Out of This World!

The guys on this page have only one thing in common: they AREN'T common. I simply had to put them in their own category. Please tell me you understand? After all...these guys aren't ordinary human beings--why should they be ranked with them?

If you came in through the The Legend of Zenki Webring below, please take the time to check out the rest of the Leading Men of Anime.

Not Quite Standard Disclaimer:
The images here were gleaned from many different sites--wherever I happened to see a good picture of the Leading Man in question...In some cases I had to chop him out of a bigger picture, brighten the image itself--anything to get HIS solo mug up there. If I'm using your image and you don't like what I've done to it, tell me about it and I'll take it out. Remember: all images here belong solely to their creators.

All guys are plugged in ALPHABETICALLY per page, and in the order I received the suggestions, to avoid the reams of hate-mail I can imagine for inadvertently maligning *your* Leading Man.

Chris said:
          This anime may not be popular but the terribly good looks of the cop/8-Man is too cute to be ignored.

I'd never heard of 8-Man until I saw it airing as an "animation special" on TV a few months ago. Think "Robocop" meets "Gunnm." Anyway, the 8-Man was a turned into a cyborg--with problems. His story is quite tragic. He kills criminals *very* brutally in the course of the four-volume anime I don't know anything about the manga that might have spawned it, or the original version, but the Carl Macek dub I heard was awful!

Lillith found this image for me. Thanks a lot!

Devilman says:
          Ugly as hell in his demon form, but his human form is devilishly handsome. Also strong and tough, can grow wings and fly, lots of supernatural energy powers, and apparently able to regenerate hacked-off limbs! An eye for the ladies, and ready to clobber any demon who pisses him off. Being merged with a demon has given him some rough edges, though...

Another never-seen, never heard (sigh).

Helen says:
          The insanely powerful Exploder Wizard Dark Schneider is gorgeous! He's tall, with long beautiful white hair, expressive blue eyes, a face to dream about, a body that won't quit -- and him a magic-user, it's not to be believed! I can't believe you haven't put him on your page yet! He's from "Bastard!!" the title does, in fact, refer to him because he is horribly rude, unbelievably arrogant, and doesn't seem to pay attention to anyone's feelings but his own. (But he ripped out his own heart to break the curse his ex-lover was under and he won't let anyone hurt his Yoko-san.) In a wierd twist, he used to be the super bad guy of that world, but a group of people caught him, killed him, and managed to trap his soul in the body of an innocent young baby as Schneider was transmigrating to another place to be reborn. That young boy spent 15 years growing up with Yoko and during that time Schneider's soul relearned a few things it had forgotten in 400+ years of life: love, compassion, etc. (I'm not saying he became an angel, 'cause he certainly did not, but he did turn into a fairly likeable guy who takes care of his friends.) Also during that time the people who used to be his underlings continued his attempt to "take over the world". Yoko calls him out of the young boy to save her country, Metallicana, from them.

The image you see here was courtesy Helen.

Megan says:
           ...it must be the blue hair =^..^= Larva is the mysterious black-robed shinma (god-demon) that shadows Miyu constantly in Narumi Kakinouchi's Vampire Princess Miyu. Unfortunately, he usually wears a mask (the mask is EVIL! BURNITBURNITBURNIT!) However, he does take it off some in the manga, and when he does, it's worth it.

Bastian says:
           He is cute. Don't you notice how Miyu is always hugging him like a big teddybear? And good-looking too.

Miyu seems to rely almost completely on Larva for companionship and aid. Having seen only the anime once a fairly long time ago, I'm not entirely sure what role Larva plays for Miyu, but whatever it is, I envy her...

Talk about your thwarted bad boy! Every time Chiaki is in danger, he takes on the possession beast and defeats it. When he tries to leave her, he reverts to his chibi form--adorable! Chibi-Zenki is loud, rude, uncouth and extremely childish. Chiaki can beat him up on a regular basis. It's great!

When he becomes the "Great Demon Lord Zenki" he's utterly ruthless, without conscience and without hangups about anything. One of the funniest things I have ever seen was the time Zenki fed Chiaki to the possession beast. It had me cracking up the rest of day. The love-hate relationship between Chiaki and her "guardian spirit" are the backbone of Zenki's appeal. He's so cool!

The image you see here was donated before it went up in The ONLY Zenki Image Archive. Great place, the image archive--and the maintainer Washuu was damned helpful. (I owe you!)