Lately, few series have managed two consecutive months on top of the Newtype character rankings. Following Ordinal Scale movie, Sword Art Online did manage it in the April and May issues. Then came in the spring 2017 anime season, and the return of a certain popular title that had been absent from TV anime since 2013. And, that certainly shook things up.

Ranking include:

Male

1. Attack on Titan's Levi

2. Attack on Titan's Eren Jaeger

3. Sword Art Online's Kirito

4. Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin's Char Aznable

5. Konosuba's Kazuma

6. Code Geass' Lelouch Lamperouge

7. Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans' Mikazuki Augus

8. Attack on Titan's Connie Springer

9. Gintama's Gintoki Sakata

10. Monogatari's Araragi Koyomi

Female

1. Attack on Titan's Mikasa Ackerman

2. Kemono Friends' Serval

3. Sword Art Online's Asuna

4. Attack on Titan's Sasha Braus

5. Attack on Titan's Hange Zoe

6. Fate/stay night[Unlimited Blade Works]' Saber

7. Saekano's Megumi Katou

8. Attack on Titan's Krista Lenz

9. Attack on Titan's Annie Leonhart

10. Re:Zero's Rem

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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.