Reception
Spike and Faye are often cited as the two most popular characters of the series, and they figure centrally in most merchandise based on the franchise.
In its review of the series, Anime News Network praised Spike’s character, saying, “Spike … in particular runs the gamut from goofy to blasé to teeth-gnashing tough; he is one of most three-dimensional anime leads in recent memory.” AnimeOnDVD commented that in the movie, Spike was “much more appealing this time around than through parts of the TV series”, and comparing him to Lupin III by saying that “Spike’s way of dealing with things and reacting to situations, from his movements to his facial expressions, are very reminiscent of Lupin’s that each instance brings a smile to my face.” He was 4th in IGN's Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time with writer Chris Mackenzie saying "Spike's a flashy, funny, violent tough guy, and that's part of what makes him fun to watch".
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)