Anime fans rank Team Rocket among the top 10 “not bad, just misunderstood” villains

Japanese ranking site Goo has asked anime fans about which fictional villains they believed were actually “not bad, just misunderstood” people. Answers primarily consist of characters that were created in Japan, with a few American film characters popping up. Team Rocket from the long-running Pokémon animated series are featured on a list of the top 10, which you can check out below:

1. Gian from Doraemon
2. Captain Dola from Laputa: Castle in the Sky
3. Baikinman from Anpanman
4. Team Rocket from Pokémon
5. Shinsuke Takasugi from Gintama
6. Oni Child Trio from Ojarumaru
7. Raoh from Fist of the North Star
8. Doronjo from Yatterman
9. Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty
10. Younger Toguro from Yu Yu Hakusho

Source: Crunchyroll