The Most POPULAR Anime Boys Of All Time (2020 List)

Sweet anime boys, yes. They can make you feel wonderful and also miserable at the same time because you know you won’t find such a husbando IRL (probably).

This time we are going to look at MAL’s Most Favorited Characters, so this list should be at least somewhat objective.

And I know what you might want to ask me. Has anything changed compared to the 2019 boys’ popularity ranking?

And the answer is YES, albeit only the order.

Levi from Attack on Titan (#4) and Light Yagami (#5) from Death Note got ahead of Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist (currently #6, previously #4).

Interesting facts about this popularity ranking

all of these boys are humans,
the anime that have more than 1 character on this list are Death Note and One Piece,
the majority of them have black or brown hair.

Read also:

These are the 10 Most Popular Anime Boys (2020 List).

10. Gintoki Sakata

Member Favorites: 54,473
Anime: Gintama
Age: late 20s
Race: Human
Occupation: Yorozuya/Odd Jobs

Gintoki is a relatable and funny folk with a sweet tooth. He is also an otaku heavily absorbed in reading manga in the Weekly Shounen Jump.

Despite being a fearsome fighter with nearly unmatched skill, he avoid needless bloodshed.

9. Naruto Uzumaki

Member Favorites: 63,631
Anime: Naruto
Age: 12-13 (I. Part), 15-17 (II. Part), around 30 (Boruto)
Race: Human
Occupation: Shinobi

Naruto proves that hard work beats talent. He is strong-willed as hell, and his attitude and actions later make him incredibly powerful.

He also never gives up on anyone or anything.

8. Zoro Roronoa

Member Favorites: 68,105
Anime: One Piece
Age: 21 (after time skip)
Race: Human
Occupation: Swordsman and combatant of the Straw Hat Pirates

Zoro is always loyal to his Nakama, no matter what. Apart from having an appealing color scheme and a captivating fighting style, he has also has a never-give-up attitude no matter how difficult things get.

He is built up to be the perfect shoulder for the shounen main character.

7. Rintarou Okabe

Member Favorites: 68,645
Anime: Steins; Gate
Age: 18
Race: Human
Occupation: Self-proclaimed mad scientist 🙂

Rintarou is an overdramatic, boastful, and rarely tsundere college student. He is smart, but his real ability is to be the visionary and natural-born leader.

6. Edward Elric

Member Favorites: 72,978
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist
Age: 16 in the series, 18 in the movie
Race: Human
Occupation: Alchemist

Edward is a selfless and gentle soul with a lot of sympathy for others.

He has only one goal in mind: to help his brother to revert back to his human form, and goes as far as to disregard his own discomfort/suffering.

He can be a good role model for kids and adults alike.

5. Light Yagami

Member Favorites: 73,425
Anime: Death Note
Age: 17
Race: Human
Occupation: Student and Owner of Death Note

Light is a complex and mysterious character who takes most screen time, yet you know very little about him.

What we know is that he is highly intelligent and calculating, capable of pinpointing the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents with ease.

4. Levi Ackerman

Member Favorites: 81,092
Anime: Attack on Titan
Age: over 30
Race: Human
Occupation: Soldier

Levi is the most powerful human soldier in the AOT Universe. He has accurate deduction, epic fighting skills, and a quirky personality.

3. Monkey D. Luffy

Member Favorites: 85,134
Anime: One Piece
Age: 19
Race: Human
Occupation: The founder and captain of Straw Hat Pirates

Luffy has a heart of gold. He goes out of his way to help literally everyone who is in trouble.

With that being said, he is also one of the strongest characters in One Piece.

2. L Lawliet

Member Favorites: 98,182
Anime: Death Note
Age: 24
Race: Human
Occupation: Detective

L is a unique, weird, and mysterious detective from Death Note.

He is trying to hunt down #5 on our list, Light Yagami.

In many anime it’s a custom that the main character is overpowered (or becomes) to the point of being undefeatable. Other supporting characters or opposing forces are usually way weaker to prove that the main character truly is something special.

In this case, the police force, including L, are actually smart. L has a high IQ, can make the right deduction and also provide insight easily.

1. Lelouch Lamperouge

Member Favorites: 119,158
Anime: Code Geass
Age: 17 (S1), 18 (S2)
Race: Human
Occupation: The leader and founder of The Black Knights

He is a true mastermind with an enormously high IQ who has a lot of meaningul dialogues and monologues throughout the series. On top of that, he is very handsome.

Since he leands towards the anti-heroic side, it makes him very engrossing.