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Lists about the most popular, memorable, and complicated characters in anime across all genres.

Anime Characters

Anime draws viewers in with its captivating visuals, and the cutest characters created can be just as enticing. These men&nbsp;may be artificial, but our feelings for them are certainly not. Some are monsters, some are mannerly, and some occupy the middle of the road. Just like us, these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hot-anime-guys-and-boys/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">cute anime guys</a> are created, or drawn,&nbsp;imperfectly, and that&nbsp;makes them all the more compelling.

For some fans, part of the appeal of anime is thinking about which characters would be relationship material if they were real. Some anime characters&nbsp;seem like they'd make terrible significant others, though. It could be because they treat their canon boyfriends or girlfriends like garbage; their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/disturbing-romantic-anime-relationships/nida-sea" target="_blank">cartoon relationships are truly disturbing</a>. It could be because they're really insecure and&nbsp;willing to inflict violence on&nbsp;anyone who so much as looks at their crush. It could be because they're just really exhausting to be around.&nbsp;One person's dream date is another person's nightmare, so you likely won't agree with all the selections here. You might even give some a chance despite all the red flags, but hey, no judgment.&nbsp;

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It's inevitable in almost any show you watch, but what are <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/saddest-anime-series-of-all-time/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the saddest anime</a> deaths of all time? For this list we're ranking anime deaths that made you cry, or at least made you feel really sad. Since it's the funeral that often makes these deaths so sad, this list is also kind of a ranking of the saddest anime funerals of all time. There are a few that come to mind when you talk about sad anime funerals, but Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist has always stood out as particularly sad (mostly because his young daughter doesn't understand what is happening when the casket is lowered into the ground.)Please vote for the anime characters deaths that made you cry, and add any to the list if that character is not already here.

&quot;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-shocking-anime-betrayals/felicia-miranda?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Top 10 Anime Betrayals</a>&quot; may be a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1080341-top-10-anime-list-parodies" target="_blank">meme</a>, but that doesn&#39;t mean there aren&#39;t plenty of actual betrayals populating 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>. Some of these betrayals are pretty heartbreaking, especially those that come from the people the victim is closest to.

One particularly harrowing example of an&nbsp;anime character betrayed by someone they love is Sasuke&nbsp;Uchiha, whose older brother eliminated their entire clan, leaving him as the only survivor. There&#39;s also Nina Tucker from&nbsp;FMA,&nbsp;whose father fused her with the family pet to advance his career. Less well known is Yona, whose childhood friend slew&nbsp;her father in order to get his own revenge on him.&nbsp;

Which of these betrayals are&nbsp;the most painful? Be sure to vote them up!

For most people, losing their lives is the worst thing they could possibly imagine - but in anime, there are some things that are worse than that.&nbsp;

Anime characters who suffer a fate worse than death are sometimes immortal, like Joseph from&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-you-should-watch-ancient-magus-bride/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Ancient Magus</a> Bride&nbsp;or Hidan from&nbsp;Naruto.&nbsp;These characters must endure situations that would destroy anyone else, for eternity. Other characters like Rika Furude of&nbsp;Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni&nbsp;are forced to repeat the same terrible experiences on an endless loop. Others, like Ymir of&nbsp;Attack on Titan,&nbsp;lose&nbsp;their sense of self entirely. All of them suffer immeasurably, to the point where passing away would be a relief.&nbsp;

The fact that a character is featured on this list doesn&#39;t necessarily imply that they shouldn&#39;t be alive - and it&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;doesn&#39;t imply anything about people in the real world who might have gone through more realistic versions of some of these experiences. It just means that what these characters have endured&nbsp;is so horrible that most people would not be able to bear it.&nbsp;

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Anime characters don't always look their age. Sometimes it's a case of early puberty, as is true for&nbsp;Hotaru Ichijō of Non Non Biyori.&nbsp;Other times, puberty shows up later than it should, as is Honey-senpai's problem in&nbsp;Ouran Host Club. Every so often, a character's appearance is utterly inexplicable. In&nbsp;Masamune-kun's&nbsp;Revenge,&nbsp;Kinue&nbsp;Hayase&nbsp;is the&nbsp;42-year-old&nbsp;mother of two teenagers, but she looks exactly like a little girl.&nbsp;Excluding characters who are thousands of years old,&nbsp;here are a selection of anime&nbsp;characters whose physical appearances don't match up with their age.&nbsp;

If you&#39;re an anime fan who digs men, you might have thought about which anime characters you&#39;d want as a husband. This poll asks you to tell the world which male anime character&nbsp;you&#39;d tie the knot with, no matter what your criteria for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/must-see-anime-bucket-list/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">a good anime</a> husband may be. Perhaps your taste leans toward the sweet, sensitive, and totally ripped. If that&#39;s the case, Makoto Tachibana from&nbsp;Free!&nbsp;might be the right anime husband for you. Or maybe your preferences are a little more unconventional, and you dig a military-grade clean freak. If yes, Levi Ackerman is probably right up your alley.

Whatever your preferences, let the world know by voting up the anime men you&#39;d marry in a heartbeat, and voting down the ones you&#39;d leave at the altar. If the ladies are more your speed, head on over to our list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-characters-you-want-to-marry/ranker-anime" target="_blank">anime women you&#39;ve want to marry</a>.

There are some seriously <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-dysfunctional-anime-families/crystal-brackett" target="_blank">dysfunctional anime families</a> out there, and the fault usually lies with the horrible anime parents. Shockingly, not all of them are the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-yu-gi-oh-parents/anna-lindwasser" target="_blank">terrible parents from&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-yu-gi-oh-parents/anna-lindwasser" target="_blank">Yu-Gi-Oh!</a>.&nbsp;In fact, you&#39;ll find bad parenting in anime of all kinds, from <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/226/Elfen_Lied" target="_blank">Elfen&nbsp;Lied</a> to <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/527/Pokemon" target="_blank">Pok&eacute;mon</a>.&nbsp;This seems to be a recurring trope of the animation realm in general, as American networks&nbsp;also boast some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-cartoon-parents/tracey-graham" target="_blank">worst cartoon parents</a> on television.

Whether they&#39;re forcing their kids to commit suicide for insurance money or&nbsp;transforming them against their will into man-eating monsters, bad parenting in anime is rampant. In fact, it&#39;s probably more common than good parenting. Let&#39;s learn about the worst parents in anime, and pray that their barbarous parenting techniques never transfer over to the real world.&nbsp;

One of the great things about anime is that typically, shows will feature <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters" target="_blank">a wonderful cast of&nbsp;supporting characters</a> with which to identify. The worst thing about anime, however, is that if you can't stomach the main protagonist, waiting for your favorite supporting character to show up can be excruciating.This problem intensifies when supporting characters who were originally important to the story end up being forgotten by the shows creators. Naruto and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-dragon-ball-z-sucks/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Dragon Ball Z</a> are two famous examples of anime where the supporting cast was increasingly underutilized as the show&nbsp;progressed, much to the&nbsp;dismay of fans. In times like these, you have to wonder how bad it is to wish&nbsp;death upon&nbsp;the hero of your favorite show.&nbsp;Following this line of thought, here are 15 supporting anime characters that —&nbsp;intentionally or not —&nbsp;ended up outshining the&nbsp;protagonist. Despite their lack of screen time, these side characters are&nbsp;more compelling&nbsp;than the show's&nbsp;main attraction.&nbsp;

For a genre often associated with beloved heroes like Sailor Moon or Goku, anime often makes their protagonists commit horrible atrocities. Unlike <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-with-villain-protagonists/anna-lindwasser" target="_blank">anime that follow villains</a>, anime with complicated heroes do not necessarily set out to create sympathetic characters; some of these &quot;heroes&quot; are just not great people.&nbsp;

Some&nbsp;anime heroes who did something bad have one or two minor transgressions on their rap sheet. Joey Wheeler&nbsp;of&nbsp;Yu-Gi-Oh!&nbsp;tormented Yugi for about&nbsp;two episodes, but he gets&nbsp;his act together and becomes a good friend. Other <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/morally-ambiguous-anime-characters/anna-lindwasser" target="_blank">morally ambiguous</a> anime good guys commit more serious misdeeds, ones that can be hard to overlook. Guts of&nbsp;Berserk&nbsp;slays hundreds of people, eventually betraying&nbsp;a person he loves in one of the most egregious ways possible.

Anime protagonists&nbsp;who do terrible things can sometimes be hard to root for, but sometimes&nbsp;their actions serve to tell something larger about the storyline. However, that only provides justification for a few of these immoral anime heroes.

Names

When it comes to anime, the attention to detail extends far beyond the vibrant illustrations and in-depth plotlines. Anime character name meanings often relate to either to a character's role in the story, their interests, or their personality. Because names can be written using a variety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji" target="_blank">kanji</a>, one can theoretically&nbsp;turn a seemingly ordinary Japanese name like Yusuke&nbsp;into one that's thematically appropriate for the protagonist of Yu Yu Hakusho - a name that means &quot;ghost.&quot; Some names are even more clever than that - Ryuuko Matoi from&nbsp;Kill la Kill&nbsp;has a name with eight different meanings. A character's name is as important as any other detail in revealing who they are, so let's look at some interesting examples.

Anime fans don&#39;t exclusively love characters who are good people. In fact, there are a ton of beloved anime characters who are bad people. This doesn&#39;t mean that they&#39;re bad characters - some of them are among the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-top-10-favorite-anime-characters" target="_blank">best anime characters</a> ever created. What it does mean is that they&#39;ve done some seriously messed up things.&nbsp;

Sometimes, it can be frustrating when other fans love a character whose bad behavior makes you cringe. This is most common when people let the character&#39;s bad traits slide. Sometimes they may also celebrate the character as if they&#39;re some kind of saint - if you were grossed out by&nbsp;Miroku&#39;s&nbsp;wandering hands, you probably aren&#39;t super thrilled about the&nbsp;Inuyasha&nbsp;fandom&#39;s fondness for him.

At other times, it&#39;s the character&#39;s motivation that makes them fascinating - Revy from&nbsp;Black Lagoon&nbsp;may be a vicious mercenary, but the reasons for her bad&nbsp;behavior actually make a lot of sense. Viewers might also delight in the badness itself - watching Hisoka do his thing is one of the most fun parts of&nbsp;H X H.&nbsp;

Maybe it&#39;s because they&#39;re so reliable, but loyal anime characters&nbsp;don&#39;t always get the appreciation that they deserve. Let&#39;s spread some love to some of the most loyal anime characters out there.

Loyalty can drive some anime characters to make major personal sacrifices.&nbsp;Akemi Homura of&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-puella-magi-madoka-magica-quotes/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Puella Magi Madoka Magica</a>&nbsp;has traveled through time over 100 times to save her best friend Madoka&#39;s life, at significant risk to herself.&nbsp;Tanjiro Kamado of Demon Slayer: <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-like-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kimetsu no Yaiba</a>&nbsp;is so devoted to his sister that he dedicates his life to transforming her back from demon to human - even though her demon form isn&#39;t always controllable. These characters are willing to take major risks, but that&#39;s just how much they love their friends.&nbsp;Not every loyal character is putting themselves in immediate danger, however -&nbsp;Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima of Fruits Basket&nbsp;just really love their friend Tohru Honda.

Which devoted anime characters would you want at your side?

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One of the pros of watching anime rather than reading manga is the music. There are so many epic anime character themes out there, but which one is your absolute favorite? Below we ranked the greatest anime character theme songs of all time, determined by the votes of Ranker users like you. From serious themes like L&#39;s theme from Death Note, to adventurous numbers like Franky&#39;s theme from One Piece, this list showcases the best anime character music of all time.

Which anime character has the best theme? Up vote your faves below.

The &quot;crazy/terrible girlfriend&quot; trope appears everywhere, including anime; while certainly an overused, and many times sexist, descriptor, such a characterization does feel appropriate when describing the worst anime girlfriends of all time. Given the number of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disturbing-romantic-anime-relationships/nida-sea" target="_blank">dysfunctional anime relationships</a> out there, it stands to reason a few terrible anime girlfriends are a part of them. While everyone follows different criteria for what they want from a partner, most&nbsp;agree that a few things are of critical importance when it comes to&nbsp;showing basic respect for your partner as a human being. Not manipulating them into doing things they don't want to do. Not cheating on them. Not stalking or assaulting them. Not murdering them.This an an extremely low bar, but sadly, there are plenty of anime girlfriends who can't manage even that much. Some are murderous stalkers like Yuno Gasai, and others are prone to physical violence&nbsp;like Naru Narusegawa.&nbsp;No matter how cute they appear, you definitely would not want any of these ladies as your girlfriend or your <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-characters-you-want-to-marry/ranker-anime" target="_blank">wife</a>. That said, don't think that anime only makes the ladies look bad: plenty of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-protagonists-who-should-not-have-a-harem/anna-lindwasser" target="_blank">boring anime men</a> out there make for equally terrible boyfriends, and honestly, they're probably the reason why all these anime girlfriends are acting out.

Secrets

The best anime stories create a sense of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-thriller-anime/ranker-anime" target="_blank">suspense</a>, often by featuring a character who's harboring a secret. Whether it's a kid who doesn't want anyone to know that he called himself &quot;Dark Flame Master&quot; in middle school, or a bunch of teenagers who join&nbsp;the military without mentioning to the higher-ups that they're actually man-eating monsters, anime characters with secrets have explosive plot potential.Tension builds quickly&nbsp;when viewers know a secret before the rest of the show's cast have any idea what's really going on.&nbsp;Other times, viewers are left in the dark, and get to react with the rest of the cast&nbsp;when the secret drops. No matter what, the unraveling of a juicy secret&nbsp;always makes for a good story.&nbsp;

Momiji Sohma From Fruits Baskets

Anime has become such&nbsp;a prevalent&nbsp;art form that its style is instantly recognizable, and&nbsp;not just because of&nbsp;tropes like mech-armor or crazy&nbsp;powerful&nbsp;aliens. Japanimation incorporates&nbsp;unique&nbsp;facial features, over-the-top expressions, and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/must-watch-anime-with-unique-and-beautiful-art-styles/nida-sea">distinctive illustration techniques</a>&nbsp;nonexistent&nbsp;in other forms of animation to create&nbsp;its characters. These specific techniques allow illustrators to depict characters, namely men and boys, with more typically feminine features, which leads&nbsp;to another famous anime trope: anime guys who look like girls.Bending the rules of an anime character's gender <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-gender-switch-anime/reference">is nothing new</a>. In fact,&nbsp;many shows feature&nbsp;anime boys who look like girls. These men sport&nbsp;delicate features that&nbsp;you could easily confuse them for women, and can appear in&nbsp;various shows ranging from the typical slice-of-life anime to the action-adventure stories of shonen anime.Check out this&nbsp;list of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-top-most-badass-male-anime-characters/owilnic?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">male anime characters</a> who look like girls and see if you can really tell the difference. &nbsp;

The best anime catchphrases are the ones that are so memorable, even non-fans can recognize the words and know exactly where it’s from. These popular&nbsp;one-liners&nbsp;are the ones you find on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tengen-Toppa-Gurren-Lagann-Kamina-Who-The-Hell-Do-You-Think-I-Am-Anime-T-Shirt/201603576016">t-shirts</a>, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/POSTER-MANGA-NARUTO-BELIEVE-IT-FREE-SHIPPING-8715-RAP102-B-/111240449940">posters</a>, and even coffee <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/otakupapercraft/works/25042014-ciel-and-sebastian-black-butler?grid_pos=2&amp;p=mug&amp;rbs=dc57810d-993b-433f-97ab-b4419080fb09&amp;style=standard">mugs</a>. You might even say these phrases aloud (if you aren't a closet otaku).&nbsp;Like some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-naruto-and-naruto-shippuden-quotes/ranker-anime" target="_blank">best Naruto&nbsp;quotes</a>, such as Naruto's “Believe it!,”&nbsp;these phrases define both the characters and the series, becoming trademarks that fans can recite at the drop of a dime.Some of these repetitive expressions are short and sweet, while others are a bit more wordy, but still totally bad*ss. Many times, the characters take on new variations of their respective phrase&nbsp;or the phrase is adopted by others characters in the series (like&nbsp;Kamina’s “Who hell do you think I am?”). Whether or not you have these phrases on your wall or wear them proudly as an <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-tattoos/jonah-dorrance" target="_blank">anime tattoo</a>,&nbsp;these catchphrases&nbsp;will live in your heart forever. Vote up the most memorable&nbsp;one-liners from anime that you love to shout - either in secret or in public.&nbsp;

Friendship is awesome, but if you&#39;re looking to make the change from friends to lovers, getting shot down can be seriously painful. But that&#39;s exactly what&nbsp;anime characters who got friendzoned have to deal with. Sometimes it&#39;s funny and sometimes it&#39;s heart-breaking, but no matter what, it&#39;s always dramatic.

One popular example is Rem from&nbsp;Re:Zero, who confesses her love to Subaru only to be told he loves someone else. This is heartbreaking to the poor girl. But it&#39;s not always doom and gloom -&nbsp;there&#39;s Kenji Harima from&nbsp;School Rumble,&nbsp;whose unrequited crush on Tenma Tsukamoto leads him to pick up a new hobby that could lead to a real career&nbsp;- creating manga.&nbsp;

Which of these friendzoned characters strikes a chord with you? Be sure to vote them up!

Far too many anime series have useless&nbsp;side characters that fans hate and protagonists begrudgingly put with. Many people complain about how they're weak, how they harm the protagonists, or just, you know, serve no purpose at all. These usless sidekicks in anime, at their best, don't really do anything.&nbsp;People can make some really great arguments as to why these characters served some purpose to the plot.&nbsp;What one person thinks is a useless trait or quality might not be seen as useless to another... but seriously, some of these tangential characters could&nbsp;truly get under your skin with their&nbsp;pathetic existence.&nbsp;The side characters&nbsp;listed below are the ones that get the absolute worst complaints, and frankly, most of them deserve it.&nbsp;

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The &quot;power of friendship&quot; is one of&nbsp;the strongest forces in all of anime, reviving defeated heroes and heroines better than any superpower or magic spell. Thanks to the best friends below, your favorite characters have the strength to fight another titan or upgrade their automail. These are the anime characters you want to hang out with, the ones who bring color into your life, the ones who&nbsp;defend you when you're not around to defend yourself. They vibe with&nbsp;any <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/anime-supernatural-companions/jonah-dorrance">supernatural companion</a> you might have&nbsp;and they don't care if you're a flesh-eating ghoul, a self-proclaimed mad scientist, or the son of Satan. They've got your back, and their charisma and enthusiasm brings even the shyest out of their shell. Amidst all of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/anime-characters-we-hate/ranker-anime">anime characters you&nbsp;hate</a>, these best bros and girls remind you&nbsp;of all the good things in the world.

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Kakashi Hatake is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. Kishimoto originally planned to introduce Kakashi in the manga to the series' titular character, Naruto Uzumaki, early on, but pushed back this meeting so that Naruto's teammates could be better developed.
In the story, Kakashi is the leader and teacher of Team 7, consisting of the series' primary characters, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki. He is initially portrayed as a detached and apathetic figure, but as the series progresses, his loyalty to his friends and students becomes increasingly apparent. Kakashi's past has been extensively explored in the series, resulting in a gaiden being devoted to his past experiences. Kakashi has appeared in several pieces of Naruto media, including six of the nine featured films in the series, all of the original video animations, and all of the video games.
Numerous anime and manga publications have praised and criticized Kakashi's character. Although he has been noted to be an echo of similar detached shōnen manga characters, the duality of Kakashi's apathetic and serious sides have been praised.

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Like other species of Pokémon, Pikachu are often captured and groomed by humans to fight other Pokémon for sport. Pikachu are one of the most well-known varieties of Pokémon, largely because a Pikachu is a central character in the Pokémon anime series. Pikachu is regarded as a major character of the Pokémon franchise and has become an icon of Japanese culture in recent years.

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Besides the manga series, Orihime has also appeared in other media from Bleach franchise, including anime series, animated films, video games and rock musicals. Orihime's character has been highly popular between readers of the manga since her introduction, having ranked high in all of the characters popularity polls of the series. Additionally, various pieces of merchandising have been developed based on her appearance such as figurines and key chains. Publications from manga, anime and other media have also commented on her character with most praising her traits and development. In the animated adaptations of Bleach, Orihime is voiced by Yuki Matsuoka in Japanese.

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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.

Veronika Jelínková

Sanji

Sanji is a fictional character in the anime and manga series One Piece created by Eiichiro Oda.

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Naruto Uzumaki is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. The eponymous protagonist of the series, he is a teenage ninja from the fictional village of Konohagakure. The villagers ridicule Naruto because of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox—a malevolent creature that attacked Konohagakure—sealed in his body. To be recognized, he aspires to become the village's leader, the Hokage. His cheerful and boisterous personality lets him befriend other Konohagakure ninja, as well as ninja from other villages. Naruto appears in the series' films and in other media related to the franchise, including video games and original video animations.
When creating Naruto in the initial part of the series, Kishimoto kept the character "simple and stupid", while giving him many attributes of an ideal hero. Kishimoto added a harsh past to give him a side of darkness. Many times he has revised Naruto's image, providing the character with different clothes to appeal to Western audiences and make him easier to illustrate. Kishimoto changed his design for Part II of the storyline, which starts two-and-a-half years after Part I.

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