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Bleach is the anime version of manga writer Tite Kubo's book series of the same name. We've put together a list of the best characters from Bleach, including the main characters and lead Bleach roles. The most famous Bleach characters include Ichigo Kurosaki, Origami Inoue, and more!&nbsp;This list answers the questions &quot;what are the Bleach characters called?&quot; and &quot;who are all the characters in Bleach?&quot; Bleach tells the story of Ichigo Kurosaki, who becomes a Soul Reaper after Rukia Kuchiki loses a battle to a powerful Hollow.&nbsp;Check out the best major and minor Bleach characters below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section.&nbsp;

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For this poll we've created a list of the greatest shinigami[63616812]s of all time, featuring shinigami[63616812]s you know from movies, television, video games and more. Of course your favorite cartoon shinigami[63616812]s are included, but this list doesn't only feature animated characters that can talk. If your favorite fictional shinigami[63616812] is missing, don't be salty- just add it to the list so that other people can vote for for it too!List features Yoruichi Shihouin, Rangiku Matsumoto and more. Who is the number one shinigami[63616812] that people just can't get enough of? Scroll down and find out who the masses voted for.

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Tōshirō Hitsugaya

Tōshirō Hitsugaya is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Bleach, created by Tite Kubo. In the series, Hitsugaya is a captain of the Gotei 13, a group of Soul Reapers who govern the flow of souls and protect Soul Society, an afterlife realm. Hitsugaya makes appearances in all Bleach '​s films, being the protagonist in The Diamond Dust Rebellion, as well as and in other media related to the franchise, including video games and original video animations.
Hitsugaya's character has been well received among both readers and reviewers. Amongst the Bleach reader base, he has been highly popular, placing high in several popularity polls. Several pieces of merchandise have been released in Hitsugaya's likeness, including action figures, plush toys and key chains. Anime and manga publications have provided acclaim and criticism of Hitsugaya's character.

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Anime Characters

Trying to pick the hottest male anime character of all time is really hard, and that's why we want you all to vote up your favorites. Attraction is obviously subjective, but which hot anime guys are so good looking that you just can't stand it? This list includes both hot men and hot anime boy characters - popular and sexy boys&nbsp;like Takumi Usui, Takashi Morinozuka, and Light Yagami - so you don't have to choose between younger and older characters.From Edward Elric to Gray Fullbuster, vote up the sexiest anime boys that you think deserve to be called the hottest. We know that there are a ton more people to add to the list, so please go ahead and add as many hot anime men as you want as long as you include a good picture. If you had any hot anime boys to the list, please make sure they are appropriate (No Boku no Pico please!)

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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.

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Who are the best anime characters ever? This list includes the top favorites in manga, possibly of all time. These are the classics, the most beloved characters, including anime and manga protagonists like Son Goku, the fictional protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series, and &quot;L,&quot; the fictional detective in the manga series Death Note. Be sure to vote for your own personal favorites, add any characters that might be missing and, of course, rerank this list of greatest anime characters in any order you want.Not surprisingly, many of the best and most memorable anime characters, like L and Son Goku, are the stars of some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-anime-series-all-time" target="_blank">best anime series of all time</a>. Be sure to head over to that list and cast your votes, if you haven't already. And not all of the great anime characters listed here are among the so-called &quot;good guys&quot; - some are among the worst and most notorious anime villains&nbsp;as well. If you're a huge anime fan, once you're done voting for these famous anime characters, you might also want to check out this list of the <a href="/list/anime-fan-communities/dot-commander" target="_blank">best anime fan communities</a> on the web. A fan community can be a great way to connect with other people who share a common passion for anime, manga, and otaku style!

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Want to end the debate of who the strongest <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-anime-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">anime character</a> to ever exist is? You only have to do one thing...vote on the poll below! For this list we want to hear your opinion on who the most powerful anime character of all time. These guys probably beat up the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/smartest-anime-characters/ranker-anime">smartest anime characters</a> all the time in high school--if they ever went to one.&nbsp;Both heroes and villains are included below, so you can vote for everyone from Madara Uchiha to Ichigo Kurosaki. The discussion of the strongest anime character is always shrouded in controversey, so consider the following: just because a character is physically more powerful doesn't mean they are stronger than another overall. Take Light Yagami vs Monkey D. Luffy, for example. Obviously Luffy could gum-gum pistol him into oblivion, but what if Light wrote his name down in the death note? That's an instant death with just the stroke of a pen. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/when-you-see-it-pictures/lauren-slocum?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">When you</a> see names like Vegeta below, assume that they would be fighting at their very highest potential.&nbsp;

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In anime, physical power isn't always everything. Very often brains will win over brawn, and because of that, we're ranking the smartest anime characters of all time. Do you have a favorite smart anime character? Now would be a good time to show it by voting up your top choices on the poll below. From master strategists like Shikamaru (Naruto) who plan one hundred steps away, to analytical geniuses like Death Note's L who can predict his opponents moves before he even makes them, these anime characters are much smarter than the average human.Vote up the intelligent anime characters that you believe to be the smartest, and downvote any that you don't think could hang intellectually with the top contendors on this poll.

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

Anime Appearances

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.

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As the Bleach fandom prepares itself for the upcoming 20th-anniversary project dubbed Bleach: Face Again, they&rsquo;re reminiscing over everything they loved about the series, such as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bleach-fights/leo-reyna" target="_blank">best fights</a> or <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bleach-anime-arcs/leo-reyna" target="_blank">story arcs</a>. Of course, ranking the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bankai-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">best Bankai attacks</a> is part of the friendly discourse. However, not every Bankai is Bleach got the appreciation it deserved during the anime&#39;s&nbsp;prime.&nbsp;

Whether it was because it was only featured in small doses, or revealed in non-anime material, there are a lot of unbelievable Bankais in Bleach that continue to go unnoticed by fans. Although some of it can also be blamed on the Bankai powers belonging to less popular characters, even a few major Bleach characters have had their fascinating Bankai powers ignored. Ignore no more. It&rsquo;s time to appreciate these underrated Bankai powers in Bleach.

The 15 Most Underrated Bankai In Bleach, Ranked

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With such a wide range of abilities in anime, they need to be broken down by type. Who is the best fire user? What about electricity, water, or even ice users? Let's rank the best of the best from these categories and many more!

Anime Character Abilities

Here is our list of the best swordsman in anime, including samurai, demons, shinobi, and anyone in general who wields a blade. Who is your favorite anime character that uses a sword? Is it the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro? What about substitute soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki, or the medieval swordsman Guts? No matter who you love, we want you to vote for your top anime character that fights using a sword. They don't have to exclusively be a sword fighter- we have characters like Sasuke on this list that don't always fight with a blade. If one of your favorites is missing, then definitely add them to the list! That way other people can vote for your pick, and that character might even make it to the top. We intentionally didn't include every character from Bleach since there are so many, but feel free to add as many of the soul reapers as you want.

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After an eight-year absence, the Bleach anime will finally return in 2021 to animate the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bleach-manga-plot-after-anime/leo-reyna" target="_blank">final storyline in the series</a>. With all the buzz surrounding the return of Bleach to TV, the fandom&#39;s passion for&nbsp;their favorite teenaged soul reaper has been reignited. Among the great debates going on today is who was the greatest captain in Gotei 13.

While Bleach began with a small, but humble cast, the (spiritual) world grew immensely in the Soul Society, which is commonly regarded as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-arcs-shounen-anime/leo-reyna" target="_blank">best story arc</a>&nbsp;in the series. Fans were introduced to a number of unforgettable captains, such as Kenpachi Zaraki, So Fon, Byakuya Kuchiki, and of course, Sōsuke Aizen. All of which, had their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bankai-bleach/leo-reyna" target="_blank">own unique powers</a>.&nbsp;Out of all of these captains - former and current -&nbsp;who was the strongest of them all?

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Which anime characters deserve their own show where they're the sole protagonist? Since there are so many worthy characters, we've decided to list them all and let you vote on the ones you'd want to see the most. Can you imagine an Initial D season that is all about Bunta's backstory as the fastest racer on the Akina Pass? What about Shikamaru from Naruto, using his logic to solve puzzles and defeat villains? There are so many great anime spinoffs that seriously need to happen, but we want to know what you'd like to see the most. Vote up the anime characters you feel deserve their own show, and add any characters to the list if they're not already here.The characters we've included for this poll are mostly good, but if there are any villains you'd want to see in their own show then please add them to the list. Who knows? Maybe a show about Orochimaru and his backstory would actually be pretty cool.

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While many anime characters use different elements for various reasons, very few elements are associated with a specific personality type than ice. Anime ice users in action and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-shounen-anime-ever-made/ranker-anime" target="_blank">shounen anime</a>&nbsp;are typically lone wolves who are calm and collected in the midst of a chaotic world. They usually provide both offensive and defensive support in battle, as ice is one of the most versatile elements to use.&nbsp;The characters on this list have mastered their control of ice&nbsp;or the freezing of water to the point where they could be considered the greatest anime characters with ice powers ever. If your favorite made the list, make sure to vote them up so they can get to the top! If you feel like your favorite ice elemental should be here, but isn't, go ahead and add them at the bottom.&nbsp;

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Great Moments in Anime

Anime characters who came back strong can be super satisfying to watch. While it&#39;s great to see a favorite character develop their fighting prowess over time, it&#39;s also a sweet surprise when they disappear for a while and then come back stronger than ever. Seriously, who didn&#39;t love it when Usopp from&nbsp;One Piece&nbsp;reappeared after the time skip totally ripped and ready to kick butt?&nbsp;

Sometimes when an anime character reappears after some insane training, it&#39;s a good thing - Naruto coming back to fight Pain with Sage Mode in his back pocket is exactly what he needs to save Konoha. But when it&#39;s a villain who comes back way stronger, it might be fun for the audience, but&nbsp;the heroes definitely wish that the villain had stayed the way they were. Dio Brando was a lot easier to deal with before he became a Stand user!

Which revamped characters are&nbsp;your favorites? Be sure to vote them up!

15 Times Anime Characters Came Back Stronger Than Before

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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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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.

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Epic Anime Character Quotes

After watching a particularly great anime, one of the things that stays with us are&nbsp;the most memorable quotes. Whether they reveal something about a character and the world they live in, or resonate with us on a personal level, these iconic anime quotes stick in our minds for years to come.

But what are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/inspirational-anime-quotes/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best anime quotes</a>? That depends on your personal preferences, but this collection includes some pretty solid contenders. A classic example is Spike Spiegel&#39;s last words to Faye before he goes to confront Vicious in&nbsp;Cowboy Bebop.&nbsp;More recently, there&#39;s Erwin Smith&#39;s rousing speech to his soldiers as they face impossible odds in&nbsp;Attack on Titan.&nbsp;

Which of these quotes resonates with you the most?

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Nerd Alert

For this poll we're ranking the nerdiest anime characters of all time, but don't be surprised to see some entries that might be controversial. The words nerd or geek are kind of convoluted these days, but traditionally they describe someone who studies a lot, is intelligent, and maybe has some awkward tendencies. Some of the geeky anime characters on this list are nerdy because of their hobbies, like how Cowboy Bebop's Ed is a brilliant hacker that spends a lot of time online. Others like Light Yagami may be handsome or smooth with the ladies, but still get perfect grades in school and appear to be outwardly nerdy.You can add any anime nerd characters to the list if they're not already here, so please contribute some of your favorites. Don't forget to check out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-anime-characters-with-glasses/ranker-anime">best anime characters with glasses</a> too, where you'll probably see some of the same characters.

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If you&#39;ve ever been caught in a downpour, stranded by a snowstorm, or flattened by a heatwave with no air conditioner, you might have&nbsp;wished that you could control the weather and end your suffering. While humans can make incremental changes in the weather patterns, we&nbsp;can&#39;t exactly call off a blizzard or make it rain directly onto our exes. But anime characters who can change the weather aren&#39;t subject to human limitations.

One of the newest editions to the canon of anime characters who manipulate weather is Hina Amano of Makoto Shinkai&#39;s movie, Weathering with You.&nbsp;She&#39;s a &quot;sunshine girl&quot; who can force torrential downpours to stop in their tracks. There&#39;s also Nami from&nbsp;One Piece,&nbsp;whose weapon, Clima-Tact, allows her to influence the weather in her favor, creating storms, fog, and other conditions as they suit her.

There are plenty more anime characters with weather powers where that came from. Which ones are&nbsp;your favorites?

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How many anime characters with spiky hair can you name? This list ranks the best spiky haired anime characters, with the help of your votes. This interactive poll of good characters whose coiffed hair is spiked changes as you vote on it, so make sure to give your favorites some love! Some examples of anime characters who have spiky hair include Naruto Uzumaki from&nbsp;Naruto Shippuden,&nbsp;Loke from Fairy Tail, and Tatsuki Arisawa from Bleach. If you notice an anime character with spiky hair missing from the list, feel free to&nbsp;add them so others can vote up that character too!

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