Men of Power

What, exactly, makes an anime guy a "man of power"? These Leading Men are the strongest characters, the fighters extraordinaire, always ready for a fight (to save the universe, or their girl, lucky, lucky!)---but that's not all they do. These guys light up the screen with their unbelievable confidence, strength, determination and, yes, looks. They're what my sister terms "to die for."

If you came in through the Boy's Heaven: Yaoi Webring below, then please take the time to see the rest of the Leading Men of Anime. You might be confused because there are only a few Yaoi characters on this page, but if you'll check out the Overview of this website, you'll see there are LOTS of yaoi characters scattered around, in the Take Him Home to Momma page, in the Out of This World section; lots more!!

I put the ringcode here because the yaoi here (halfway down the page) perfectly characterizes the genre with his relationship to Sakurazuka Seishirou.

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.

Nora says:
          ...on the Bakuretsu Hunters team, Marron is both the most striking and the most overlooked. He's a beautiful bishounen who catches the eye of almost every woman (and not a few men) in the series, but he's also perpetually polite and quiet. He's also rumored to be a "pervert," which has never been explained! He's also powerful as hell, being a master of ofuda (paper ward) magic. He's utterly devoted to his older brother Carrot and protects him, even from himself--the only time Marron ever loses his temper is when Carrot is threatened. Marron seems to have no romantic interest in anyone, but that doesn't stop him from occasionally using his looks to get things the team needs---he knows he's beautiful, he's just modest. However, it's pretty clear that his buff beefcake teammate Gato Mocha would love nothing more than to pierce Marron's classic aloofness. Like all of the BH team, he is the reincarnation of a god in his case, the god of righteousness.

Another never-seen, never-heard anime/manga series. The image is from the Bakuretsu Hunter character pages.

Mutsuki says:
     Sakuya is the dark, BAD type...hehehe...He is the sexiest character in Angel Sanctuary (there are just too many cuties in there). His real demonform is a sword (the sword is cool too...it has 7 blades!!) which fits his personality perfectly.

I've been asked before if this site was solely for anime Leading Men--the answer, as you might guess, is no. For the purposes of this site, I treat anime and manga interchangeably. The image came from the Angel Sanctuary site. Thanks a bunch!

mutsuki says:
     Setsuna is just way cool!! Especially when he has wings popped out from his back (I adore guys with wings...) He is a bit arrogant, but he is naive, thoughtful, very determined and loves Sara so deeply that he would risk anything just to save her. He is one of the most 'humanistic' characters I've ever seen (this kind of character doesn't just become instant heroes...they have major emotional struggles)

I would be the first to admit a total and complete lack of experience with manga, but judging from this is ought to be worth checking out. I think I got the image right this time--make sure to inform me if I still didn't pick the right pic!

Cass says:
          He's...a super hunk

Derry says:
          Subaru appears first in the manga (and two volume OAV) Tokyo Babylon. There, he was only sixteen, quite naive, such a sweetie and pretty innocent--even if he's the 13th head of the greatest of onmyouji clans in Japan! He may not look it but he has a power that he only uses when he needs to--and even then not in the fullest. After what Seishirou (Sakurazukamori) did to his twin sister however, Subaru turns into a quiet, brooding young man (who appears in X as a Dragon of Heaven)--the complete opposite of the way he was before--who is out there to find revenge.

In case you're wondering, Seishirou murdered Subaru's sister--and to make it worse, Subaru was convinced at the time that HIS love (assassin or no assassin) couldn't possibly kill his sister! The image is from this site. Thanks to Ami for pointing it out!

Ashura says:
     He is so CUTE. He is one of the muscle men (his body is so sexy = ) He's so powerful and he's the type that always keeps his promises. He always protects the one he loves with all of his strength. He may look sooo cold and silent, but actually he always cares for his lover Ashura. Finally he's a SUPER CUTE AND COOL man. Fuhh....

I took this image from this Yasha page--absolutely hilarious!!