Why all popular anime character needs to be an idiots...

[greatassasin]

I mean if you see all popular anime character are idiots Like Goku, Narauto, Natsu, and these anime where really very popular can you tell me why is that...

 

[WolfHaley]

There's an immense number of popular characters who aren't idiots.

Kakashi
Minato
Itachi
Sasuke
Sasori
Tobi
Madara
Shikamaru

And this is just some from Naruto.

 

[Ōkami]

Because heroes need flaws.

 

[iNotorious]

You mean like as the main character of the anime/manga?

 

[maggioso]

People relate to happy go lucky characters

 

[Cauzing]

You are watching the wrong animes then. U_U

 

[take it easy]

lelouch britannia, edward elric, light yagami... plus main characters that you mentioned isn't idiots, but tney were poorly educated.

 

[greatassasin]

but the names you written they are not main hero's of series excluding sauke and kakashi and sasuke is dropout from shippuden
part timer you can say

 

[November]

I mean if you see all popular anime character are idiots Like Goku, Narauto, Natsu, and these anime where really very popular can you tell me why is that...

lol, battle shonen main characters in nutshell.
well, there are some who are not idiots though.

 

[Aomine Daiki]

There's an immense number of popular characters who aren't idiots.

Kakashi
Minato
Itachi
Sasuke
Sasori
Tobi
Madara
Shikamaru

And this is just some from Naruto.

this is true. this is really true

 

[obito uchiha the wraith]

There's an immense number of popular characters who aren't idiots.

Kakashi
Minato
Itachi
Sasuke
Sasori
Tobi
Madara
Shikamaru

And this is just some from Naruto.

hes talking about main characters.

 

[TRE MERCER]

You forgot Luffy.

 

[obito uchiha the wraith]

light yagami and lelouch vi britania were not stupid and both were very popular.

 

[~MC117~]

There are main characters who aren't idiots Like Tatsuya from Mahouka, Inaho from Aldnoah, Light yagami, Leloouch just to name a few, main characters are usually idiots in shounen but there are some exceptions like Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho.

 

[Cooh]

Probably to make people think they can achieve something even if they are dumb.

 

[greatassasin]

You forgot Luffy.

may be but those anime didn't televised in India
so may be you are true but the most popular lake naruto fairy tail or dragon ball Z which i have seen
are the examples so is Mark Evens from inazuma
Eleven....

 

[cafe123]

In shounen that's definitely true and I dislike this cliche a lot too. Gon is another one.

 

[greatassasin]

Probably to make people think they can achieve something even if they are dumb.

May be you are right ...

 

[greatassasin]

In shounen that's definitely true and I dislike this cliche a lot too. Gon is another one.

Omg how can i forgot him sorry he is just like naruto

 

[V h o]

Broaden your anime is all I can say, there are plenty of non shoenn anime with genius protagonist. Lel even code geass protagonist is a genius, and I think that is a shoenn also.

Edit: Wait nope CG isn't a shoenn even lel.