Japanese magazine Oricon recently ran a survey asking there readers, "If you could turn into a main character of an anime series, who would it be?" Over 900 responses came in, & a lot of the results were pretty close. Among males, the top response was Son Goku from DragonBall. Females on the other hand chose Doraemon. But with male & female votes combined, Son Goku still came out at #1, with Doraemon coming in second. The top responses for each category can be found below:
The top five responses from men were:
1. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
2. Doraemon (Doraemon)
3. Nobita (Doraemon)
4. Edogawa Conan (Detective Conan)
5. Monkey D Lufy (One Piece)
The top five responses from women were:
1. Doraemon (Doraemon)
2. Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) / Monkey D Lufy (One Piece)
4. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
5. Heidi (Heidi of the Alps) / Nobita (Doraemon)
The top ten combined responses were:
1. Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
2. Doraemon (Doraemon)
3. Monkey D Lufy (One Piece)
4. Nobita (Doraemon)
5. Edogawa Conan (Detective Conan) / Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
7. Heidi (Heidi of the Alps)
8. Lupin III (Lupin III)
9. Minami Asakura (Touch) / Satoshi (Pokemon) / Kyon (Haruhi Suzumiya)
Source:
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/04/18/if-you-could-become-an-anime-character/