Characters, graphically.

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

So I got bored at work and decided to settle my own mental debate: which type of media has the most characters sourced from it?

I did some research (more than I should have done on the clock, probably) and compiled everything into a spreadsheet. For the sake of my sanity, I only included players with characters in the Active Roster section. I then graphed the results:



The data here are based on the character's FIRST appearance (Real life chronology, not canon chronology) in their canon's FIRST media form, since a lot of series have been made into games and vice verse. For example, Pokemon is classified as a 'Game' here because that is the first media form it took, even though it is also an anime, manga, film etc. Trying to parse which have been in multiple media forms would have been a nightmare. I tried to lump everything into small enough groups that it still made sense.

Webcomics and comic books are both called 'Comics' and anything not Anime/Manga that is animated is just called 'Cartoons'. 'Games' are typically video games, though Warhammer is also included (this works out pretty well, as there are also Warhammer video games). I put anime and manga together, though by rights you could simply put 'Manga' and get the same graph; I just thought it made more sense. You could also combine Cartoons and Anime/Manga to make it neater, but I feel like you'd be losing 'meaning' in the data.

The 'Originals' section is for those that don't have a universe that they are based in (or, at least didn't list one in their join form); if we added back in Originals based in canon universes, it would be the second largest group, at 19. It would also eliminate the 'Films' group and a good chunk of 'Games'.

SO, conclusions: we apparently like us some games and anime, if that was ever in doubt. I was surprised by how much Games outweighed everything until I started typing it up.

That's all. Lemme know what you guys think.