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Anime characters broken down by various features, including hair color, eye color, accessories, and more.

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Eureka

The best anime girls with short hair prove that women don't need long hair to exude femininity. For this list we're ranking the all time greatest short hair anime girls, with the help of your votes. From badass mech pilots like Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion to loveable fighters like DBZ's Videl, these anime girls with short haircuts are badass and cute at the same time. We want you to vote up your favorite short hair <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female anime characters</a>, no matter what show they're from or how important they are in the series.If you don't see your favorite below, don't fret! You can add as many characters to the list as you want, just as long as they fit the criteria of being a girl anime character with a short haircut.&nbsp;

Since anime characters with tattoos are somewhat of a rarity, we've decided to let you vote for the very best ones. Can you name more than a handful of characters that have them? Don't worry if you can't; it's why we created this list of the coolest tatted anime characters. Some characters have tattoos that symbolize their bond with a certain group, such as Ace's Whitebeard tattoo in One Piece. Other characters sport a tribal tattoo that seems to only be for looks, like Renji from Bleach and Kamina from Gurren Lagan. Tattoos can serve as a reminder of the past, whether it's good or bad. Take Nami's tattoo that she recived from Arlong for example. Although he is a dark part of her past, the tatoo on her arm serves as a reminder of her years before joining the strawhat crew. &nbsp;Lots of people have adopted these anime tattoos into real ones. Remember when you thought you were the only one who had the idea to get the&nbsp;Ouroboros tattoo when you saw how cool they looked on the Homonculi? Tattoos from&nbsp;Fullmetal Alchemist are actually quite common, with people opting either for the Ouroboros symbol or a replica of Scar's arm.Anyways, check out the list below and vote for your <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">favorite anime characters</a> that have tattoos! If one is missing, add it to the list so others can vote for that character too. Any character is fair game for this list, as long as they have a tattoo. &nbsp;

If you think glasses don't make someone cool, then you definitely watch anime. Here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest anime characters</a> that wear glasses, as voted on by fans like you. Glasses in anime can do different things for different characters. Whether it's a man or woman, they often make the character look sexier and more confident. It's not uncommon for villains for wear glasses, as it gives the character a more sinister look. Examples of this include Gengo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Aizen from Bleach, and Kabuto from Naruto. When a powerful statement is being made by both heroes and villains, glasses in anime will sometimes shine a reflective light from them that is just downright terrifying. For <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters">female characters</a>, glasses always make them look really cute, giving them that innocent geek look that so many men love. Who is your top anime character with glasses? We want you to vote for your favorites below, but we also encourage you to add characters to the poll if you don't see them here already.

Scar

Here&#39;s our list of the coolest anime characters who&nbsp;have scars, as voted on by anime fans like you. You might have never realized it, but some of the toughest anime characters have scars. They are worn proudly by these warriors, who got them in sword fights, gun battles, explosions, and other crazy incidents. Which one of these characters has the most badass scar? Sometimes scars are small and subtle, but some of these characters have some pretty major ones. Take Zoro from One Piece for example, who has one not only on his eye, but a giant one on his stomach as well. Scar from Fullmetal Alchemist has one in the shape of big X on his face, as a result of Kimbley using his explosive aclhemy on his face. Anyway, we want you to vote for your favorite scarred anime character on this list. Don&#39;t just vote for the character, vote for how badass you think the scar is. For example, Yamcha from <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-dragon-ball-z-sucks/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Dragon Ball Z</a> isn&#39;t a very strong character, but his scar is pretty damn cool.

They might not have any hair, but we still love these bald anime characters all the same. Who is the best bald headed anime character of all time? It seems like a such a random way to rank characters, but there are actually a ton of good bald anime characters to choose from. Krillin, a fan favorite from Dragon Ball Z, is one of the most classic anime baldies on this list. However, with the explosion of One Punch Man in the last few years, Saitama is easily one of the most popular anime characters with no hair as of late. Will he reside at the #1 spot on this list? That's up to you to decide.Vote up your <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">favorite anime characters</a> who are bald, regardless of if they're good or bad, or even whether or not they're an important character. Please add more bald anime characters to the list if they're not already here.

Ikaros

It might seem odd if you saw it in real life, but in the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-world-to-live-in/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">world of anime</a>, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-video-game-characters-with-pink-hair/cyrilmurasakitsuyukusa?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">characters with pink hair</a> are dime a dozen. For this list, we're ranking the best pink haired anime characters of all time, with the help of your votes. Pink is admittedly not the most popular hair color in anime, but there are plenty of really popular characters that have pink hair, including Sakura from Naruto, Natsu from Fairy Tale, and Yachiru from Bleach. Although pink hair might suggest innocence, there are still characters like Lucy from Elfen Lied that you certainly wouldn't want to take lightly. This list features mostly <a href="/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters">female characters</a>, but there are certainly some boys in anime with pink hair as well (though it's not very common). If one of your favorites is missing below, please add it so you can see how many others will vote for that person too. Who knows, the character you added might just end up rising to the top of the list and taking the #1 spot!

Kushina Uzumaki

It's hard not to love <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime characters</a> with red hair. Just like in the real world, they tend to be a little more unique and special looking compared to brown and blonde haired people. Red haired anime characters have become strong fan favorites over the years, maybe because they stand out and are always full of life and energy. They've appeared in a variety of&nbsp;popular genres, including incest anime, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-harem-anime/reference">ecchi harem </a><a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-harem-anime/reference">animes</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-horror-anime/ranker-anime">scary animes</a>, and more.&nbsp;This list includes both male and female red hair anime characters that are powerful, sexy, funny, and everything in between. Who is the greatest red haired anime character of all time? Our poll below is a great starting point to answering that question, but we strongly encourage you to add your favorite red hair anime characters to this list if they're not already here. We've included obvious choices like Gaara, Rias, Shanks, and Renji, but there are bound to be plenty of others that we might not have thought of when making this list. If you add your favorite character with red hair, others can vote for them too!

When you think of an anime character with orange hair, Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach or Misty from Pokemon are probably the first names that spring into your head. While they may be the most well known, there are so many other great orange haired anime characters to take into consideration! For that reason, we're ranking the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best anime characters</a> with orange hair, with the help of your votes. We've included both male and female characters with orange hair below, so don't be afraid to vote for either. There are some very popular characters from huge shows on this list, including Nami from One Piece, the beautiful Asuna from Sword Art Online, and Pein from Naruto Shippuden. Whether they're good or evil, we want you to vote for your favorites below. If you think the best anime character with orange hair is missing from the list, please add it so others can vote for that person too! They don't have to have bright orange hair, there can be hints of brown or other colors blended in as well.

Edward Elric

You may have never realized it, but some of the most popular anime characters of all time have blond hair. From Naruto Uzumaki and Edward Elric to Sanji and Mello, there are some truly amazing blond hair anime characters. That being said, which one is your favorite? This list includes both male and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female anime characters</a> with blond hair, and we want you to vote for the ones you love the most. Do you like Lady Tsunade better than Saber? Maybe Lucy Heartfilia is more your speed. Either way, give upvotes below to your <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top anime characters</a> with blond hair, and downvote any that you aren't a fan of. If one of your favorites is missing, add them to the list so others can vote for them too. You never know, that character might just end up being #1 on the list!&nbsp;

Zetsu

Who is the greatest anime character with green hair? We want you to vote on the list below and let us know who your favorite green hair characters are from any anime series. Green is yet another of those hair colors that, when you see them in real life, you know it's artificial. Still, it's a color that makes a character easily distinguishable. Green usually stands for coolness and calm, and perhaps an affinity with nature. Perhaps that's why Sanji uses the name &quot;moss head&quot; as an insult from Zoro in the English dubbed version of One Piece. This list includes both older characters with green hair, like Sailor Neptune, and newer ones as well, such as Beelzebub and Freed Justine from Fairy Tail. Vote for your favorites among the most popular anime characters with green hair below, and add a character to the list if they're missing!&nbsp;

Hatsune Miku

Who is your favorite anime character with blue hair? It might not be the most common hair color, but there are some really great characters who rock a blue do. Characters with hair of any shade of blue are welcome here, including those with dark blue hair like Kamina from Gurren Lagann, and teal-haired characters like the pantsless Franky from One Piece. You might not see people with blue hair that often in real life, but any hair color in anime is considered normal. Who is your favorite blue hair anime character? There are some <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">classic anime characters</a> that fit the criteria, like Rae Ayanami, and newer stars as well, like the goofy Gintoki Sakata from Gintama. Vote for the ones you love below, and please add anyone to the list if they aren't already here. Check out our lists of the best pink hair and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-orange-hair-anime-characters/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">orange hair anime characters</a> too!

Of all the hair colors in anime, purple might take the cake for having the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-movie-characters-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most famous characters</a>. There are some extremely popular purple hair anime characters, many of which are some of the most iconic in the entire medium. Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. Trunks from DBZ. Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop. These anime legends all have purple hair, as do so many other great characters. We're leaving it up to you to decide which purple hair anime character reigns supreme, so please vote on the poll below and let us know what you think.&nbsp;Is one of your favorite grape heads missing from the list? You can add as many characters as you want below, so don't be afraid to beef up the list with some of your favorite characters that have purple hair.

Choji Akimichi

With so many anime characters with odd hair colors, brown is almost weirder than a bright color like pink or green. Here is Ranker's list of the best brown hair anime characters, as voted on by anime fans like you. In the colorful <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-world-to-live-in/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">world of anime</a>, brown is a rather drab color. It may denote being ordinary and straight-laced. But given the chance, the character can explode in a flurry of colorful decisions and moves. After all, heroes are the types to have something hidden underneath, then they'll reveal it later. And since brown in the color of earth, perhaps it means they're well-grounded people. Well, just look at the list, and see what common things you can see in all of them. Is one of your <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">favorite anime characters</a> with brown hair missing from the list? Add it so others can vote on it as well.

Monkey D. Luffy

Anime <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-girls-with-black-hair/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">characters with black hair</a> are rather abundant, so we're going to need a lot of help from anime fans on this one. There are an uncountable amount of black hair anime characters, so we need you to add as many as your favorites to this list as possible. In a medium where characters have pink, purple, and green hair, black hair can seem rather boring in comparison. However some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best anime characters</a> have black hair, including Monkey D. Luffy, Vegeta, Kirito, L, Itachi, Rukia, and so many more. See how hard it's going to be to rank this? Do your best job and vote for your favorite anime characters that have black hair. Add as many characters that aren't here already to the list, so others can vote for your picks too.

Gray hair is often associated with the elderly, but don't tell that to the characters on this list. For this poll we're ranking the best gray hair anime characters, with the help of your votes. Funnily enough, many popular gray hair anime characters come from Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. Kakashi, Kabuto, Hidan, and Tobirama Senju (the second Hokage) all hail from Naruto, and all have gray hair. Gray hair often represents wisdom and maturity, or sometimes a sullen and brooding personality. Other famous gray haired anime characters include Spike Spiegals arch-nemesis Vicious from Cowboy Bebop, and Undertaker from Black Butler. Vote for your favorite anime character who has gray hair, and add a character you love if they're not already included.

Kaneki Ken

Who is the top anime character with white hair? Thanks to your votes on this list, we can finally answer that question. White hair, while associated with age in the real world, is a perfectly natural hair color in anime for characters of all age. White is often associated with purity, but there are some anime characters with white hair who are anything but pure (looking at you Whitebeard.) Some of them can be quite aloof, like Urd of Ah My Goddess, or as playful and kind as Mirajane of Fairy Tail. White hair is also associated with the spirit world, so you can find many white-haired supernatural characters in this list, like Inuyasha and Kurama the Fox. White hair anime characters are often intelligent as well, such as Near from Death Note or Captain Hitsugaya from Bleach. No matter who your favorite anime character with white hair is, give them an upvote below so they can move up higher on the list.

Vegeta

Unlike Edward Elrich, not all short anime characters get testy when you point out their lack of verticality. For this list we're ranking the greatest short anime characters of all time, with the help of your votes. Do you have a favorite anime character who is really short? Given that <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">famous anime characters</a> like Krillin, Himura Kenshin, and Edward Elric are particularly short, we're willing to bet the answer is yes.One of the funniest running gags in Fullmetal Alchemist is that Ed doesn't like being called short. There are multiple instances throughout the show where a character calls Edward short to his face, usually because they are shocked that Edward, and not his younger (but bigger) Alphonse, is the famed prodigy alchemist.If you think the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-13-episodes-or-less/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best short anime</a> character is represented on the list below, simply add them to the polls so that others can vote up that character too.

Edward Newgate

While tall anime characters are always looking down on others, there are some disadvantages to being so vertically blessed! For example, other people can always see if you have a booger in your nose! For this list we rank the best tall anime characters of all time, excluding gigantic monsters that are so big that they&#39;re off the charts. Do you have a favorite anime character who is tall? We&#39;ve included fan favorites like Edward Newgate from One Piece and Ryuk, but we want you to add as many tall anime characters as you can if they aren&#39;t already here on the list.

Vote up the tall anime characters on this list that you love the most, and downvote any that you don&#39;t like.&nbsp;

Juvia Lockser

We don't often pay attention to it, but who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best anime characters</a> with blue eyes? For this list we want to rank every blue-eyed anime character, with the help of your votes. Ever realized that Naruto has blue eyes? What about Grimmjow or Allen Walker? Blue eyes are almost always considered desirable and attractive, and is especially prevalent in descendants of Europe. Sure it's not very realistic that a Japanese based character would have blue eyes, but who cares? This is anime!We know that we're definitely going to be missing a few of your favorite anime characters that have blue eyes, so please make some additions to the list to make it even more complete.

Yoshihiro Hattori was a Japanese exchange student living in Baton Rouge as part of the American Field Service program. On Halloween night 1992, Hattori and the young son of his host family went to a Halloween party for AFS students. Unfamiliar with the neighborhood where the party was, the boys rang the doorbell of the wrong house. 

When they got no answer, they started walking back to their car. The owner of the home, Rodney Peairs, then opened the door armed with a .44 Magnum revolver. Hattori turned around and said, &quot;We&#39;re here for the party.&quot; Claiming he feared for his life and that the exchange student was &quot;scary,&quot; Peairs shot Hattori, killing him.

Peairs and his wife then went back into their house and waited 40 minutes for the police, who questioned him and let him go. Only when both the governor of Louisiana and the Japanese consulate got involved was Peairs&nbsp;arrested, after which he was acquitted of manslaughter.

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Not many anime characters wear armor, but the ones that do are pretty great! This list ranks the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best anime characters</a>&nbsp;who wear armor, including fan favorites like Erza&nbsp;Scarlet, Saber, and many more. Does Alphonse Elric&nbsp;really count if he's not necessarily wearing armor, but rather existing in it? For the sake of this list, we'll say yes. Vote up your favorite armor-wearing anime characters, and add any to the list that aren't already here. The characters don't necessarily have to be wearing armor all the time, but if they fight in it, or sometimes wear armor, then it's perfectly fine.

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Erza Scarlet

Erza Scarlet is a fictional character from the manga and anime franchise Fairy Tail.

Alphonse Elric

Alphonse Elric, commonly called Al, is a fictional character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu Arakawa. Alphonse is a child who lost his body during an alchemical experiment to bring his deceased mother back to life, and had his soul attached to a suit of armor by his brother, Edward Elric. As a result, Alphonse is almost invulnerable as long as the armor's seal is not erased, but is unable to feel anything. To recover their bodies, the Elrics travel around their country, Amestris, to obtain the Philosopher's Stone—an alchemical object that could restore them. In the animated adaptations of Fullmetal Alchemist, Alphonse is voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese. In the English adaptations, he is voiced by Aaron Dismuke in the first series and by Maxey Whitehead in the second.
As a result of appearing in the series mostly in his armor, Arakawa has been focused on searching ways to make it appear as Alphonse is expressing emotions despite not having a body. Alphonse has also appeared in materials related to the manga, including video games and light novels that follow his journey.

Saber

Saber is a fictional character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by Type-Moon and its prequel, Fate/Zero, by Type-Moon and nitroplus.
In Fate/stay night, she is Shirou Emiya's servant while in Fate/Zero, she is Kiritsugu Emiya's Servant. An agile and powerful warrior, Saber is loyal, independent, and reserved; she appears cold, but is actually suppressing her emotions to focus on her goals. Her class is considered the "Most Outstanding", with excellent ratings in all categories.

Erza Knightwalker

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Madara Uchiha

Madara Uchiha is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto.

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Sesshomaru

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Guts

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Klein

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Silica

Silica is a fictional character from Sword Art Online.

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Berserker

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Not many anime characters wear armor, but the ones that do are pretty great! This list ranks the best anime characters&nbsp;who wear armor, including fan ...