Prime Loves

 

      Asuka, Evangelion

      Jackie, Roseanne

      Palpatine, Star Wars

 

      Classic Loves

 

      Socrates, The Dialogues of Plato

      Emma Bovary, Madame Bovary

      Leopold Bloom, Ulysses

      Misato Katsuragi, Neon Genesis Evangelion

      Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

      Wang Xifeng, Dream of the Red Chamber

      Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book

      Hirayama Noriko, Tokyo Story

      John Locke, Lost

      Al Swearengen, Deadwood

      Stringer Bell, The Wire

      Sandor Clegane, Game of Thrones

 

      More Classic Loves

 

      Jack Tripper, Three’s Company

      Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring

      Ellen Ripley, Aliens

      Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation

      Dream, The Sandman

      Dmitri Karamazov, The Brothers Karamazov

      Lucifer, Paradise Lost

      Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy VII

      Lily Briscoe, To the Lighthouse

      Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

      David Letterman, Late Show

      Edith Bunker, All in the Family

 

      Recent Loves

 

      2016–2018

      1. Sam Malone, Cheers

      2. Akarsha, Butterfly Soup

      3. Seina Shimabukuro, Terrace House

      4. Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

      5. Bea Santello, Night in the Woods

      6. Missandei, Game of Thrones

      7. Mina, Iconoclasts

 

      2019

      1. Karen Duvall, Unbelievable

      2. Deet, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

      3. Maya Ishii-Peters, PEN15

      4. Queequeg, Moby Dick

      5. Cassidy, Life Is Strange 2

      6. Quinn Morgendorffer, Daria

      7. Sandra Kaluiokalani, Superstore

 

      2020

      1. Nanami Kiryuu, Revolutionary Girl Utena

      2. Mary Smith, Another Year

      3. Shadow Weaver, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

      4. Avatar Korra, The Legend of Korra

      5. Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender

      6. Fuu Kasumi, Samurai Champloo

      7. Abby, The Last of Us Part II

      8. Cuno, Disco Elysium

      9. Nyx, Hades

 

      2021

      1. Usagi Tsukino, Sailor Moon

      2. Janet Frame, An Autobiography

      3. Sakura Kuriyagawa, Key the Metal Idol

      4. Nandor the Relentless, What We Do in the Shadows

      5. Nicola, Life Is Sweet

      6. Paula Langley, Maid

      7. Phosphophyllite, Land of the Lustrous

      8. Kazuma Kuwabara, Yu Yu Hakusho

      9. Mare Sheehan, Mare of Easttown

      10. Deborah Vance, Hacks

      11. Setsu, Gnosia

      12. Gideon Nav, Gideon & Harrow the Ninth

 

      2022

      1. Lila Cerullo, My Brilliant Friend

      2. Mariko Shinobu, Dear Brother

      3. Murderbot, The Murderbot Diaries

      4. Chihaya Ayase, Chihayafuru

      5. Mabel Longhetti, A Woman Under the Influence

      6. Amos Burton, The Expanse

      7. Sunja Kim, Pachinko

      8. Maarva Andor, Andor

      9. Shinobu Wakamiya, Chihayafuru

      10. La’an Noonien-Singh, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

      11. Charles Pooter, The Diary of a Nobody

      12. Bestie, Negative Nancy

 

      2023

      1. Danny Cho, Beef

      2. Cuiqiao, Yellow Earth

      3. Willie Jack, Reservation Dogs

      4. Lindsay Weir, Freaks and Geeks

      5. Thelma Dickinson, Thelma and Louise

      6. Holly Gibney, Holly

      7. Rose Tyler, Doctor Who

      8. Romy White, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

      9. Mamimi Samejima, FLCL

      10. Freddie Benoit, Return to Seoul

      11. Richie Jerimovich (before Ever), The Bear

      12. Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction