Info Hiro Mashima's & Atsuwo Ueda's Twitter

[Katen]

Ah Levy trying wake up Gajeel by poking but it's not working.

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Has anyone noticed that Mashima changed his banner on twitter to Ichiya?

Yes, I noticed. Best decision Mashima ever made in the last two years.

 

[Cat Sidhe26]

Yes, I noticed. Best decision Mashima ever made in the last two years.

Damn right. Mashima must really like Ichiya.

 

[Arjuna]

@Brandish must be happy seeing Hiro's Twitter banner.

 

[Eternal Dragon Of ChaOZ]

Just saw this on his twitter. Hiro was doing a popularity poll?

今回の人気キャラは
1位、ナツ
2位、グレイ
3位、ルーシィ
でした。

Character Popularity
#1 Natsu
#2 Lucy
#3 Gray

 

[Demon Hunter]

Character Popularity
#1 Natsu
#2 Lucy
#3 Gray

its funny how characters who get the most shit are also the most popular.

 

[Raven]

Google translation says:

Popular characters are:

1st place, Natsu
2nd place, Gray
In the 3rd place was Lucy

I think the ranking was estimated by Mashima for the fans who visited his Exhibition not the whole fandom.

He also said Many were Rave master fans.

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@Linali

 

[Star Frost]

Google translation says:

Popular characters are:

1st place, Natsu
2nd place, Gray
In the 3rd place was Lucy

I think the ranking was estimated by Mashima for the fans who visited his Exhibition not the whole fandom.

He also said Many were Rave master fans

Then one of the translations arent right cause when I translated from Twitter, it said Lucy 2nd and Gray 3rd.

Edit: Nvm, Gray is second and Lucy is third

 

[Linali]

Google translation says:

Popular characters are:

1st place, Natsu
2nd place, Gray
In the 3rd place was Lucy

I think the ranking was estimated by Mashima for the fans who visited his Exhibition not the whole fandom.

He also said Many were Rave master fans.

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@Linali

Yes, you're right, 1st place for Natsu, 2nd for Gray and 3rd for Lucy I also think, Hiro considered fans on the exhibition only, if it was official popularity poll, the results would be published somewhere.

 

[Raven]

Yes, you're right, 1st place for Natsu, 2nd for Gray and 3rd for Lucy I also think, Hiro considered fans on the exhibition only, if it was official popularity poll, the results would be published somewhere.

In late 2016 Mashima said Lucy is the 1st character and Natsu is the 2nd in Japan so i don't think that will change all sudden.

The official popularity of the characters might have some changes because of the relevance and such, Lucy didn't get much in the latest arcs. It basically circulating around Natsu only so he might surpass her.

 

[Star Frost]

In late 2016 Mashima said Lucy is the 1st character and Natsu is the 2nd in Japan so i don't think that will change all sudden.

The official popularity of the characters might have some changes because of the relevance and such, Lucy didn't get much in the latest arcs. It basically circulating around Natsu only so he might surpass her.

I think the popularity poll is based off from the fans in the exhibition, not the whole fandom

 

[Axiomus]

There wasn't a popularity poll. Hiro was doing autographs sketches for the 20th anniversary event. People tend to request characters for him to draw for those autographs.

 

[=DarthVader=]

Just saw this on his twitter. Hiro was doing a popularity poll?

今回の人気キャラは
1位、ナツ
2位、グレイ
3位、ルーシィ
でした。

Character Popularity
#1 Natsu
#2 Lucy
#3 Gray

Yes NaLu FTW!!!!!

 

[Star Frost]

Yes NaLu FTW!!!!!

No actually Gray is second and Lucy is third. I think it's based on from the exhibition

 

[kemor]

Yes GrayNa FTW!!!!

 

[SirSamuel016]

New drawings from Hiro:

Personally I like the Erza one more.

 

[Dorsher]

Babe Lucy looks gorgeous.

 

[DemonKing888]

its funny how characters who get the most shit are also the most popular.

I always wonder how do the opinions of the japanese fans compare to western fans.
Is natsu more popular there?

 

[Raven]

I always wonder how do the opinions of the japanese fans compare to western fans.
Is natsu more popular there?

Globally Natsu is the most popular character.

In Japan Lucy is more popular than Natsu. He is the second popular character there

 

[DemonKing888]

Globally Natsu is the most popular character.

In Japan Lucy is more popular than Natsu. He is the second popular character there

That's cool, but I'm kind of shocked, reading the comments on Mangahelpers would have some believe other wise.
I guess it's just this community.

 

[Lucy~]

Maybe underdog characters are more popular in Japan? I also see tons and tons of Japanese fan twitter accounts that just adore Lucy that post new fanart almost every day.