The 100 Most Famous Anime Characters of All Time
Ranked by Wikipedia link data — the closer to #1, the more famous.
The Buddha leads the ranking, with Moses, Anne Frank, Titanic and Sappho completing the top five — the characters that turned anime into a global language. Ordered by Wikipedia link counts across editions, this is fandom fame measured rather than argued. How many of the 100 live rent-free in your memory?
- The Buddha
- MosesIn Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus from Egypt.
- Anne Frank
- TitanicRMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her…
- SapphoSappho was an ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
- Santa Claus
- Mehmed II
- BatmanBatman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.
- King Arthur
- AtlantisAtlantis is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations.
- Robin Hood
- Hatshepsut
- MarioMario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
- Louis XIII of France
- Vlad the Impaler
- Iron ManIron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
- Thutmose III
- Wu Zetian
- X-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
- Anna Komnene
- The Joker
- Osamu Tezuka
- WolverineThe wolverine, also called the carcajou or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae.
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Anne of Austria
- MerlinMerlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a prophet and a magician, along…
- John II Komnenos
- Sinbad the Sailor
- CatwomanCatwoman is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
- Tolui
- GokuSon Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.
- Luigi
- Stephen III of Moldavia
- Thutmose II
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Jan Žižka
- Hatsune Miku
- George Balanchine
- Princess Peach
- Wikipe-tan
- Zorro
- kitsune
- Sakura Haruno
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Bowser
- Harley Quinn
- Ash Ketchum
- Arsène Lupin
- Serena
- Jean Grey
- Kirby
- Two-FaceTwo-Face is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
- Felix the Cat
- Kakashi Hatake
- Yoshi
- Isabella Bird
- Wario
- Robin
- GawainGawain, spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle.
- Itachi Uchiha
- Optimus Prime
- Gaara
- Hiromu Arakawa
- Maria Tallchief
- Magneto
- Captain Nemo
- Madara Uchiha
- Ichigo Kurosaki
- Edith Frank-Holländer
- Poison Ivy
- Otto Heinrich Frank
- Margot Frank
- kappaKappa is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: [k] sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
- The Penguin
- StormA storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body.
- Töregene Khatun
- Mowgli
- Bane
- James Curtis Hepburn
- Roronoa Zoro
- Blade
- Jim Gordon
- Orochimaru
- Vegeta
- Beast
- Light Yagami
- Cyclops
- Toad
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Senenmut
- Misty
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Erinna
- Anne Shirley
- MegatronMegatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Transformers media franchise produced by the American toy…
- DoraemonDoraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio.
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger
- Nami
- Long John Silver
- Bulma
