Naruto is the series that gets the most empathy from its audiences!

So, this is from the results of last month's Superpoll of the Month, in which readers were asked:

If your life was an anime series, what series it would be?

With 402 votes, Naruto came out on top with 104 votes, followed closely by Bleach with 90 votes, and curiously enough, Blue Exorcist has 77 votes, despite being a new series, while the other two have been running for a decade.

Well, we've all seen Naruto's struggles, solitude and alienation and his humanity, his failures, his ticks are all what make us care for him deeply and root for him to be the village's hero.

I initially thought that One Piece would win hands down due to its popularity, but it is quite there with Full Metal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, and Soul Eater.

Kuroshitsuji and Gintama came in the same place. And Death Note deserves a special mention with 50 votes, (who doesn't identify with either L-kun or Kira-sama?)

It's still interesting to note that a classic series like Dragon Ball didn't garner more votes, with even D.Grayman getting 8 more votes.

Saint Seiya   15 (3%)

Gintama   35 (8%)

Kimi ni Todoke   25 (6%)

Bleach  90 (22%)

Fairy Tail  61 (15%)

Steins Gate  16 (3%)

Death Note  50 (12%)

Karakuridoji Ultimo   2 (0%)

Yu Yu Hakusho   9 (2%)

Evangelion   12 (2%)

Dragon Ball  28 (6%)

Naruto  104 (25%)

Blue Exorcist  77 (19%)

Kamisama Dolls  7 (1%)

Kamisama no Memochou   9 (2%)

Loveless  10 (2%)

Samurai X  17 (4%)

One Piece  64 (15%)

Lucky Star  26 (6%)

Haruhi Suzumiya  17 (4%)

Wallflower (Yamato Nadeshiko)   10 (2%)

K-On!  25 (6%)

Sket Dance  14 (3%)

Soul Eater  54 (13%)

Kuragehime  7 (1%)

Bakuman  16 (3%)

Deadman Wonderland  9 (2%)

Kuroshitsuji  35 (8%)

Hetalia  24 (5%)

Code Geass  25 (6%)

D.Grayman  36 (8%)

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control   5 (1%)

Akira  6 (1%)

Sailor Moon  28 (6%)

Beelzebub  28 (6%)

Black Lagoon  5 (1%)

Cowboy Bebop  11 (2%)

Full Metal Alchemist  57 (14%)

Hellsing  17 (4%)

Devil May Cry  27 (6%)

Samurai Deeper Kyo  4 (0%)

Infinite Stratos  17 (4%)

Hanasaku Iroha  9 (2%)

Gundam Wing   8 (1%)

Samurai Champloo  13 (3%)

Toriko  8 (1%)

Durarara!  46 (11%)

Other (please indicate so in my twitter!)   23 (5%)

I didn't receive any further explanation through my twitter account over what series did I miss on the list and why. You can follow me at @myanimemangafix .

Naruto Shippuden anime September schedule!

The Pain saga ended with an interesting twist and it was awesome as we finally saw Naruto being recognized by his village.

Looks like we are going to deal with fillers and one week delay without our favorite series due to a Pokemon Black and White special airing in the same slot.

But they're pre-time skip fillers related to what just happened in the last episodes, developing Iruka-sensei's character, so they will be great this time, bringing back the nostalgia of the good ol' Naruto days!

September 2 - Iruka the Novice Teacher

September 9 - Iruka's trials

September 16 - Iruka's determination

September 23 - no episode

September 30 - Jounin in charge Hatake Kakashi

Thanks to Niko^ from Narutofan forums ^_^

Bokkuko (tomboy) characters in anime

These types of characters can be quite common in some shonen manga. Bokkuko girls are basically tomboys that serve as sidekicks and can also play the role of the female heroine along with their hero counterpart.

They can be physically slim, with short hair, skinny and flat chested, yet also have particular skills that you would normally expect from their male counterpart. (Shonen manga can be a bit mysoginistic when it comes to delimiting specific roles by gender, so don't shoot the messenger here XD)

At least we know that these delimitations by gender are changing.

Good examples would be Tatsuki Arisawa from Bleach, or Tenten and Sakura from Naruto.

These type of characters have evolved into strong female characters that don't necessarilly have to be the less appealing, quite the contrary, in fact.

Look at Yuzuriha from Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas. In the original manga, she would have just been another side character as Marin and Shaina with little to almost no development. But she has a key role in helping her friends to achieve all the misions through Hades' Inferno.

Studio Pierrot: behind the scenes

This is a tour video of the offices responsible for the majority of the great anime we see today (except when they have their 'awful' team days, of course!)

Provided by Anime News Network, check the video here!

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