Welcome to the Anime Walk of Fame, a series of retrospectives on the many characters of the anime world. You'll see all your favorites along with a few that deserve more than their reputations give.

So sit back relax and enjoy the show.

Hamel is Such an Asshole

The anime of Violinist of Hameln is the most poorly handled adaption of all time with Hamel being the most affected character.

Hamel in the tv series was depressing and emo, the manga however, he's a complete ass hole, in fact now that I think about it, this was a trend in the 90s started low key by Ranma.
Just to give you a run down of Hamel's crimes against just his team alone, he frequently forces his team into embarrassing costumes just to avoid direct fighting himself or couldn't think of a better strategy, Flute especially.
He'd take all the credit for driving out evil when Sizer is doing 90% of the slaying, even in the movie when three members of his team are turned to stone, he uses from as projectiles even shattering poor Raiel, in fact killing his team members is a fairly common occurrence for him.
The irony is that the tv series changed him for the worst especially as the show suffered horribly with budget problems with still shots and a colour palette of being overly dark filtered and a general lack of anything even remotely comedic.
The 30 minute movie is what we should've got from Violinist of Hameln, which at the very least is entertaining.

Liko Hasn't Won Me Over Yet

The new Pokemon has been going for a few weeks now and Liko isn't really winning me over.

I knew going into Horizons that Liko was going to have to fill some big shoes but at this point, I'm not sure where her end goal lies, Roy at least has some end goal but Liko at time of writing hasn't, if anything, the Pokemon world they inhabit lacks any real value at all; for all it's flaws, Ash and friends could hold your attention whether it be for better or worse.
Liko right now is pretty bland, all I ask Pokemon is to either prove me wrong or call back Ash otherwise I don't expect Pokemon to last much longer.

Akito Doesn't Deserve Redemption

Rant incoming and maybe spoilers.

Akito is the defacto head of the Sohma family, abused constantly by her mother who accused her of stealing her husband's affections, was raised as a male and brought up to believe that all the members of the Sohma family Zodiac would love her no matter what she did which she took literally when she abused every member of the zodiac both physically and mentally, with only Shigure getting off lightly but he made no effort to change Akito's behaviour.
Even when Tohru opened up her mind to the possibility that unconditional love does it exist which eventually leads to the curse being broken, there was no apologies or remorse for any of the actions she has done to the family, all she does is free the family.
No amount of tragic backstory can ever forgive Akito for the things she's done, it pisses me off how lightly she got off when most people in her position would see a lengthy prison sentence.

Dutch is a Badass

A character sadly overlooked in favour of Black Lagoon's terrifying female cast.

Dutch, unlikely to be his real name, is a former US marine who went AWOL following the Vietnam War, he now captains the Lagoon Company and the titular Black Lagoon in the lawless area of Roanapur Thailand.
Level headed, calm and the first to react to calm the situation should Benny and Rock freakout or Revy goes on a rampage, Dutch is one of the best written black characters in anime history.
The fact that anyone can stop Revy from rampaging is unheard of but Dutch does it as if he's done it so many times before, he's also respected enough to not be a constant target for the many groups residing in Roanapur.

Mireille Makes Everyone Feel Old

A re-visit to my childhood manga, Dot Hack Legend of the Twilight reminded me of this character.

Mireille is a Wavemaster and rare treasure hunter but for someone so young, four years old outside the game, her level of knowledge on gaming and The World is surprisingly high, this is because her mother is Dot Hacker member Mistral and other than a slight name change, the character is exactly the same in level and ability, we've gone far enough in gaming that our children are starting to pick up controllers and game like we did back then, Dot Hack's players from the original game have moved on whether it be into real life careers or admin for The World, whereas Mistral bonds with her young daughter over her favourite game.
Whether or not Mireille really is that smart or Mistral is helping is debatable.