In the following list we shall be discussing some of the most underrated shounen anime of all time and their protagonists.

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

Shojo has long been burdened by some of anime's worst tropes, but the genre's comeback in 2026 is the perfect time to make ...

Monkey D. Luffy is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and the main protagonist of One Piece. In 2025, Luffy went toe-to-toe ...

Revenge is a powerful narrative engine, flipping ordinary characters into soldiers of retribution capable of extraordinary feats. While many anime feature revenge as a subplot, some series place ...

From Igris to Naito Mudano to Shoto Todoroki, these 10 anime side characters defined 2025 by outshining their protagonists in ...

Underdogs in anime aren’t just characters who start at the bottom, they’re the ones who fight like hell to climb their way up. They're not the chosen ones, not born with godlike talent or destiny ...

After 26 years of adventuring in the Pokémon anime, protagonist Ash Ketchum finally called it a day at the tender age of perpetually 10-years-old. But after adamantly refusing to age up its hero for ...

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Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

Dan Da Dan‘s third episode is out now, marking the conclusion of GKids’ limited theatrical compilation release, Evil Eye. While this means more new moments to come for anime fans to obsess over, ...