Marida Cruz Tops Gundam Heroine Poll With 3,243 Voters
The poll's top 10 is almost entirely Universal Century, and the comments Magmix cites center on cyber Newtypes as war's casualties, so the ranking reads as a measure of which Gundam women fans still argue about rather than which series is newest.
Reporting from 1 source: Magmix.
A Minna no Ranking poll with 3,243 participants and 14,626 votes placed Marida Cruz of Mobile Suit Gundam UC first among all-time Gundam heroines at 90.9 points, ahead of Aina Sahalin at 85.6. Sayla Mass is third and Elpeo Ple and Haman Karn tie at 81.1 points. Nine of the top 10 come from Universal Century works; Tiffa Adill of After War Gundam X is the exception at seventh.
Marida Cruz drew 969 raters, the most of any character in the top 20, and finished more than five points clear of second place. Her placement also links the list internally: Marida is Ple Twelve, a clone of Elpeo Ple, who sits fifth.
Z and ZZ characters take five of the ten spots. The comments Magmix quotes lean toward sympathy for cyber Newtypes caught in the war, and the three characters fans name as the "three great saints" all made the cut. Lacus Clyne, with more raters than second-place Aina, finished 17th.
- Four Murasame (Mobile Suit Z Gundam): 10th place
- Emma Sheen (Mobile Suit Z Gundam): 9th place
- Mineva Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC): 8th place
- Tiffa Adill (After War Gundam X): 7th place, the only top-10 entry outside the Universal Century
- Haman Karn (Mobile Suit Z Gundam): 6th place, 81.1 points
- Elpeo Ple (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ): 5th place, 81.1 points, ranked above Haman on a tie
- Roux Louka (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ): 4th place
- Sayla Mass (Mobile Suit Gundam): 3rd place
- Aina Sahalin (Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team): 2nd place, 85.6 points
- Marida Cruz (Mobile Suit Gundam UC): 1st place, 90.9 points, 969 raters
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.