Looks like the reign of Macross Delta will be short lived, or least it's not going to be uninterrupted. In the new, August issue of Newtype magazine, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress got a nice goodbye kiss with the crowning of its leads in the character rankings. Also, a few leading men, make their return to the listing.

Male

1. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress' Ikoma

2. Macross Delta's Hayate Immelmann

3. Monogatari's Koyomi Araragi

4. Sword Art Online's Kirito

5. Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto

6. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2's Lelouch Lamperouge

7. Gintama's Gintoki Sakata

8. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress's Biba Amatori

9. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works's Archer

10. Gundam SEED's Kira Yamato





Female

1. Kabaneri's Mumei

2. Fate's Saber

3. Macross Delta's Freyja Wion

4. Monogatari's Hitagi Senjōgahara

5. SAO's Asuna

6. Bungo Stray Dog's Kyōka Izumi

7. Macross Delta's Kaname Buccaneer

8. Re:Zero's Rem

9. Monogatari's Tsubasa Hanekawa

10. D.Grayman-Hallow's Lenalee Lee

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.