Long standing and recent favorites had some new competition in anime magazine Newtype's October issue rankings. It was definitely a good month for movie stars as the leads in Makoto Shinkai’s hit your name. joined the lists near the top of the heap, along with a spot for Monogatari leading man Arararagi-san hot off his appearance in the second Kizumonogatari. On the ladies' side. Well, it's the best girl that everyone's talking about...

Male Rankings:

1. Monogatari series's Koyomi Araragi

2. Sword Art Online's Kirito

3. your name.'s Taki Tachibana

4. Macross Delta's Hayate Immelman

5. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress's Ikoma

6. Berserk's Guts

7. Re:Zero's Subaru Natsuki

8. Fate series's Archer

9. Gundam's Char Aznable

10. Bungou Stray Dogs' Atsushi Nakajima

Female Rankings:

1. Re:Zero's Rem

2. your name.'s Mitsuha Miyamizu

3. Monogatari series's Tsubasa Hanekawa

4. Monogatari series's Hitagi Senjougahara

5. Fate series's Saber

6. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress's Mumei

7. Macross Delta's Freyja Wion

8. Re:Zero's Emilia

9. Macross Delta's Mikumo Guynemer

10. Sword Art Online's Asuna

Rankings:

1. Re:Zero

2. your name.

3. Macross Delta

4. Monogatari series

5. Love Live! Sunshine!!

6. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

7. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

8. New Game!

9. Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live!

10. Amanchu!

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And, speaking of Rem, she's getting a new poster in the upcoming issue of Comic Alive!

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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.