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The 16 Greatest Mecha Pilots in Anime

By YPB Team

Aces who were born for the cockpit, conscripts who never wanted it, and one who wins by punching. Skill is only half the argument here.

  1. Char Aznable — ranked #11
    Char Aznable
    The masked Zeon ace known as the Red Comet, and the model for every rival pilot since.
    1000pts
  2. Suzaku Kururugi — ranked #22
    Suzaku Kururugi
    Code Geass's Lancelot pilot, fighting for the empire that annexed his own country.
    813pts
  3. Amuro Ray — ranked #33
    Amuro Ray
    The civilian teenager who climbs into the first Gundam and becomes the Federation's ace.
    776pts
  4. Suletta Mercury — ranked #44
    Suletta Mercury
    The Witch from Mercury's student pilot, and the franchise's first female Gundam lead.
    596pts
  5. Simon — ranked #55
    Simon
    The digger from Gurren Lagann who drills his way from underground to the edge of the universe.
    596pts
  6. Asuka Langley Soryu — ranked #66
    Asuka Langley Soryu
    Evangelion Unit-02's pilot, trained for the job since childhood and furious about everything else.
    517pts
  7. Rei Ayanami — ranked #77
    Rei Ayanami
    The pilot of Evangelion Unit-00, who follows orders and answers almost nothing.
    517pts
  8. Kira Yamato — ranked #88
    Kira Yamato
    The Coordinator who ends up in the Strike Gundam's cockpit in Gundam SEED.
    517pts
  9. Heero Yuy — ranked #99
    Heero Yuy
    Wing Zero's pilot, sent to Earth as a fifteen-year-old with orders and no plan for afterwards.
    423pts
  10. Shinji Ikari — ranked #1010
    Shinji Ikari
    The fourteen-year-old who pilots Evangelion Unit-01 and spends most of the series not wanting to.
    310pts
  11. Kamille Bidan — ranked #1111
    Kamille Bidan
    Zeta Gundam's pilot, a teenager whose talent outruns his ability to cope with it.
    310pts
  12. Setsuna F. Seiei — ranked #1212
    Setsuna F. Seiei
    The child soldier turned Gundam Meister at the centre of Gundam 00.
    310pts
  13. Hikaru Ichijyo — ranked #1313
    Hikaru Ichijyo
    Macross's stunt flyer, who learns the Valkyrie on the job during an alien war.
    310pts
  14. Ryoma Nagare — ranked #1414
    Ryoma Nagare
    Getter Robo's lead pilot, from the series that invented the combining super robot.
    310pts
  15. Domon Kasshu — ranked #1515
    Domon Kasshu
    G Gundam's fighter, who pilots by punching, and shouts the technique's name while he does.
    0pts
  16. Noriko Takaya — ranked #1616
    Noriko Takaya
    Gunbuster's trainee, who goes from last in her class to the pilot everyone waits for.
    0pts

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Comments

Shinji Ikari is fourteen, conscripted by his father, and defined by the scenes where he refuses to get in. A ballot that otherwise rewards aces: https://youpick.best/articles/evangelion-ranked-many-ways

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