With the new moe-wave (if you can call it that) that recently has reached our shores (we have shores here so it's just a figure of speech :3) I was wondering about what anime characters I really do like and why. For instance, what are the key characteristics that makes a character appeal to you? Is it how they behave? What they look like? Is it the world they are in? Perhaps the story?

Thinking out loud here:

Why does Saber from Fate/stay night fair better than Charlotte from Samurai showdown or Jeanne d'Arc from the PSP-game (with the same name) They all have an apperance composed of armour and blue and yellowish cloth

But it's only Saber that apparently sells like hot Haruhis(quote from dannychoo.com somewhere XD (if I remember correctly, maybe it's okay either way :3)). This is referring to figurines, I forgot to mention that. How do

they measure who is going to get figurinized in the first place? Does Saber have an otaku-appeal-impact of 9/10 or something?
8/10?

And they have to measure against some demographical traits too.. How many of the customers like things that are kawaii vs. things that are kakkoii?

Anyhow, I would like to know which ones are your top 3 favourite anime characters

Mine are as follows:

1.Yukari Sensei from Azumanga Daioh (for beeing the most evil character evarr XD and uh teacher fetish thingie. Yup.)

2.Jo Carpenter from Bakuretsu Tenshi (she is somewhat akeen to beeing a closet lesbian Clint Eastwood, you cant go wrong with that..)

3.Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile (wich reminds me of me in some wierd way)

I'll make a list of everyones opinions later and post them here next month