Users

1. Momoko Sakura (Chibi Maruko-chan) – 31.7%
2. Son Goku (Dragon Ball) – 31%
3. Fujiko Mine (Lupin the 3rd) – 22.7%
4. Anpanman (Soreike! Anpanman) – 22.4%
5. Shinnosuke Nohara (Crayon Shin-chan) – 18.2%

Male Users

1. Son Goku (Dragon Ball) – 35.9%
2. Fujiko Mine (Lupin the 3rd) – 22.5%
3. Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam) – 15.8%
4. Momoko Sakura (Chibi Maruko-chan) – 13.9%
5. Minami Asakura (Touch) – 13.7%

If you had to choose characters who should never change voice actors, which ones would make the cut?

Source [0takomu via ANN]