There haven't been many threads about the series' human characters (the last one I saw was from '08), so I figured I'd open up a general discussion about them. You can tell us about your favourites, least favourites, all others in between. Who's overrated or underrated?
I've been thinking of making a list of my favourites, so I'll do a quick one. I'll admit that some of these come down to the merits of their actors, not the characters themselves, but I won't make fine distinctions right now.
Dr. Serizawa and Dr. Yamane
Steve Martin
Sakurai, Furue, and Tako
Glenn and Fuji
Yoshimura
Saeko
Katagiri
Akane Yashiro
Captain Gordon
Joe Brody, Admiral Stenz, and Dr. Serizawa
I haven't listed any humanoid aliens (e.g. the Xiliens), but they're welcome in this thread, too.