Best Female Lead

[benelori]

Best Female Lead

This thread is for this specific nomination only, for discussion regarding other categories and general discussion about the Awards, please visit the MH Manga Awards 2011 Discussion Thread (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/74165-MH-Manga-Awards-2011-Discussion-thread).

Please remember, that you may nominate only one title for this award. However during the nomination phase, you can always change your nomination. For more information about how the Awards work, please check the opening post of the thread linked above.

"Please note that for categories that were included last year, the winner of last year's award for that specific category can't be nominated this year..
Winner Best Female Lead 2010: Clare/Claire from Claymore

For the nomination phase to run smoothly and to avoid situations where nominations weren't counted by accident, please state your nomination clearly. It is preferable to highlight the nominated title with bolded text and color. Example: I nominate <insert title> for <insert category>

Also please explain briefly the reason for your nomination.

Enjoy the Awards and thanks for understanding!


The voting round has ended, and MangaHelpers is ready with the winner!


The 6 official nominees:

Mikasa Ackerman (Shingeki no Kyojin) (5) nominated by Hamy, Kaiten, ErosVp, igotthegoods, and naruto-niichan
Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) (5) nominated by Uriel, stark94, DeathLion, yukihime03 and BlackHair
Lucy (Fairy Tail) (3) nominated by crimsonlink310, Tiranofrome and Skyguardian
Gally (GUNNM/Battle Angle Alita) (3) nominated by Ustegius, Koen and zelllogan
Kuchiki Rukia (Bleach) (2) nominated by Darjaille and 3c
Nami (One Piece) (2) nominated by hoeru and Metalhead

Rest of the old nominations:

Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind) (2) nominated by shaheer and Dancing wind
Yotsuba Koiwai (Yotsuba&!) (2) nominated by MattC302 and jorped
Kyoko (Skip Beat!) (1) nominated by Zeltrax
Megumi Noda (Nodame Cantabile) (1) nominated by ick
Maho Minami (BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad) (1) nominated by •Sasuke•
Lucy H (Elfen Lied) (1) nominated by Gotenkss
Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic!) (1) nominated by Mikihara
Sakura Sakurakouji (Code: Breaker) (1) nominated by Jaiden82
Shiro (Deadman Wonderland) (1) nominated by CBJ
Kusanagi Motoko (Ghost in the Shell) (1) nominated by Arctigor
Takako Suzuki (Arigatou) (1) nominated by Teubier
Pan (Dragon Ball) (1) nominated by mattiaildivino
Miria (Claymore) (1) nominated by Phantom Miria
Hildegarda (Beelzebub) (1) nominated by Christina Sierra


MangaHelpers' Best Female Lead 2011 is...

NAMI
(One Piece (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/47-One-Piece))

http://static.mangahelpers.com/gallery-previews/16936 (http://mangahelpers.com/gallery/mods-only-general-purposes/16922)

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Staff Members' choice: Kuchiki Rukia (Bleach (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/43-Bleach))
STARs' choice: Mikasa Ackerman (Shingeki no Kyojin (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/66900-Shingeki-no-Kyojin-by-ISAYAMA-Hajime)) and Lucy (Fairy Tail (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/371-Fairy-Tail))

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[MattC302]

I nominate Yotsuba Koiwai from Yotsuba&! for best female lead.

She has never failed to make me laugh.

[crimsonlink310]

I nominate Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail as Best Female Lead. She has always helped Natsu out and is a powerful character who has grown since the manga has started.

EDIT: Fixed Lucy's name for hoeru's sake ;)

[Zeltrax]

I nominate Kyoko from Skip Beat! Her randomness always turns out to amazingness.
She's flowing with awesomeness.

[Ustegius]

I nominate Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita)

She is the epitome of character developement. Her story is full of tragedy, yet she survives. I find it very hard not to like her. And she is really the lead character. Not just some damsel-in-distress/fanservice gal like way too many woman character are in manga. She carries the story, it is her story.

[ick]

I nominate Megumi Noda from Nodame Cantabile for Best Female Lead.

'cause Gyaboo! : )

[Darjaille]

I nominate Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach.

I really love her character. The tomboyish side, smacking, violence, kindness, deepness, strong will.... yeah, I nominate her.

[•Sasuke•]

i would like to nominate Maho Minami from BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad

I love that manga and her character. So strong and yet so fragile.

[Tiranofrome]

I nominate Lucy from Fairy Tail as Best Female Lead. She has always helped Natsu out and is a powerful character who has grown since the manga has started.

i support this nomination as if it was my own

[Gotenkss]

I nominate Lucy from Elfen Lied

[hoeru]

I nominate Nami-swan from One Piece for Best Female Lead. She's actually Oda's best worked out female character. While more or less misused in the anime movies as "damsel in distress" in the manga she showed many times that she isn't helpless at all (while still conscious of course).


I nominate Lucy from Fairy Tail as Best Female Lead. She has always helped Natsu out and is a powerful character who has grown since the manga has started.
Just for the notes, her complete name is Lucy Heartfilia. ;)

[Mikihara]

I nominate Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic Fumoffu for the Best Female Lead category
She's beautiful, honest, above average in studies (I won't say she's very clever lol) but rough, loud, tomboy-ish and fun. Despite all that she never gives me the impression of Mary-Sue, which is one of the very few female characters that never make me dislike them

[3c]

I nominate Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach.

I really love her character. The tomboyish side, smacking, violence, kindness, deepness, strong will.... yeah, I nominate her.

Word. Rukia is simply put "ftw". Can't get enough of her. Want more of her.

[Uriel]

Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail.

Come on, she's one of the most badass females on manga aside Claymore girls but She is more pervert and fun.

[Jaiden82]

I nominate Sakura Sakurakouji from Code:Breaker for Best Female lead.

[Metalhead]

My vote goes to Nami from One Piece.

[CBJ]

I nominate Shiro from Deadman Wonderland.

[stark94]

I nominate Erza Scarlet from Fairytail.

[Arctigor]

I nominate Kusanagi Motoko from Ghost in the Shell

[Teubier]

I'd like to nominate Takako Suzuki from Arigatou for Best Female Lead.

It's not easy being the lead character of Yamamoto Naoki's manga. Btw, NSFW & NSFK. Really.

[DeathLion]

Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail.

Come on, she's one of the most badass females on manga aside Claymore girls but She is more pervert and fun.


Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail. this one deserves a nomination.

[shaheer]

Nausicaa from Nausicaa of the valley of wind

[Dancing wind]

I support Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind).

[mattiaildivino]

I support PAN of DRAGON BALL

[Tiranofrome]

I support PAN of DRAGON BALL

neither pan or erza have been female lead characters in their respective series anime or manga alike

[Hamy]

Mikasa Ackerman from Shingeki no Kyojin for being the most kick ass female lead period.

[Kaiten]

I second Mikasa. She is the toughest, coolest, most ass kicking female lead in manga.

[ErosVp]

War Mikasa!!! She is really kickass...

[igotthegoods]

Mikasa Ackerman from Shingeki no Kyojin for being the most kick ass female lead period.

I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon to support this nomination as well. :p

Mikasa is a great character, well-developed and a fantastic portrayal of a strong, competent woman. To say she kicks ass is an understatement.

[Historie]

I nominate miria from claymore for best female lead

the reason >>> because this year miria has the role of heroic

[Koen]

I support Gally GUNNM and GUNNM last order

Gally = <3

[zelllogan]

I support Gally GUNNM and GUNNM last order

Gally = <3


I support Gally from GUNNM as well. There aren't that many real female lead in shounen/seinen anyways. When I try to think about one, I just have two names popping in my mind: Gally & a certain claymore ... So, the choice was easy to do.

[jorped]

I nominate Yotsuba Koiwai from Yotsuba&! for best female lead.

She has never failed to make me laugh.

I support that :nod

[Skyguardian]

I nominate Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail as Best Female Lead. She has always helped Natsu out and is a powerful character who has grown since the manga has started.

EDIT: Fixed Lucy's name for hoeru's sake ;)

I support this as well.

[naruto-niichan]

I second Mikasa. She is the toughest, coolest, most ass kicking female lead in manga.

I support this nomination (Mikasa Ackermann), couldn't have said it any better.

[Christina Sierra]

I'd like to nominate Hildegarda/Hilda from Beelzebub as Best Female Lead. Strong and proud despite being in a servant position, charismatic as the male lead Oga, able to be womanly and motherly without the weak female clichè.

[yukihime03]

I nominate Erza Scarlet!

[BlackHair]

I nominate Erza Scarlet from Fairytail.

Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail. this one deserves a nomination.
Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail.

Come on, she's one of the most badass females on manga aside Claymore girls but She is more pervert and fun.
I support Fairy Tails Erza Scarlet. She is a acharackter known for her strenght, not some usual shounen support chick. Furthermore her main fighting style is sword-based. Swords are always a win for me - > Japans samruai xD

[zelllogan]

I don't consider Erza, Lucy, Hilda, Chidori, Rukia ... as "lead". For me the lead should be the main character only. So, it's Natsu in fairy tail & Oga in Beelzebub ... It's Ichigo in Bleach & sosuke in FMP ...

That's why I voted for Gally. She is a real undiscutable lead.

I admit that lucy, Chidori & Hilda can be considered as leads due to the fact that they are as present in the manga as the main character. But Erza & Rukia are clear support characters

[Darjaille]

Rukia is a female lead. Ichigo is 'main lead', where Rukia is 'female lead/fixed heroine' (Jump web, events). Being a lead and main character is something different I think.

The same would be for Lucy, Natsu is male lead/main character where Lucy is female lead/fixed heroine.
Although I agree on Erza, she seems more like support to me.

Well, you can nominate who you think should win the category ^^

[Ustegius]

Agreed with Darjaille, the mentioned characters can be considered as "female leads", and they are in sense as the most significant/most page time/other ways notable female characters in their respective mangas. But they are not leads in a sense that Gally is. Gally really is the lead character. And wonderfull character in general too. That's why I nominated her and will vote her. None of the other characters mentioned here do not deserve the win as much her imho. Not saying that I don't like those characters, in partcilar Erza and Hilda are two of my fav shonen heroines. Just not as awesome and leading as Gally :nod

[Uriel]

Screen time doesn't make a character a leading character, the leading characters are the ones which the story and the plot focuses on and it moves according to their events.

[zelllogan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist
...

Pfffff

[Uriel]

Really? Quoting Wikipedia? Again, screen time doesn't make a character a leading character, it just makes it the one with more screen time. No one thinks that R2-D2 and C3PO were the main leads and they have most screen time than the rest. They even go thought the whole series.

To be a main character the requirement is quite simple: To have the plot spin around you while you tell the story. In the case of Fairy Tail, the one who is telling the story is not Natsu, it's Lucy. And the title of the piece is not Dragon Slayers, it's Fairy Tail. The damn guild. That means that the main lead of Fairy Tail is Fairy Tail. That also means that each character there has the chance to be the main one. Being the fact that Erza does not only have major screentime but the story was about her most of times, you can consider her a leading character without too much trouble.

You're thinking too much like Hollywood and forgetting that manga is not necessarily the same. Two major different formats.

[Darjaille]

Wikipedia? Ok.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_actor "Sometimes there is more than one significant leading role in a dramatic piece, and the actors are said to play co-leads; a large supporting role may be considered a secondary lead. Award nominations for acting often reflect such ambiguities. Thus, sometimes two actors in the same performance piece are nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress -- categories traditionally reserved for leads. There can even be controversy over whether a particular performance should be nominated in the Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress category.

A title role often is not necessarily the lead."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_lead "(Redirected from Female lead)
Leading lady is an informal term for the actress who plays a secondary lead or supporting role, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play. It is not usually applied to the leading actress in the performance if her character is the protagonist."

:XD

[zelllogan]

Forget about the lead & support next year & just go with best female character & best male character ... We wouldn't have this really stupid conversation.

[Tiranofrome]

this is really hard with all those characters that arent leads at all , making me rethink big time

[Jorge D. Dragon]

I would go with Erza Scarlet.:) She is really what I want to see from female lead.:) She is beautiful, sexy and really moves the plot.:)

[zelllogan]

I voted for Gally but I hesitated. I was tempted to vote for Erza in order to make her win both Best lead & Best Support ... Where is my "rolleyes" smiley when I need it ?

I confirm what I already said:
Forget about the lead & support next year & just go with best female character & best male character ...

[Ustegius]

Really, Gally is the only female lead here in the core meaning of the word. The others are nice characters too (especially Mikasa and Erza) but they just don't cut it. They do not carry the story in the way Gally does nor reach the same character depth as her. And she is also hot and kick-ass.

[Googlez_kun]

Just to make this easier,who is Gally?Or,what manga is she from?

[Ustegius]

She is from GUNNM. The character in my current set.

Cybernetics specilists Ido finds half of a beautifull cyborg girl from a dump yard. He takes it with him, and rebuilts her a body, to find out that she has amnesia. He names her Gally after his late cat. Slowly a chain of events leads Gally regaining a bit of her past, a martial art called Panzerkunst. Which leads her into a live of a bountyhunter. For starters.

[Uriel]

In the end I voted for Nami.

And don't worry zellogan...I'll make sure if I'm still here to completely remove this category next year xD

[Tiranofrome]

its really funny how only 2 of those girls are female leads in their representing series , but still got to the finals

[crimsonlink310]

Lucy from FT gets my vote.

[Googlez_kun]

She is from GUNNM. The character in my current set.

Cybernetics specilists Ido finds half of a beautifull cyborg girl from a dump yard. He takes it with him, and rebuilts her a body, to find out that she has amnesia. He names her Gally after his late cat. Slowly a chain of events leads Gally regaining a bit of her past, a martial art called Panzerkunst. Which leads her into a live of a bountyhunter. For starters.
Sounds quite interesting actually.But as I have not witnessed her awesomeness,I'll go with Mikasa.She's so badass,I have no doubt she's at least as awesome as Gally.

[damane08]

Erza has been nominated as best female lead and best female support... I wonder how that happened.

[Tiranofrome]

Erza has been nominated as best female lead and best female support... I wonder how that happened.

how could it possible happen , besides ppl not taking a second to think what defines one character as lead and as support ?

[Uriel]

how could it possible happen , besides ppl not taking a second to think what defines one character as lead and as support ?
It's mostly my fault. Wont happen again next year :D I promise.

[Kaiten]

Why isn't Mikasa winning? She is the rare female character in a shounen-action series that does things. Mikasa is the character that everyone who has ever complained about Sakura has been dreaming of. And while I love Nami, Mikasa would kick her ass without breaking a sweat.

[ErosVp]

I voted for Mikasa as well! Anyone who knows all those characters would vote for her...

[Ustegius]

I voted for Mikasa as well! Anyone who knows all those characters would vote for her...

Hell no, they'd consider for a while between Mikasa and Gally. And end up voting Gally.

[ErosVp]

Hell no, they'd consider for a while between Mikasa and Gally. And end up voting Gally.

And even so the one who will will be either Erza or Lucy, there are just too many teens here...

[zelllogan]

And even so the one who will will be either Erza or Lucy, there are just too many teens here...
Or we are too old for this stuff :D ?

[Ex-Shadow]

Actually if you add 7 years to Erza and Lucy age, they will be old enough fo you :cheez

[Netero]

I voted for Erza Scarlet :hip