Well, I agree.
I don't remember a strong AND positive male charcter in the game.
Director of VTC - weak and not so good, his female assistant is strong no doubt
Qeen - exceptional for her nation, her brother is just a stupid warrior
Furrante - strong evil, Eldis (?) - strong and "freedom, democracy etc" thing
Sefaren and Tekehu - both empty-hedead clowns opposite to Palegina and Maya
Poko Kohara leader - weak, priest - evil, priestess - strong even without any reason or backround
Koiki tribe leader - ofc female
Leader of silver stars - female, priestess - female, piligrim - female, bad_guy_that_kill_Eder's_boy - evil
Strong animancers - all female, dead or in trouble - male
So we don't have manly mans but have a lot manly womans