Stormen said:
You say that, but it's such a tired cliche in the japanese media that i can't distinguish between Griffith and any other "perfect" biseinen you see in anime.
I think the important distinction is that we, the audience, know that Griffith isn't really perfect. We know all the terrible things he did to become "perfect," and it's not pretty. Sooner or later, the facade will crack, and his loyal followers will either see him for what he really is or get thrown under the bus just like his last band of loyal followers were.